Weekly roundup of people news, Oct 18

Schroders cuts to affect Asia; SSGA's Asia head of portfolio strategists exits; BNY Mellon IM Greater China insto head departs; Korean hedge fund closes HK office; Ping An AM CIO moves on; China Everbright CIO departs; M&G sets up Asia credit origination team; Aberdeen Standard HK/China marketing head to exit; and more.

The $73 billion public pension fund continues its steady buildout in Singapore by poaching an executive from private equity giant Blackstone.

Investment heads at insurance firms such as AIG and Pool Re discuss the benefits of outsourcing portfolios and what they look for from asset managers.

Eastspring Investments hires former Pinebridge executive Joyce Chan for intermediaries coverage; senior portfolio managers at AllianzGI retires; Greystar appoints Akira Kosugi to build Tokyo team; Pimco's global CIO for asset allocation and real assets to retire; VP Bank scoops two private bankers; BlackRock fires global head of active equities.

Ex-Capitaland IM chief joins Oaktree; Fidelity hires ex-BlackRock ESG specialist; Janus Henderson hires institutional sales; State Street adds sector solutions head; Old Mutual replaces departed head of HNW sales; Andy Chai exits BNP Paribas; HSBC Private Banking shuffles Asia management; and more.