Friends Provident International has appointed a chief marketing officer for MEA, while Manulife have named a head of distribution EMEA. A Schroders fund manager is stepping down and a reorganisation at Franklin Templeton will see one fund manager stepping back from his day-to-day management role.
Former Standard Life head David Nish joins HSBC’s board of directors, while Hong Kong’s SFC appoints new director of enforcement. Manulife Hong Kong’s hires former Axa executive to head up its IT operations.
FPI has named a new financial director and Source has appointed a UK chief executive. In spite of break-up rumours, Old Mutual Wealth has hired a head of proposition from Sanlam. Both Vonobel and Aviva Investors announced departures.
China’s reported crackdown on capital outflows by restricting the use of a major credit card to purchase insurance products in Hong Kong hit shares of some of the region’s top insurers on Wednesday.
Manulife Asset Management has extended its recent hiring spree in Asia by bringing over professionals from BNY Mellon and HSBC Global Asset Management to fill two positions.
Global life insurer Manulife has strengthened its Singapore team with two hires to spearhead its bancassurance operations and its legal and compliance department.
The vice-president for Manulife Asset Management’s investment funds operation in Hong Kong is to quit the company.
Standard Chartered and Manulife have embarked on a 15-year distribution partnership to exclusively offer Manulife’s Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) product to Standard Chartered customers in Hong Kong.
Manulife Asset Management has hired Fidelity’s Asia head of retail for its wealth and asset management arm to boost its distribution platform in Asia.
Manulife Singapore has appointed a chief product officer and chief marketing officer as it looks to “align leadership responsibilities with key areas of focus” in order to support its growth plans.
Manulife Singapore has launched a regular premium investment-linked plan designed to help clients grow their wealth by investing 100% of the premium right from the beginning.
Manulife Singapore has appointed a new chief operations officer to oversee its new business and strategic technology.
