AXA IM’s Ecaterina Bigo discusses the recent sell-off in ESG securities and how disclosure standards have evolved in Asia.
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 Private Bank appoints head of investments and engagement for Asia
Ulysses Lau succeeds Diana Robinson, who is taking up a similar role for the firm’s UK, Ireland and Channel Islands business.
Allspring’s Tse: Interest in value stocks is here to stay
Elaine Tse, portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments, also discusses zero-Covid, China’s property crisis and the recent stock market rally.
AllianzGI hires CIO for Asia fixed income
Jenny Zeng joins from AllianceBernstein, where she has been for the past nine years.
Fed Hermes hires director of wholesale distribution
Mei Lin Tan was most recently a senior vice president with NN Investment Partners.
Neuberger Berman gets nod for wholly-owned mutual fund business in China
Neuberger Berman follows in the footsteps of BlackRock in receiving the go-ahead for a wholly owned mutual fund business in China.
J Safra Sarasin hires two MDs from Julius Baer
Both Michael Leutwyler and Rupesh Singh have joined the Swiss-Brazilian private bank.
HSBC launches discretionary digital platform
HSBC is the first bank in the region to offer discretionary portfolio management on a mobile app.
Schroders strengthens Asia fixed income team in Hong Kong
Swa Wu spent over a decade at JP Morgan as a senior fixed income specialist.
SNB’s Singapore branch head relocates to Zurich
Marco Huwiler succeeds Fabian Schnell, who left the bank in October.
