
Raffles Family Offices hires bankers from BoS and RBC WM
Raffles Family Office has hired two new managing directors in Singapore.

The FSA Spy market buzz – 9 May 2025
Invesco gets contrarian; Popes and the S&P 500 performance; Jim Cramer’s certainty; Negative yields; AI is everywhere; Natixis considers the next decade; Google’s search woes and much more.

Lazard AM: Navigating market shifts through quantitative equity investment
A quantitative strategy tilted toward lower valuations, higher growth and quality measures produces consistent excess returns, says Antony Creighton, director, head of strategy (Asia ex-Japan) at Lazard Asset Management.

Brown Advisory: Identifying leaders in volatile global markets
A global leader creates customer goodwill, excess profits, strong cash flow and outstanding shareholder returns, says Susanne Linhardt, investment director at Brown Advisory.

Top Trumps: Emerging Asia equities – 8 May 2025
This week FSA provides a quick comparison of two emerging Asia equities funds: the HSBC GIF Asean Equity fund and the Schroder ISF Emerging Asia fund.

KGI names Raymond Yeung as MD of wealth management
Raymond Yeung is hired as managing director of wealth management for the China market.

Granite Asia has first anchor close of its private credit strategy
Granite Asia has attracted $250m in anchor commitments for its private credit strategy.

TT International: Correlations between assets have changed
Emerging market debt stands to benefit from investors looking to diversify out of traditional safe haven assets, according to Jean-Charles Sambor, head of emerging markets (EM) debt at TT International.

Amundi hires insurance specialist from Aberdeen
Jian Xiong will work on the firm’s investing solutions for insurance clients in Asia.

Let Powell drive the bus
Trump’s attacks make it harder for the Fed chair to steer the economy through the storm.

Europe and LatAm top fund sectors in April tariff storm
European bond sectors were among the top-performing sectors in April, according to FE fundinfo data.

Lion Global Investors names new chairman
The former Eastspring CEO Seck Wai Kwong has been appointed chairman of Lion Global Investors.

People Moves – April 2025
Here is a digest of significant wealth and asset management appointments, promotions and departures during the previous month.