The independent investment house, founded as a multi-family office, continues to hire.

Asia-based investment firm Thirdrock Group has appointed Suanjin Tan as senior portfolio manager and Yi-Lin Lee as senior fixed income strategist, portfolio manager.

The appointments take effect from 27 June and the pair will co-manage a discretionary fixed income strategy, adding to Thirdrock’s suite of discretionary portfolio management offerings.

Previously, Tan was lead portfolio manager for China credit and head of Asian private credit for BlackRock, co-managing fixed income portfolios in excess of $8 billion. In addition to his portfolio management responsibilities, Tan was also a senior credit analyst with a particular focus on Chinese corporates and oversaw the firm’s China research efforts. Before that, he was investment director and head of Southeast Asia at Citi Venture Capital International.

Lee brings over 15 years of investment banking experience in global credit and interest rate markets to Thirdrock. She has worked for the fixed income trading businesses of Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland and Haitong International, with management responsibility in the last two roles. During this time, she covered both the institutional and private wealth investor base in fixed income. 

In June, Thirdrock Group appointed Eric Goh as investment strategist and senior client advisor. In prior roles, Goh was head of investors for Southeast Asia at JP Morgan Private Wealth Management and head of investment advisory at BNP Paribas Wealth Management. He has also held similar roles in multi-asset class advisory at UBS Wealth Management, HSBC Private Bank, as well as FX sales and advisory in Republic National Bank of New York and DBS Private Bank.

The firm was founded in 2010 as a multi-family office serving a handful of Asian ultra-high net worth families. It has since expanded to offer a funds management platform and corporate advisory services. It recently commented to this publication on the role of independent wealth managers in the Asian market. For that article, see here.