George Lam joined the Asian asset management firm on Monday.
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.
UBS may cut workforce by 30%
The number of jobs cut could reach over 30,000 globally.
Aviva Investors strengthens client services team
Wang’s appointment follows on from Richard Surrency, who joined last year.
Invesco: Barbell approach is the way forward
Invesco’s David Chao favours a barbell approach given the tumultuous economic outlook.
HSBC launches structured product linked to AI-driven multi-asset index
The new product uses IBM Watson’s AI engine among other technologies.
UBP Singapore CEO joins Bank of Singapore
Ranjit Khanna also served as head of private banking for south Asia at UBP.
First for virtual assets in Hong Kong with Victory Securities approval
Victory Securities has been given the green light to manage investment funds that comprise up to 100% virtual assets.
UBS launches Hong Kong charitable foundation
In addition, the Swiss bank is launching a new alternative offering to setting up a foundation.
EFG hires eight relationship managers in Apac
The eight relationship managers are split between five in Hong Kong and three in Singapore.
Hong Kong announces incentives for family offices
The new incentives are designed to stop the hemorrhaging of family offices to Singapore.