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Newton IM cuts global head of sustainable investment role

2 days ago | fundselectorasia.com | Natalie Kenway

Further cuts have been made at Newton Investment Management including the role of global head of sustainable investment and several fund manager roles. The group confirmed Therese Niklasson, global head of sustainable investment, has left the group and confirmed her role will not be replaced. “We can confirm Therese Niklasson will be leaving Newton Investment Management,” a statement said. “Sustainable investment research remains an integrated part of Newton’s investment process.
M&G hires Neil Godfrey as global head of client group

3 days ago | fundselectorasia.com | Abraham Darwyne

M&G Investments has hired Neil Godfrey as global head of client group to lead all distribution, marketing and client experience teams, according to a statement from the firm. He will start on 16 June and become a member of the executive leadership team, reporting to Joseph Pinto, chief executive of M&G Investments. Godfrey will be replacing current global head of distribution and product Neal Brooks, who has decided to step down after almost 30 years at M&G.
UBS GWM: AI compute spend is nowhere near peak

3 days ago | fundselectorasia.com | Abraham Darwyne

In early 2025, DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence (AI) model breakthrough sparked investor doubts about the sustainability of the huge sums of money being spent on compute. However, a series of spending commitments from big tech companies, sovereign AI customers and so-called “neocloud” firms has quelled these concerns for now.
Hedge funds pitch Asian stocks at Sohn Hong Kong

4 days ago | fundselectorasia.com | Abraham Darwyne

Hedge funds see value in Japan, Korea and China-listed stocks as global investors start to reassess the so-called exceptionalism of US stocks after Trump’s tariffs. Stocks listed in Asian markets formed the majority of hedge funds’ top investment ideas at the annual Sohn conference held in Hong Kong on Friday. UK-based activist hedge fund Palliser Capital revealed it has built a $100m position in Japanese-listed Tire manufacturer Toyo Tire.
Asia high yield bond comeback could be short-lived: Morningstar

5 days ago | fundselectorasia.com | Abraham Darwyne

New World Development’s interest payment deferral could depress already weak investor sentiment for Hong Kong credit, according to Morningstar’s Arvind Subramanian. After rebounding sharply in 2024, Asian high yield bonds could see weakened returns and slowing fund flows due to New World Development’s (NWD) payment deferral. When the Hong Kong property developer announced the deferment of interest payments on its perpetual bonds on May 30, its bond price fell sharply alongside its shares.
Pictet WM’s Gentizon: We are paid to take risk

6 days ago | fundselectorasia.com | Abraham Darwyne

Despite operating within one of the largest private banks in the world, Sebastien Gentizon, Pictet Wealth Management’s head of fund and manager research, says his team is encouraged to find new ideas and be early investors in promising fund strategies. “Pictet is really entrepreneurial; we are part of a partnership and are all aligned, and if you want to be rewarded, you have to take risk,” Gentizon (main picture) told FSA in an interview.
Paragon Capital Management adds Credit Suisse veteran to team

1 week ago | fundselectorasia.com | Abraham Darwyne

Paragon Capital Management (PCM) has named Trevor Lau as managing director and strategist, according to a statement from the firm. Based in Singapore , Lau will report to Paul Lee, co-founder, CEO and CIO and Irene Ng, COO and compliance/risk officer. Lau is a 20 year private banking and wealth management veteran, previously having held senior positions at Credit Suisse AG, Azura Investment Partners, UBS AG, and Citigroup Private Bank.
Partners Group launches royalties evergreen fund for private wealth market

1 week ago | fundselectorasia.com | Abraham Darwyne

Partners Group has launched its cross-sector royalties strategy in an evergreen fund vehicle for private investors in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The fund, now available to eligible individual investors, will invest alongside an existing institutional royalties evergreen fund, which was launched in January 2025. Both evergreen funds will have access to the same royalties transactions, the firm said.
AB: Asset-based finance adds diversity to private credit mix - Fund Selector Asia

1 week ago | fundselectorasia.com | Andrew Crooke

This growing market segment offers an appealing, untapped opportunity for private lenders and investors, according to alternatives investment strategist Brian Resnick.
TRP favours US stocks despite fading 'exceptionalism'

1 week ago | fundselectorasia.com | Abraham Darwyne

Investors have called into question the concept of so-called ‘US exceptionalism’ that has seen US equities to outperform the rest of the world for the past few years. After Trump’s tariff announcements shocked global markets and caused an abrupt pricing-in of the economic impact of widespread tariffs, other regions and currencies outside of the US have started to outperform.