Amundi boosts Asia distribution team

Indosuez’s Qian Su recommends alts for diversification in pro-risk stance Head of investment management Asia, Qian Su, has also added equity hedge funds with systematic strategies in the US and Asia and also natural resources funds. Jason Lim has been appointed head of d.istribution, South Asia ex Malaysia & Thailand Amundi today announced the appointment of Jason Lim as head of distribution & wealth sales – South Asia ex Malaysia & Thailand. Based in Singapore, he reports to Albert Tse, CEO of Amundi in South Asia and to Gaëtan Delculée, head of distribution & wealth. Lim is responsible for leading relationship management and identifying new business opportunities with a diverse range of distribution and wealth partners, including private banks, retail banks, insurance companies, IFAs, and platforms, according to a statement by the French asset manager. Lim has more two decades industry experience. Prior to joining Amundi, he was at Allianz Global Investors where he was most recently a director & team lead in wholesale distribution – South East Asia. He previously held roles at Aberdeen Asset Management, Franklin Templeton and Citibank. Lim holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Asset & Wealth Management, both from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. KBI Global Investors has launched a core sustainable strategy and a health and wellbeing strategy . Infrastructure equities are seeing a growth inflection not yet recognised by the market, according to James Wigley, portfolio manager at Pictet Asset Management.