Hong Kong may be about to turn the tide in its battle with Singapore to attract more family offices.
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.
Fidelity shuffles the deck on two emerging market debt strategies
Eric Wong is stepping down as lead portfolio manager for the two strategies, replaced by Paul Greer.
Wellington cuts 5% of staff – reports
The Boston-headquartered investment manager plans to eliminate around 170 roles, according to media reports.
Fullerton Fund Management forms partnership with Indonesian fintech firm
The pair have jointly acquired an Indonesian asset management firm.
BlackRock appoints co-head of Japan client business
Masato Sunaga was most recently with Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
UBP acquires Japanese small-cap specialist
The acquisition follows on the heels of a successful partnership between the two firms in the Japanese small cap space.
Matthews Asia appoints Apac head
Beonca Yip has over 28 years of experience in senior distribution leadership roles.
Is it time to separate out China from the rest of emerging markets?
FSA canvassed the opinions of different asset managers on whether now is the time to launch an emerging markets ex-China strategy.
Hong Kong’s tax break for family offices comes into effect
The new tax break is designed to stop the hemorrhaging of family offices to Singapore.
