Principal Global Investors has reshuffled the portfolios at the top management level, with its current Asia chief executive Andrea Muller taking over from Kirk West in the role of executive director-head of international distribution.
Category: People Moves
ING IM Japan appoints chief executive
ING Investment Management has appointed a new chief executive for the firm’s Japanese division.
Franklin Templeton plucks Schroders exec
Franklin Templeton Investments has appointed Alan Young to head its institutional business in Greater China.
BNY Mellon hires HKG wealth management
BNY Mellon Wealth Management has hired former Oppenheimer & Co director of investments Vivian Chan to serve as wealth director of business development in Hong Kong.
State Street promotes two
State Street has appointed Wai Kwong Seck, currently the head of the firms global services and global markets businesses in Asia Pacific, to its management committee.
Manulife hires two
Manulife Asset Management has hired Kathryn Langridge and Philip Ehrmann to run its new global emerging markets equity portfolio management team.
Bank Pictet appoints independent board director
The Pictet Group has appointed Koh Boon Hwee as an independent board director of Bank Pictet & Cie (Asia), the Group’s private banking entity in Singapore.
Loomis Sayles names co-portfolio manager
Loomis, Sayles & Company has named Scott Service as co-portfolio manager for a suite of investment strategies managed by the company’s global bond team, which oversees about $38bn in global assets.
PineBridge appoints Asia head of marketing
PineBridge Investments has hired Eastspring Investments Jacinta Reddan as managing director, head of marketing and communications for Asia.
OMGI expands Asian Equities team
Old Mutual Global Investors has expanded its Asian equities team, hiring Diamond Lee of Ignis Asset Management as portfolio manager.
