“We’re excited to make these announcements to the global fixed-income franchise, a more than 150-person-deep bench of talented investment professionals who practise a team-based approach to portfolio management,” Christopher P Conkey, CFA, head of public markets, Manulife Investment Management, said. 

In Asia, it made the following promotions: Murray Collis, deputy CIO, fixed income, Asia (ex-Japan) has been promoted to CIO, fixed income, Asia (ex-Japan). He will assume oversight of the Asia ex-Japan franchise from Endre Pedersen, deputy CIO, global fixed income, and CIO, global emerging-market fixed income, while continuing to report to him in this capacity.  Alvin Ong, portfolio manager, Singapore fixed income, who has been promoted to the role of head of fixed income, Singapore, will continue to report to Murray Collis.

HSBC
[tag|HSBC Bank (Singapore)|]HSBC Bank (Singapore) has named Penny Goh as independent chairman of its board, effective yesterday. She succeeds Mervyn Fong as board chair. Fong has served as interim board chair since August last year. She will continue to serve as chair of the risk committee and member of the audit committee until his retirement from the board in April.

Goh was first appointed as an independent non-executive director of HSBC Bank (Singapore) in August 2019, and is a member of its audit and risk committees. Goh was formerly the co-chairman and senior partner of Allen & Gledhill LLP, heading its corporate real estate business.

Schroders
Schroders Capital, the private assets division of UK-listed wealth and asset manager , has appointed Andrew Haskins as head of strategy and investor Advisory, Schroders Capital real estate Asia Pacific, a newly created role.

Based in Hong Kong, Haskins will report to Andrew Moore, head of Schroders Capital’s real estate division in Asia-Pacific.

Haskins, a veteran of real estate and equities markets with 33 years of experience across Asia, Europe and the Middle East, will work closely with the real estate and broader private assets teams in Schroders Capital.