F&C opens first Asian office in Hong Kong

F&C Asset Management, one of EuropeÆs largest institutional money managers has opened an office in Hong Kong, its first in Asia. The Hong Kong office will serve as a hub from where the firm will raise assets from Asian institutional and wholesale investors, particularly pensions and insurers, which accounts for 58% of its $199 billion in assets under management.F&C is credited for launching the worldÆs first publicly-listed investment fund û Foreign & Colonial Investment T…