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HSBC Asset Management appoints Head of Credit Research for Asia

HSBC Asset Management has appointed Seok Poh Yeoh as Head of Credit Research for Asia, effective immediately.

Poh will oversee the credit research team in the region and strengthen the integration within HSBC AM’s global investment platform and support sustainable investment efforts.

Based in Hong Kong, Poh will report to Tina Radovic, Global Head of Credit Research, based in Paris and Elizabeth Allen, Head of Asian Fixed Income, based in Hong Kong. Poh takes over from Elizabeth who assumed the new role in February this year.

Poh brings 16 years of industry experience to the new role. She joined HSBC Asset Management as a financial analyst in 2012, and since then she has been instrumental in strengthening credit research processes in Asia. Prior to joining HSBC, she was a financial and corporate credit research analyst in Credit Suisse.

 

Commenting on this appointment, Elizabeth Allen, Head of Asian Fixed Income, HSBC Asset Management, said, “Poh’s analytical and research background, combined with her sustained involvement in the global fund offerings, make her the ideal candidate to lead the Asian research platform. Leveraging our recognised leadership position in Asian fixed income, we will continue to build up our investment capabilities and support the development of our strategies.”

 

HSBC AM’s Asian fixed income team is one of the best resourced team within the firm in Asia, with Asian fixed income asset under management reaching close to USD73 billion as of 31 March 2021.