People Moves
Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - Western Asset
The latest moves of senior figures in the Asia-Pacific wealth management industry.
Western Asset
Western Asset,
a fixed income fund management firm affiliated with Legg Mason, has appointed
John InGeun Kim as client service executive to cover Korean
institutions and other key markets.
Kim is based in Singapore and reports to Michael Dale, head of client service and marketing, Asia Pacific (ex-Japan). In his role, Kim is responsible for managing Western Asset’s Korean client base and assisting in the growth of the firm’s institutional clients across the region.
Prior to joining Western Asset, Kim was a head of institutional business at BlackRock Korea and a senior manager of the external fund management team in the Reserve Management Group of Bank of Korea. Since 2005, he has been a fixed income professor at CFA Korea Institute and, since 2018, he has been an auditor of CFA Society Korea. Kim earned a bachelor of arts degree in business administration from Korea University.
Western Asset oversees $448.0 billion of assets under management.