Former head of BlackRock’s global emerging markets team Andrew Swan is set to join Man GLG as head of Asian (ex-Japan) equities as part of the firm’s ongoing expansion in the region.
It was revealed earlier this month that Swan (pictured) would be leaving BlackRock after nine years with the firm and would be returning to Australia to join another asset manager. In his new role at Man GLG, Swan brings 25 years of Asian and emerging market equities experience to initially manage a concentrated long-only Asia (ex-Japan) equity strategy. Joining in "mid-Q3", Swan will report to CEO Teun Johnston and will be based in the firm's Sydney office. Johnston explained the firm has been "looking to expand our Asia offering for a number of years, but have been patient as we ...
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