The latest moves and appointments for senior roles for Asia-Pacific wealth management.

M&G Real Estate
M&G Real Estate, part of M&G Investments, has appointed Regina Lim as director, head of property research for Asia.

Lim will lead and oversee the research team to produce strategic investment recommendations on the Asia-Pacific property market. She will work with Jing Dong (JD) Lai, chief executive and chief investment officer of M&G Real Estate Asia, Jose Pellicer, global head of investment strategy and Richard Gwilliam, global head of research.

Lim is joining from JLL, where she was head of strategic advisory and capital market research in Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia. Previously, she worked at Standard Chartered Bank, UBS and Urban Redevelopment Authority.  

Her appointment follows that of Martin Seol who joined as director, portfolio management, head of targeted strategy, Asia Life Fund and Daniel Cho who joined as director, acquisitions in South Korea. Ikeda Seiko came on board as head of Japan earlier this year.

Capital Group
Capital Group, overseeing about $2.2 trillion in client assets (as at 30 June), has appointed Scott Steele as head of fixed income business development for Asia and Europe. The role is a new one at the US-based business. 

Serving mainly institutional and intermediary clients, Steel will report to Alexandra Haggard, head of product and investment services for Asia and Europe.

Carrying more than 30 years’ industry experience, Steele has been global head of fixed income client portfolio management at Janus Henderson Investors. Prior to that, he held leadership positions at PIMCO, including head of wealth management, Hong Kong and Singapore and head of institutional, Asia ex. Japan. Earlier, he was CIO at BMO mutual funds.