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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.
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.
Fund selectors in Asia view volatility as top concern – Natixis IM
Fund selectors in Asia bucked the trend globally, where inflation and interest rates were viewed as bigger concerns.
Deutsche appoints market heads for north Asia wealth management
Kevin King joins from BNP Paribas, while Stella Lau joins from Credit Suisse.
Capital Group appoints equity lead for Europe and Asia client group
Katharine Dryer was most recently deputy CIO at Jupiter Asset Management.
First Sentier appoints director of intermediary business
Charles Wong joins First Sentier Investors from Aviva Investors Asia.
