Andrew Low, the former chief operating officer for Macquarie Capital Advisers, is pairing up with Grant Samuel, a well-established independent advisory and funds groups in Australia and New Zealand, to form RedBridge Grant Samuel early next year. Low will become CEO of the new venture and will be based in Hong Kong.
“The new business will be an advisory and funds-focused independent,” said Low. It will focus on Asian investment into Australia and New Zealand and AustralianNew Zealand investments into Asia.
Low pointed out that the fastest growing investors into Australia during the past five years have been from South Korea, increasing by 77% a year, and from China, up by...