The firm has hired for a newly created role responsible for institutional client coverage across the Greater China region.
Manulife Investment Management has hired Bing Liu managing director, institutional business, Greater China, according to an announcement on Thursday. Based in Hong Kong and reporting to Peter Kim, head of institutional business, Asia Pacific (ex-Japan).
Liu brings more than 20 years of industry experience in engaging with institutional investors in the region. She joins Manulife from Macquarie Asset Management, where she was most recently head of Greater China, overseeing the distribution and client serving activities. She previously worked at Lombard Odier, Societe Generale, and Carlyon Corporate & Investment Bank.
Strategic Hire
According to the firm, Liu is a «key addition» as the team is committed to driving the continued institutional growth in Asia.
«The strategic priorities for our Asia institutional business are to ensure we continue with our top-class client engagement, and accelerate our growth with our public and private market solutions across the region,» Kim said.
Growing Team
Manulife IM has been expanding its institutional team over the past six months on the back of the continued institutional business growth in Asia.
The firm hired Calvin Kim, managing director, institutional sales, Korea, in November 2020. Kim previously worked across diverse capabilities including portfolio management, alternative investment and institutional sales formore than two decades for the likes of Invesco, Lombard Odier, Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Merrill Lynch.
To lead institutional client relationship management efforts, it brought on board Babiana Chu as head of client advisory and servicing, APAC (ex-Japan) in December 2020. Chu has more than two decades of experience for firms inlcuding GAM and at JF Asset Management.
