Martin Currie targets key hire to boost Asia assets

Edinburgh-based Martin Currie is seeking a sales rep for its Singapore office to spearhead  fundraising as it strives to increase Asia-Pacific-sourced assets by 10 percentage points in the next five years. At present some 16% of the equity fund manager's $8.5 billion in global assets under management is sourced from Asia Pacific. “We expect that in the next five years, a quarter of our client-base will be based in the region,” Kimon Kouryialas, head of pan-Asia sales and client …