Eastspring Investments has hired Ghislain Périssé as head of insurance solutions in a newly created role effective from Monday.

Périssé (main picture) joins the firm from Fidelity International where he served as the firm’s global head of insurance solutions for EMEA and APAC.

Reporting to Salman Haider, chief distribution officer, head of ASEAN, Eastspring Investments and CEO of Eastspring Singapore, Périssé will be tasked with developing and commercialising Eastspring’s insurance solutions capability.

Haider said: “Insurers across Asia are navigating increasingly complex investment, capital and balance-sheet challenges, and they need partners who understand both their investment objectives and the regulatory environment they operate in.”

“Eastspring combines deep insurance heritage through our longstanding relationship with Prudential with more than three decades of investment expertise and a strong on-the-ground presence across Asia.”

Eastspring Investments is the primary in-house manager for Prudential’s life insurance assets in Asia.

Haider added: “Drawing on this heritage and expertise, our ambition is to be the trusted partner to insurers across Asia.”

“Ghislain’s experience across insurance asset management, investment strategy and client solutions will be instrumental as we continue to strengthen our insurance offering and deepen our engagement with insurers.”

Prior to Fidelity, Périssé held senior roles at Schroders and AXA Investment Managers, where he helped build insurance solutions capabilities.

Earlier in his career, he held quantitative research, structured solutions and business development roles at Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Société Générale Asset Management Alternative Investments.