BlackRock hires Mok from EdR AM to boost retail sales

BlackRock has hired Lavin Mok from Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (EdR AM) in a new role as head of retail sales for Hong Kong and Singapore. Mok joined the world’s largest asset manager as a managing director last month, having only been hired as head of Asia sales by EdR AM in March last year. Asked why his tenure at EdR AM had been so brief, Mok replies: “When the opportunity comes from BlackRock, you cannot say no.” He had been recruited by EdR AM to focus on retail distrib…