Henry Lam joins HSBC Global Private Banking from Credit Suisse.
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.
3 Capital Partners appoints COO
Jonathan Shelley joins from law firm Allen & Overy.
Partners Group nets senior client relationship manager
Vicky Yick was most recently with American Century Investments.
BlackRock hires senior executive from Goldman Sachs
Nicholas Peach was most recently head of Apac equities electronic services at Goldman Sachs.
DWS extends strategic alliance with Nippon Life
DWS’ strategic alliance with Nippon Life dates back to 2018.
China pauses GDR approvals
The CSRC is doing so because of concerns about arbitrage investors.
Study reveals ‘no relationship’ between credit ratings and ESG
The study from the IEEFA found that credit rating agencies do not look sufficiently at the long-term impact of ESG factors.
UBP overhauls investment services team
As part of the reorganisation, investment services leadership will no longer be concentrated at the regional level.
Standard Chartered teams up with Amundi on retail fund offering
The funds will be made available to retail investors in Hong Kong.
China attracts net equity inflows during Q4
The inflows came in response to China’s shift in policy on Covid-19.