The latest moves in the Asia-Pacific wealth management market.

Rawlinson & Hunter 
Law firm Rawlinson & Hunter Singapore has appointed Katharine Haggie as a tax manager, transferring from the firm’s offices in London where she was part of the managerial team of the business tax department.

Haggie has more than ten years’ experience covering private client tax, all aspects of the taxation of companies and accounting and compliance for corporates with a UK presence. 

She also takes over as manager of the tax team in Singapore.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Leeds (UK) and holds designations including ACA (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) and CTA (Chartered Institute of Taxation).

Chubb
Financial services firm Chubb">Chubb has appointed two new hires to its personal lines insurance operation in Singapore, which has just set up a new division comprising of personal risk services.

The firm has appointed Bernard Tan as division head of personal lines, and Regina Baxter as manager of PRS and regional fine arts specialist.

Tan will report to Adam Clifford, country president for Chubb in Singapore. Tan has been at the firm for more than 10 years. Most recently, he was responsible for the management and expansion of Chubb's high net worth insurance.  In his new role, Tan will manage and drive the strategic growth of Chubb's personal lines portfolio across multiple distribution channels. 

Baxter will report to Tan. Baxter joined Chubb in 2011 as an underwriter, and in 2016, she was appointed as the region’s fine arts specialist. In her new role, Baxter will be responsible for the management and profitability of the PRS portfolio, including all underwriting and market-facing functions.

James Hambro & Partners

Investment management house James Hambro & Partners has recruited Asia specialist Camilla Cecil in Hong Kong. She was previously deputy fund manager of the Ruffer Pacific fund. She moves from Hong Kong to London, a spokesperson told this publication.

Cecil spent six years at Ruffer, the last two of which involved working with the firm’s Head of Asia in Hong Kong. She made regular company visits across the region. Her appointment follows JH&P’s recruitment last year of the US and global equity specialist, William Francklin. The firm is building its direct equity expertise beyond the UK.

The new hire will visit China and Japan to conduct company meetings and recommend stocks for client portfolios. She will also look after international and UK-based clients investing in global mandates.

“The Hong Kong and Japan markets still look relatively cheap on the world stage, especially when compared with US valuations which are looking stretched against most historic measures. With global inter-linkages rising, knowledge of these markets should inform our understanding of the opportunities in Western markets, in addition to being interesting in their own right,” she said.

“Corporate access and disclosure are still lagging behind in Asia and the quality, breadth and depth of research is not as strong as it is in the US and Europe, so I think that meeting managements on the ground and having a good understanding of the region gives an investment manager an edge,” she added.