Baillie Gifford sets up trading desk in Hong Kong
As its institutional asset base in Asia grows, the Scottish fund house has located a dealing duo in the region after launching an onshore China business late last year.
Baillie Gifford has established a trading team in Hong Kong, its first in Asia, showing that business is proceeding for some despite the coronavirus outbreak, months of protests in the city, and cutbacks by other asset managers.
The Scottish fund house hired James Li from rival firm Barings in December and relocated Martin O’Brien from Edinburgh in January, raising its Hong Kong headcount to 11, a spokeswoman told AsianInvestor.
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