Investors Group hires ex-BlackRock equity CIO

Canadian fund house Investors Group has brought in BlackRock alumnus Nick Scott as head of Asian equities to run its Hong Kong investment team. Portfolio manager Erwin Hidalgo is understood to have left Investors Group recently, but AsianInvestor could not ascertain where he has gone. Hidalgo was a responsible officer at IG Investment Management (Hong Kong) from November 2006 to July 31, 2014, when his licence ceased. Scott became an RO with the firm on September 15. Scott had…