The Baltimore-based asset manager has inked its first Asia ex-Japan direct retail partnership to sell funds.

The Baltimore-based asset manager has inked its first Asia ex-Japan direct retail partnership to sell funds.
Affin Hwang AM and Hong Leong AM are the latest to launch investment apps in the country.
It aims to be the leading asset manager in the country within the next five years.
It has acquired all of the share capital in CSSP; including its platform that provides ESG screening and label to thousands of funds.
The acquisition will include clients and relationship management teams.
Just after it set up its private fund management business last year.
The firm listed two thematic ETFs in London last month.
M&G has allocated a portion of its exposure to China equities management to a local stock picker.
It wants to hire over 330 relationship managers by 2025.
Part of the Mark Allen Group.