Moves

Barings's Asia CEO retires; Northern Trust's head of Apac sec lending exits; M&G hires Asia distribution head from Eastspring; Schroders names Taiwan chairwoman; Deutsche Bank WM makes senior appointments; Golden Equator sets up Brunei branch; and more.

The French asset manager has appointed a new head of its China business, as competition in the country's asset management industry continues to heat up.

EPF names new CIO, strategy head; Invesco hires A-share quant specialist; Vanguard's Asia chief exits and its China portfolio review head switches to Ant Financial JV; Aberdeen Standard replaces insurance head; T. Rowe Price hires Asia consultant relations head; Credit Suisse picks up former Deutsche investment executives and more.

The head of the fund house's China/Hong Kong equity desk and the lead Hong Kong equity fund manager have left, with potential implications for clients' investments.

Brightsphere Investment names new Asia head; Value Partners rings more changes in sales team shake-up; Natixis IM's China head to relocate to Paris; CIC switches CRO to new role; Allianz RE hires Apac head of acquisitions; and more.

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.

Aberdeen Standard's equity investing process in Asia is changing as it ups its China exposure and the team sees high turnover, raising questions for allocators, Morningstar says.

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

The Dutch pension fund giant provided exclusive detail to AsianInvestor about its plans and expectations for the new portfolio, to be run with the help of local partner E Fund.

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.

The Swiss private bank is understood to have appointed a former Credit Suisse veteran to succeed John Cappetta.

HK intermediaries head exits PineBridge; Hamilton Lane names Asia co-heads; Conning appoints senior portfolio manager; StanChart replaces North Asia head of securities services; EFG makes eight hires in Singapore; and former Deutsche trader banned for life in HK.

The $73 billion public pension fund has added senior emerging market equity specialists, including a new regional head of capital markets, to the Singapore office it set up last year.

The British fund house has seen another change at the top with the departure of Showbhik Kalra.

APG boosts EM equity team in HK; AMP Capital sees senior PM depart; Credit Suisse hires for Australia investment team; Bank of Singapore hires family office head in Dubai; JP Morgan names global agg head.

The Dutch retirement asset manager is hiring investment staff for its first branches in Beijing and Shanghai in a pioneering move as it ramps up its expansion drive in Asia.

The US asset manager has hired its first head of Asia insurance coverage, reflecting a trend among its peers. He starts on November 11 to tap this rapidly expanding client segment.

Fidelity names China president; PFI Mega Life appoints chief; Bank of Singapore CIO exits, team restructure; Allianz Real Estate names global head of research; Eaton Vance poaches sales exec from Robeco; Investec AM hires head of private banking; and more.

The Scottish fund house has put a general manager and investment director in Shanghai, as well as a new Asia intermediaries executive in Hong Kong.

The US asset manager has eliminated the role, resulting in the departure of Celestine Khoo.