The transaction is among the first ever global blockchain-based transactions involving multiple jurisdictions, UBS said.
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.
Julius Baer’s southeast Asia private banking head leaves
Jason Moo was also branch manager for Singapore.
Multi-family office Farro Capital continues raid on Bank of Singapore
Jocelyn Gian and Desiyanny Setiawan are only the latest hires to come from Bank of Singapore.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Goldman Sachs versus Invesco
FSA compares two emerging market funds: the Invesco China Focus Equity fund and the Goldman Sachs India Equity Portfolio fund.
PineBridge appoints head of institutional sales for southeast Asia
Glenn Tan was most recently with Nikko Asset Management.
RBC WM’s head of Asia sales steps down
Nick Chan spent just a year in the role at RBC Wealth Management.
Raffles makes senior digital assets hire
Zann Kwan has nine years experience in the cryptocurrency and digital assets sector.
Fidelity gets approval for China mutual fund business
Fidelity becomes the third global asset manager to get the nod to set up a mutual fund business in China.
BlackRock shuts APAC equity income fund
BlackRock has shuttered its APAC Equity Income Fund due to dwindling AUM.
MFS appoints regional head of distribution
Sally Choo is a replacement for Jonathan Tiu, who is retiring.
