Portfolio managers of the EM equities strategy at Ninety One, explain why emerging market equities may be at an inflection point.
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.
Q2 dividends flat in Apac – Janus Henderson
Dividends in Asia Pacific ex-Japan rose just 1.1% during the second quarter, according to the latest Janus Henderson Global Dividend index.
BNY Investments appoints Japan head
Masaaki Sakakibara was most recently wealth business country leader and CEO of Mercer Investments (Japan).
Robeco launches green bonds strategy
The High Income Green Bonds strategy is available for Hong Kong professional investors and Singapore accredited investors.
Healthcare: Fidelity versus Polar Capital
As part of FSA’s head-to-head series, we compare the Fidelity Sustainable Healthcare fund and the Polar Capital Biotechnology fund.
Lazard AM hires director of China sales
Ada Zhang will lead the firm’s business development strategy in mainland China alongside Ken Fan.
Franklin Templeton partners with OCBC on distribution of income fund
The new class Q shares come with a 0% initial sales charge and are available in both US dollars and Singapore dollars.
BNP Paribas WM appoints head of investment funds advisory
Adrien Lalau has rejoined BNP Paribas Wealth Management having spent the past six years with the bank’s asset management division.
SCB-Julius Baer appoints deputy CEO
Adrian Mazenauer will retain his existing role as head of wealth management at the joint venture.
T Rowe Price strengthens institutional team
Jeffrey Jeon has joined T Rowe Price as senior director for institutional distribution for Korea, based in Hong Kong.
