Schroder Investment Managements top brass in London have determined that continental Europe and North Asia offer the best growth prospects for the next five to 10 years, and it is the job of Simon Rigby pictured, the managing director for Asia, to ensure the fund management giant realizes it in this part of the world. To that end he has been very busy expanding the firms retail and institutional presence in South Korea, Mainland China and Taiwan through a mixed strategy of partnerships and acquisitions.
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The firm has just obtained a coveted and rare investment trust management company ITMC license, only the third foreigner to do so after Franklin Templeton...