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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.
Former UBP Singapore CEO resurfaces at Bank of Singapore
Ranjit Khanna has joined Bank of Singapore as global market head for the Middle East.
Pictet AM: ‘We have waited long enough’ on Chinese equities
The Swiss asset manager has downgraded its outlook on China equities to neutral from overweight.
Sequoia to spin off China, India/southeast Asia businesses
The two new businesses will come into effect by 31 March next year.
BlackRock’s China head to leave
Tony Tang is leaving the investment manager, with his responsibilities transferring to Susan Chan.
Family offices plan to grow alternatives exposure – Preqin
The alternatives data provider’s report shows a dispersion in planned allocations to alternatives depending on the asset class.
Indosuez private banker joins Guotai Junan International
Jaclyn Kaur spent the past five-and-a-half years at Indosuez Wealth Management, based in Singapore.
Barclays Private Bank appoints duo in Singapore
Both Tom Road and Wengmun Loh are relocating from London to Singapore.
DWS appoints real estate duo
Junghoon Kook and Leiting Deng have been appointed head of real estate for Korea and head of real estate for Singapore respectively.
Value Partners seals strategic investment from GF Securities
GF Securities is expected to hold a 20.2% stake in Value Partners upon completion.
