Florence Wong joins from Macquarie Asset Management, where she was an Asia investment specialist.
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.
Neuberger Berman appoints head of intermediary sales for SEA Asia and Singapore
Madeline Ho was most recently chief commercial officer at SBI Digital Markets.
Federated Hermes strengthens distribution team
Elizabeth White was one of two new hires Jim Roland, Federated Hermes’ Asia Pacific distribution head, said he was prioritising earlier this year.
BlackRock appoints Asia Pacific COO
Tomoko Ueda is relocating from Tokyo to Hong Kong to take up the new role on 3 September.
UBP appoints region head for north Asia and Hong Kong CEO
Teresa Lee previously worked at Bank of Singapore, Standard Chartered and ABN Amro Private Bank.
Cornerpiece plans healthcare fund
The boutique asset manager is also planning on launching two actively managed certificates which invest in public markets.
M&G Real Estate strengthens in Singapore
Wenning Jung was most recently at Franklin Templeton and has also worked at CalPERS.
BNP Paribas WM’s regional head of investment funds advisory leaves
Agnes Sng has been with BNP Paribas Wealth Management for 17 years.
Nordea AM registers covered bonds fund in Singapore
The strategy was launched in 2019 and aims to generate absolute returns by capturing alpha opportunities from covered bonds.
Maybank appoints head of group wealth management
Alice Tan will also continue in her current role as head of wealth management for Singapore.
