The latest moves in wealth management across Asia-Pacific.

Merian Global Investors
Building on its presence in Asia, including rebranding as Merian Global Investors in 2018, the asset management firm has hired Edward Ho as head of sales in Hong Kong.

Ho is a 20-year finance sector veteran, holding senior managment, sales, and product-structuring roles at a number of investment banks. From 2008 to 2015, he was managing director and global head of equity derivatives and intermediary sales at Standard Chartered. Before that he spent several years building an equities derivitives business for Bear Stearns in Asia, and started out at Lehman Brothers in New York in 1995.

He will be responsible for growing Merian Global’s presence in Hong Kong and supporting efforts to expand in north Asian territories outside of China, Taiwan and Japan. He will report to managing director of distribution Warren Tonkinson, who is based in London.

Following the group’s Asia rebranding last year, Tonkinson said: “We’re now seeking to further extend our presence in the region and diversify our client base. Edward has significant experience in the asset management industry and I have every confidence his knowledge and extensive industry network will be hugely beneficial as the business continues to grow.”

At the end of October 2018, the business had £31.6 billion ($39.9 billion) in assets under management.