BlackRock hires Kim as first Asia-Pac head of fixed income
The firm takes Joel Kim from ING IM to coordinate and build its regional offering. Grant Bailey of ING IM says he regrets Kim’s decision but won’t react in a knee-jerk way.
US-based asset manager BlackRock has hired Joel Kim from ING Investment Management as its first Asia-Pacific head of fixed income to coordinate its regional offering and build its platform.
Kim quit ING IM two weeks ago and is working out his notice. He will join BlackRock in late November/early December in Singapore, the firm’s Asia ex-Japan hub for fixed income.
He was picked to lead the US asset manager’s 30-strong fixed income team across seven Asian countries “to enhance co…
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