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Markets Media Group is pleased to announce that Deborah Ho, Head of Southeast Asia at BlackRock, will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at MMGâs 3rd-annual Women in Finance Asia Awards, which will be webcast on Thursday, May 20 at 10:00 am Hong Kong time.
Ho has more than 30 yearsâ experience and expertise in buy-side and sell-side institutions in Asia and New York, including 4 years as CEO at DBS Asset Management. In her current role at BlackRock, she has strengthened key client relationships and delivered the breadth and depth of the firmâs capabilities in a fast-growing region. As a member of her firmâs Human Capital Committee, she works to foster an inclusive culture and continues to actively champion gender equality in the workplace.
Global asset manager names Singapore CEO, as UK IFA firm hires advising partner
Schroders
The global asset manager promotes Lily Choh as chief executive of Singapore.
She was previously deputy chief executive of Schroders Singapore and head of institutional of Asia Pacific.
Choh will transition out of her dual role as head of institutional for Apac by the end of the year.
She succeeds Susan Soh, who as chief executive of Schroders Singapore for the last 14 years.
Also, the firm’s UK financial advice joint venture, Schroders Personal Wealth (SPW), has hired two personal wealth advisers as it looks to expand into Northern Ireland.
Singapore asset managers expect growth in the US and other developed economies to bounce back from the coronavirus-triggered slump now that vaccines against the virus have begun to be rolled out, and predict the local dollar will strengthen against the greenback this year, according to findings from the Investment Management Association of Singapore’s (IMAS) annual poll.
Half of the 58 respondents in the 2021 survey see the US economy grow more than 4% this year, stronger than the 3% forecast by the International Monetary Fund in October.
Their predictions of over 5.5% growth for Europe and over 3% for Japan are also higher than the IMF’s forecasts of 5.2% and 2.3%, respectively.