China Pacific Insurance hires AIA veteran as CIO

The insurance firm has hired a former Aviva Investors executive to succeed Will Chen.

TH Real Estate hires from Invesco; Investec names head of Greater China adviser business; M&G appoints HK director of intermediary channels; JP Morgan PB names Asia head of client investment strategy, and more.

Schroders poaches Pictet exec for HK CEO role; DBS in senior management reshuffle; Fundnel opens office in Malaysia; UBP names Asia vice-chair, St. James's Place WM hires duo, and more.

The central bank hopes to draw more private equity and infrastructure fund operators to Singapore and may yet push more money out to external managers in time.

At the Inside ETFs Asia forum, index providers and portfolio managers said fixed income ETFs were becoming more popular but Axa highlighted the issues still holding them back.