US Insurance Giant Appoints Ex-Deutsche Bank Man For Asia Property Role

Tom Burroughes

28 February 2014

Prudential Financial, the life insurer giant, has appointed former Deutsche Bank manager Yen Keng Tan invest client funds in Asia property, according to Bloomberg.

This publication is in contact with the second largest insurer in the US to confirm details about the move.

The news service said Tan will be based in Hong Kong and report to Eryck Su, chief investment officer in Asia for Prudential Real Estate Investors.

Tan will work in “portfolio management, responsible for developing new strategic and separate-account relationships in Asia, with a focus on Malaysia,” the news service said, citing a company comment. Tan joined Deutsche Bank in 2006 and worked there most recently as a portfolio manager and global relationship manager at RREEF Real Estate where he raised and invested more than $2 billion over three years.