Martin Park joins as Korea sales director, Hiromi Wada has been appointed as Japan representative and Matthew Marks joins as sales director for institutional Asia.
Park, who will be based in Singapore, joins from HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) where he was the team Head of its Korean Institutional Business from 2007.
He will focus on securing mandates with Korean institutional clients and seeking sub-advisory opportunities with Korean financial intermediaries.
Wada was previously with Itau Japan Asset Management, and he will be responsible for building Pioneer Investments’ business in the institutional and sub-advisory space in this market.
Marks, who was most recently a director of institutional business with Prudential Asset Management in Singapore, will be responsible for pitching to central bank reserves, large state pension funds and sovereign wealth funds across Asia, excluding Japan and Korea.
Lin said: “With pension funds in Asia Pacific now larger than those in Europe, and Sovereign Wealth Funds accounting for 40% of the global total in Asia Pacific and the Middle East, the region offers some excellent institutional opportunities.”
These three new positions follow the appointment of Neal Jenkins as head of sales in Middle East, Central Asia and Africa.
