BNY Mellon Investment Management Builds Out Asia Footprint

Tom Burroughes

15 March 2021

has appointed Dominic Wong (pictured) as head of the intermediary segment for Greater China and Sabrina Yu as a senior associate in business development for Taiwan.

In this-newly created role, Wong will be responsible for developing and driving the intermediary strategy in Greater China, including leading the efforts with Asia’s private banks and global financial institutions in the region. His role includes deepening client relationships across private banks, family offices and retail banks, and growing assets under management in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan.

Prior to this, Wong spent 15 years at Fidelity Investment Management, with his most recent role being head of intermediary business, North Asia covering Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan and South Korea. Wong has also held the position of head of retail sales, Hong Kong at BlackRock, and earlier in his career worked in distribution and client relationship roles for New Alliance Asset Management, Asia and HSBC Asset Management, Hong Kong.

Yu joins the firm with a focus on building brand and relationships with Taiwan institutions, working closely with Rebecca Chu, head of Taiwan. Yu was most recently associate director, institutional sales at Aberdeen Standard Investments in Taiwan where she was responsible for building relationships and growing assets amongst Taiwan insurance companies, fund of fund managers and pension funds.

“Our Asia Pacific investment management business has grown well over the past few years. This is due to our ability to offer clients the best of both worlds: access to highly differentiated, specialist investment firms, backed by the strength and scale of BNY Mellon, offered through dedicated local client service and distribution expertise,” Doni Shamsuddin, head of Asia-Pacific ex Japan at BNY Mellon Investment Management, said.