Western Asset sees value in Asian bonds

Rajeev de Mello is the head of Singapore operations for Western Asset and portfolio manager of the Legg Mason Western Asset Asian Opportunities Fund. He joined Western Asset in 2007 after eight years at Pictet, where he was head of Asia fixed income. Prior to Pictet, he spent five years at UBS as head of Asia bond trading and before that he was at McKinsey & Co for two years.