The new client service executive brings a wealth of experience and extensive knowledge of both investment markets and the industry, with more than two decades in investment management.
Western Asset, one of Legg Mason's nine investment affiliates, is strengthening its coverage for Korean institutions and other key markets in the region with the appointment of John In-Geun Kim as a client service executive, the firm announced on Thursday.
Based in Singapore, Kim is responsible for managing Western Asset’s Korean client base and will help the firm grow its institutional clients across the region. He reports to Michael Dale, Head of Client Service & Marketing, Asia Pacific (ex-Japan).
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Kim joins the firm from Blackrock, where he spent the past decade, most recently as head of its institutional business in Korea. He was previously a senior manager of the external fund management team in the reserve management group of the Bank of Korea.
Western Asset is one of the leading fixed-income managers globally, with $448 billion in assets under management and 835 employees worldwide. It was founded in 1971 and became an independent affiliate of U.S. investment management firm Legg Mason in 1986.
