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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.
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.
How does Japan’s yield curve control policy shift change the outlook for Japan?
At the end of last month, the Bank of Japan surprised markets by effectively raising the threshold for 10-year JGBs in its controversial yield curve control policy. While this may seem on the face of it a headwind for the country’s soaring stock market, the reality is more nuanced.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Fidelity versus Pimco
FSA compares the the Fidelity Funds – Asian High Yield Fund and the Pimco GIS Asia High Yield Bond Fund.
HSBC hires head of global private banking for Apac
Lok Yim is a replacement for Siew Meng Tan, who is retiring after 20 years with HSBC.
abrdn’s Loh: ‘By no means do we think the wheels are falling off in China’
Henry Loh, head of Asia credit at abrdn, explains why he is less bearish on China than some of his peers.
Japan inflows rise in August – Morningstar
There were net inflows to open-end funds in Japan of ¥948.4bn in August, Morningstar data show.
