KKR opens in Singapore; Perpetual brings in Michael Gordon; First State rehires in property securities; Axa IM appoints economist; Standard Chartered adds in transaction banking.
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First State reshuffles responsible investment team, Dymon names CEO, Coutts adds in tax and wealth structuring, Amundi names VP of China institutional sales, and Hyperion hires a new dealer and analyst.
The fund manager is making significant changes to its trading set-up following the recent arrival of Todd Prado from Janus Capital to run the dealing desk.
Matt McKeith, former global head of equity dealing at First State, has been replaced by Prado, one of a raft of senior staff to leave Janus Capital in recent months.
Corporate governance is attracting greater attention in Asia, but it may take longer for investors to focus on environmental and social factors, says Amanda McCluskey of First State Investments.
Asset managers should not assume that China-derived inflows will continue at the same pace as they have in past years, agree the Asia heads of four big fund management firms.
The Australian asset manager has poached Manulife Asset Management’s Indonesia fixed-income head and an equity manager from Schroder Investment Management.
Alexis Ng returns to run Southeast Asia for the Australian asset manager, which is also hiring marketing, sales and product executives and investment staff.
The executive who helped build First State Investments into a retail powerhouse in Asia is preparing to move to Australia.
Li Kenan has resigned from First State Cinda to be reunited with ex-CEO of Colonial First State John Pearce in the Ping An Group.
This is the third in a series of Q&As on Asian fund managersÆ investment outlook for 2008.
Regional expansion includes selling offshore funds into new markets as well as putting business on a æsustainableÆ footing.