One of the largest asset management houses in the world has named the investment chief for Asia ex-Japan.

European investment heavyweight Amundi has appointed Anthony Ho as chief investment officer for the Asia ex-Japan equities beat and as deputy chief executive for Amundi Hong Kong. 

In his role, Ho will report to Xiaofeng Zhong, CEO at Amundi Hong Kong and Romain Boscher, the global head of equities.

Ho is a 22-year veteran in the asset management industry, joining Amundi from CIFM (Hong Kong), holding the CEO role from 2014. Prior to that position, he was managing director at JP Morgan Asset Management (Hong Kong), a role he had from 2012. From 2009 to 2012, he was deputy CEO at China Asset Management (Hong Kong). Previously, Anthony spent 16 years with Fidelity Worldwide Investment. 

Europe’s largest asset manager, Amundi is among the 10-largest such firms in the world with assets under management of over €950 billion ($1.061 trillion).