The latest moves and appointments in around the Asia-Pacific wealth management sector.

Withers
Withers has appointed Paul Jebely as a senior partner based in its Hong Kong office and head of its newly-launched global asset finance practice.

Jebely is joining from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, where he was managing partner of the Hong Kong office and co-chair of the firm's private wealth and asset finance practices. He primarily represents ultra-high net worth individuals and their business enterprises. His clients presently include many notable individuals listed in the Forbes Rich List as well as major corporations, both listed and privately held. He has served as counsel on well over $20 billion in transactions over the last 15 years.

Jebely was named by Chambers & Partners as the top private aircraft and yachts aviation attorney globally in 2018 (and has been recognised by the prestigious publication as the top private aviation attorney in Asia since 2016). He has won other awards.

Jebely is also quoted by the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes and other international publications on aviation. He is qualified to practice law in England and Wales, the US (New York and Washington State) and Canada (Ontario).

Qiming Venture Partners
Qiming Venture Partners, the Chinese venture capital firm overseeing funds of $6.2 billion, has brought back Shiyu Wang as a partner. Shiyu Wang will co-lead the TMT team, managing and investing in the internet and consumer sectors.

Shiyu Wang previously worked at Qiming Venture Partners from 2012 to 2016.

“I know Qiming very well, and identify very much with its culture. I have also personally experienced the respect and support that Qiming provides to the entrepreneurs," Shiyu Wang said.

"China is a world-class consumer country, and I believe there are still many opportunities and huge upgrade potential in the country's consumer market in the next five to 10 years. Qiming Venture Partners has excellent investment performances in mobile internet, especially in internet community and social networking.”

Founded in 2006, Qiming Venture Partners has offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Hong Kong, Seattle, Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area. It manages 10 US dollar funds and six RMB funds with $6.2 billion in assets under management capital raised. Since its debut it has backed more than 430 companies, and more than 170 of them are listed in international stock markets.

Canada Life Asset Management
Canada Life Asset Management has appointed Jordan Sriharan as a fund manager in its multi-asset business, which oversees more than £3.4 billion ($4.58 billion) in assets under management (as of the end of September 2021). 

Sriharan will work with Craig Rippe, head of multi-asset, to develop and manage a range of mixed-asset investment strategies for advisors, discretionary fund managers and institutional investors. 

Prior to this, Sriharan was head of managed portfolio services at Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management for eight years. Previously, he worked as an investment analyst at Mercer, as well as Wellcome Trust and Fidelity.