Mark Konyn, chief marketing officer at Dresdner RCM Global Investors in Hong Kong, chats with FinanceAsia about the firm's direction as it gets used to life as part of Allianz Group following last year's acquisition.
FinanceAsia Did this deal involve much overlap
Mark Konyn Hardly any. The acquisition was announced in March and the outline for integrating the two firms was made in September. In Asia, Allianz has a burgeoning insurance position and is taking advantage of market openings. Its regional headquarters is in Singapore. But in asset management in this region, Allianz's business is still pretty new. Even globally, asset management has been a separate function for just two years. But Allianz...
