Manulife AM creates product manager role, seeks to double Asia AUM

Manulife Asset Management has hired Mahesh Fonseka in a new role as product manager for its institutional sales and marketing team as it strives to double Asian AUM within five years.  He will cover both equities and fixed income based out of Hong Kong, reporting locally to Asia head Michael Dommermuth and globally to Jeffrey Santerre, international head of product management based in Boston.  Fonseka was most recently at Perpetual Investments and has 12 years of industry experi…