Senior Hire at State Street

Published by Finews Asia – 19th December 2016

The asset management unit of State Street Corporation, State Street Global Advisors, has appointed a new Managing Director and Head of Client Relationship Management for Southeast Asia.

Published by Wealth Briefing Asia – 15th December 2016

Aberdeen Asset Management has recruited John Campbell as global head of strategic clients and Jeff Klepacki as head of distribution for the Americas, while Antony John and Richard Pursglove join on a consultancy basis.

Campbell was previously business head of global services, UK, Middle East and Africa at State Street. Klepacki was previously a director at Capital Group, while John formerly served as chief executive of BNP Paribas Investment Partners/FundQuest. Pursglove has served as head of retail at Artemis Investment Management among other senior distribution roles, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Published by Finance Asia – 13th December 2016

France’s Natixis has appointed Emmanuel Lefort as its head of global markets for the Asia Pacific region, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

Lefort replaces Serge Ekué, who was recently named senior country manager for the UK and head of global markets for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Published by Asia Asset Management – 8th December 2016

China’s National Council for Social Security Fund (NSSF) has appointed 21 domestic asset managers to undertake its new pension mandates. The bureau is looking to establish a new pension fund scheme dedicated to provincial or local pension accounts.

Published by Finews.asia – 23rd November 2016

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer and Country Head of global investment management for Australia.

In this newly-created role, Rachel Farrell will oversee all of J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) operations in Australia and will assume direct responsibility for both JPMAM’s funds and the firms institutional businesses in the country.

Published by The Business Times – 22nd November 2016

GIC group president Lim Siong Guan, 69, will be handing over the reins of leading the Singapore sovereign wealth fund to Lim Chow Kiat, 45, who will be its chief executive officer come Jan 1, 2017.GIC announced on Monday evening a slew of changes to its top brass. They will come into effect just eight months after a previous shuffle.The younger Mr Lim is currently the group’s chief investment officer and deputy group president. He was appointed to the latter designation in April.The elder Mr Lim will retire, and be appointed adviser to the GIC Group executive committee on Jan 1, 2017, wrote the release.  Four other appointments have also been made that will take effect on the same day.

Published by Wealthbriefing – 22 November 2016

The multi-boutique asset manager, which has $1.7 trillion of assets under management, has added to its team in Hong Kong.

BNY Mellon Investment Management has appointed Chris Tse as head of intermediary distribution, Hong Kong.Previously, Tse spent five years as director and regional head of business development within the firm’s Asia division, where he was responsible for leading a team and driving growth across the region. Prior to that, he held key positions at Prudential, Credit Agricole Asset Management, Franklin Templeton Investments and Manulife International.

Published by Asia Asset Management – 21st November 2016

China’s state-owned investment vehicle, China Investment Corporation (CIC), has appointed Liu Jun, former deputy general manager of China Everbright Group, as executive vice president, effective November 17.

This is the third senior executive appointment made by CIC this year following the appointments of Qi Bin, former director of the international cooperation department of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) as vice general manager, and Tu Guangshao, former vice mayor of Shanghai, as its other executive vice president in August this year.