Manusha Samaraweera joins from Pimco, while Haran Karunakaran has been with Capital Group for the past two years.
Author Archives: Thomas Blott
Originally from the UK, Thomas is a financial journalist with over 10 years’ experience including nine in Asia. He began his career at Euromoney Institutional Investor, completing the graduate scheme and going on to establish the Asia bureau for IJGlobal, the world’s foremost source of intelligence on the project finance market. After a stint at KPMG, he joined International Financing Review, which was originally owned by Thomson Reuters and later Refinitiv, where he managed the people & markets section in Asia. He joined Bonhill Group as regional editor for Asia in 2022, which includes oversight of Fund Selector Asia. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge. Connect with him on LinkedIn here.
T Rowe Price appoints head of southeast Asia intermediary distribution
Nicholas Tong will report to Glen Lee, head of intermediary distribution for Asia ex-Japan.
HSBC agrees to buy Citi’s retail wealth management business in China
The acquisition will add about $3.6bn in assets and deposits to HSBC’s mainland Chinese operations.
Invesco’s Man: when it comes to duration the sweet spot is in the middle
Invesco’s Man also says that he prefers high-quality investment grade over high yield at the moment.
Baron Capital launches UCITS fund
In addition to the UCITS fund, the strategy is also available as a segregated mandate.
Axa IM signs new JV agreement with Kyobo Life
Axa Investment Managers and Kyobo Life have been in partnership since 2008 and manage W45trn of assets.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: M&G versus Wellington
FSA compares the M&G Global Macro Bond fund and the Wellington Global Bond fund.
Columbia Threadneedle appoints duo in Singapore
Both Lucy Martin and Gregory Da Silva have been with Columbia Threadneedle since 2018.
Schroders Capital bolsters private equity capabilities in Singapore
Ankita Baheti joins as part of the UK asset manager’s plans to broaden its resources in secondaries and India private equity.
RBC WM strengthens in Hong Kong and Singapore
RBC Wealth Management has hired Kenny Ng as team head in Hong Kong alongside three relationship managers in Singapore.
