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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.
JP Morgan gets nod to acquire fund business in China
JP Morgan Asset Management gets the nod to complete its acquisition of China International Fund Management.
Natixis IM’s head of Apac appointed new head of international distribution
Fabrice Chemouny is due to take up the reins on 1 March.
Endowus partners with iCapital on private markets
The tie-up will allow Endowus’ private wealth clients to gain institutional-quality access to private market initiatives across equity, debt and real assets.
Franklin Templeton to open new office in Korea
The new contact office will be based in Jeonju and is designed to strengthen ties with NPS.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Morgan Stanley versus Threadneedle
FSA compares the Morgan Stanley Global Brands fund and the Threadneedle Global Focus fund.
Calastone opens Taiwan office
Calastone estimates that it provides automated cross-border fund processing to over 80% of fund distributors in the Taiwanese market.
PGIM Real Estate appoints deputy portfolio manager
Eileen Yong was most recently with LaSalle Investment Management.
