Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Threadneedle Beefs up Asian Equities Team

Threadneedle Investments on Tuesday said it has hired the former chief investment officer of Nikko Asset Management, Soo Nam Ng, to head its Asian Equities team in Singapore.

BNP Paribas Hires Six, Brings Tokyo Equity Desk to About 100

BNP Paribas SA has hired six people since July to strengthen its Japanese equity coverage, signaling bullishness about the nation’s stocks.

Threadneedle Hires Five For Asian Equity Push

Threadneedle Investments has raided Nikko Asset Management to hire a four-strong team of investment specialists, which has been complemented with a separate hire from another rival firm.

PineBridge hires fixed income portfolio manager in Singapore

Slim will lead the Singapore fixed income team and will also participate in the management of regional fixed income portfolios

Malaysia's Maybank hires head of Indonesian unit

Malayan Banking Bhd, Malaysia's biggest lender by assets, said it has appointed Taswin Zakaria to head its Indonesian unit.

Allianz annouces regional Asia-Pacific CEO

The Asia-Pacific position has been vacant since David Fried left the group in January

HSBC makes senior appointments in Asia-Pacific equities

HSBC has made eight senior appointments in its Asia-Pacific equities unit

Challenger chief joins FSC board

He was founding chief executive of Challenger’s Mortgage Management division, which grew to become one of Australia’s largest non-bank mortgage lenders.

GAM Holdings appoints APAC distribution, marketing leader

The GAM Holding Group has appointed Henry Choon as head of Asia-Pacific with responsibility for distribution and marketing of its investment products and strategies in the Asia ex-Japan region.

Barclays hires head of generalist equities sales, Asia ex Japan

She has over 20 years of sell and buy side experience covering the Asian equity markets

Reliance MF chief Sundeep Sikka named chairman of Amfi

The Association of Mutual Funds in India has appointed Sundeep Sikka, president and chief executive of Reliance MF, as its chairman.

BMO Plans Investment Team to Run HK Funds

BMO Global Asset Management is moving to hire staff for a Hong Kong-domiciled funds platform with ETFs the first products planned and to build up its Asia sales team.

Old Mutual Global Investors names Asian distribution team chief

Old Mutual Global Investors aims to grow its assets under management by distributing through a variety of channels including global financial institutions, regional banks and wealth managers.

Former UBS MD resurfaces

We are delighted to welcome an executive of Ben's calibre to our company.

Standard Life Investments Hires GSAM Sales Head

At GSAM, Wong was responsible for business development, focusing on private banks in Asia. It is understood she has not yet been replaced,but a GSAM spokeswoman declined to confirm this.

Shriram Capital MD, CEO Sridhar Quits Executive Role

Shriram Capital managing director and chief executive officer R Sridhar has stepped down from his full-time executive role in the company.

Three quit Maybank Investment Bank

Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) is in a flux after two of its chief executive officers (CEOs) of key subsidiaries resigned in quick succession, raising questions over succession planning at the country’s largest bank.

Fidelity appoints Blackrock's Ning to China fund as Wang quits

BlackRock Asian fundamental equity team head Andrew Swan and BGF Asian Growth fund co-manager Emily Dong will take responsibility for the BGF China fund.

Khazanah Hires CIMB's Head of Investment Banking

Charon is responsible for the day-to-day running of CIMB’s investment banking business a job he has had since he joined the bank in August 2004.

Nikko AM Appoints Executive Vice Chairman

He will take up his role on 1 October. Until recently he was an adviser at Mizuho Securities

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