Yu Zhang joins from Matthews Asia, where he was a portfolio manager for over 12 years.
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.
AllianceBernstein: Bonds are back and so is active management
Scott DiMaggio and Chris Hogbin of AllianceBernstein talk why fixed income and bottom-up stock selection will matter this year.
Newton IM completes integration of BNY Mellon’s Japan equity team
The integration is part of BNY Mellon’s decision in 2021 to transfer over its active and multi-asset fund management capabilities to its subsidiaries.
StanChart shuffles CPBB unit in Asia
The Anglo-Asian lender has made multiple senior appointments to its consumer, private and business banking unit in the region.
Lion Group Holding expands into carbon trading
Lion Group Holding already holds type 1, 2, 4, 5 and 9 SFC licences.
UBS in talks over fund licence in China
UBS is only the latest foreign firm to throw its hat in the ring in China by seeking to apply for a mutual fund licence.
EFG appoints Hong Kong branch CEO
David Louie spent 11 years as market group head for China at Credit Suisse.
Mizuho forms pact with Lombard Odier to target Japan’s wealthy
The strategic alliance builds on the partnership struck between the two institutions’ Singaporean subsidiaries in 2018.
Maybank AM partners with Schroders on shariah-compliant fund
The Maybank Global Wealth Conservative-I Fund aims to achieve an income distribution of 7% annually.
BlackRock appoints head of Taiwan
Originally from Taiwan, Tiffany Hsieh has worked at BlackRock since 2009.
