Brown Advisory, an independent and privately held global investment management firm that oversees $157.0bn in client assets globally, has appointed Yoon Bean Kim as head of North Asia (ex-Japan).
Kim joins from Fullerton Asset Management in Singapore, where he was predominantly responsible for establishing a presence and growing sales in South Korea, a growing market for Brown Advisory. Prior to that he worked at J.P. Morgan Asset Management for eight years.
His expertise and knowledge of the investment landscape will help Brown Advisory further penetrate this key geographic region, where the firm has been seeing demand for its US and Global solutions.
Working closely with Walter Beckett (Head of APAC) and his team, Kim will create new opportunities for Brown Advisory’s investment strategies across his existing contact base of institutional investors and financial intermediaries. He will help to open up new markets where the firm has previously had little coverage.
Having established a presence in Singapore in 2019, Brown Advisory recently passed $3.5bn of assets managed out of the region.
In 2023 the firm opened a Tokyo office, appointing Toshiyuki Murasawa as Head of Distribution in Japan.
Walter Beckett, head of APAC at Brown Advisory, said: “We have been investing in our team to service a growing client base in APAC and further develop important markets across the region. We are delighted that Yoon Bean, with his knowledge of the regional investment landscape, has joined us at Brown Advisory to build out the business in North Asia.
“Our expanding team here in APAC means we are able to serve our existing client base better than ever while at the same time offering Brown Advisory’s investment capabilities to a broader range of potential partners.”
Kim said: “Brown Advisory has developed an outstanding reputation across the APAC region and I am thrilled to join the team and contribute to the firm’s growth. There is considerable appetite across Asia for established US and global equity and fixed income strategies with strong track records, which Brown Advisory is able to deliver. I look forward to playing a role in growing our presence in APAC, particularly key geographies such as South Korea.”
