JP Morgan Asset Management has named two employees to join an Asia-based team investing in smart beta-type products such as factor-based strategies.
Albert Chuang relocates from London to Hong Kong to become a portfolio manager on the company’s quantitative beta strategies team. Jason Leung has been named investment specialist for Asia beta strategies, also based in Hong Kong.
“We see increasing demand from clients for beta strategies solutions and Asia is a key growth market,” said Philippe El-Asmar, head of Asia beta strategies.
Chuang spent five years in the firm’s London office, where he was responsible for portfolio management and quantitative research. Leung is a former employee of JP Morgan Private Bank, where he was a senior investment specialist.
The beta strategies offering from JP Morgan Asset Management includes long-only factor-based strategies as well as long-short products. The department also includes an exchange-traded fund (ETF) platform.
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