The $912 billion global asset manager has hired an industry veteran from Baillie Gifford to deepen its ties with private banks and family offices across the region.
Global investment houses are expanding their regional footprints with new leadership and local partnerships, aiming to capture cross-border wealth flows across Asia and Europe.
RBC adds four senior private bankers to boost its wealth planning services in Hong Kong, as Value Partners executes a planned succession for its fixed income desk.
The US asset manager has tapped veterans from J.P. Morgan and BlackRock to bolster its Hong Kong wealth and fixed-income teams as demand grows across Greater China.
As inflation erodes Japan’s traditional reliance on cash, over $820 billion in portfolio assets have flowed into the Cayman Islands in search of higher-yielding global alternatives.
May 6, 2026
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The $630-billion manager is shunning the industry-wide push into private assets to focus on public market income, driving an eightfold surge in its flagship equity fund.
Asian wealth distribution is moving away from product-led selling toward consultative partnerships built around knowledge gaps rather than fund performance alone.