SLI bulking up in Asia sales and marketing

Investment manager Standard Life Investments (SLI) is bulking up its regional sales and marketing team based out of Hong Kong as it strives to raise its Asia-sourced assets. The UK-based firm – which is 100% owned by Standard Life Group but bills itself as 99% autonomous – has hired Allen Wang from BlackRock as head of Asian institutional business. The firm is also seeking to hire a head of wholesale business, to provide investment products to professional investors via private …