FSA compares two environmental funds: the Ninety One Global Environment fund and the Pictet Global Environmental Opportunities fund.
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.
RBC Wealth Management appoints Asia COO
Kamran Azim most recently worked at RBC from Toronto.
Fidelity launches Hong Kong fund platform
Fidelity has launched one fund already and plans to launch more.
Lombard Odier’s Nakamura resurfaces at Vontobel
Jean-Louis Nakamura has joined Vontobel as head of its sustainable equities boutique.
APAC investors look to China long term for ESG
Respondents to JP Morgan Asset Management survey also bemoan lack of standardised data.
Impax’s David Li passes on
David Li died suddenly in his home city of Sydney.
MSCI launches suite of digital asset indices
The new indices include two that track the performance of the top digital assets by market cap.
Partners Group launches private wealth business unit
Henry Chui also recently joined to head up the Asia team.
Inflation the top concern among APAC HNWIs
Lombard Odier study also finds that Asia Pacific HNWIs are lukewarm on cryptocurrencies.
Aviva hires from Franklin Templeton for Asia head role
Richard Surrency most recently led Franklin Templeton’s private markets and alternatives business in Asia.