The latest moves, appointments and personnel changes in the Asia-Pacific wealth management industry.

Azimut Group
Azimut Group has appointed Jackson Ng (pictured below) as regional head of fintech, Asia. Ng is based in Singapore.

Jackson Ng

Ng reports to Giorgio Medda, group CEO and global head of fintech at Azimut Group.

In his new role, Ng will be closely involved in the group's digital strategy, digital transformation initiatives, and the development of a global fintech platform. He has authored a white paper outlining the group’s vision, strategy, and roadmap for digital transformation, scheduled for publication in the second quarter of 2025.

Brandes
Brandes Investment Partners, a boutique investment advisor, has appointed Diya Lowe as the director, sales, with Brandes Investment Partners (Asia) Pte. 

Lowe, who supports Brandes’ private bank and high net worth clients, will use her experience across Asia-Pacific, including Australia.

A native of Australia, Lowe has more than 15 years of sales and distribution experience across Australia and Southeast Asia. She began her career at Lazard Asset Management in Sydney moving to their Singapore offices in 2013. More recently, Lowe served as head of Southeast Asia Institutional at Ninety One. 

Lowe earned her MBA at the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales and her bachelor of commerce and bachelor of arts from the University of Sydney.

Brandes, headquartered in San Diego, California, was founded in 1974. Along with its related entities, it has offices in Milwaukee, Toronto, Dublin, and Singapore.

PGIM Fixed Income
PGIM Fixed Income has hired Oliver Nisenson as head of asset-based finance (ABF), effective 15 May.

In this newly-created role, he will be responsible for oversight and lead the continued growth of the firm’s global private ABF platform within its $131 billion securitised products business, reporting to Gabriel Rivera and Edwin Wilches, co-heads of securitised products.

Nisenson is joining from Blackstone Credit and Insurance, where he was a senior managing director leading investments in asset-based finance. Previously, he was a managing director at Credit Suisse where he served in a range of leadership roles including head of conduit and warehouse financing globally. Prior to Credit Suisse, Nisenson was a founding partner at 20 Gates Asset Management.

PGIM Fixed Income, which has $837 billion in assets under management as of 31 December 2024, is a global asset manager offering active solutions across all fixed income markets. The company has offices in Newark, New Jersey, London, Amsterdam, Zurich, Munich, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.