SG Asset Management SGAM, the E290 billion investment management arm of Societe Generale, has just opened an office in Hong Kong, its first in North Asia, managed by Eleanor Wan. Wan previously served as regional sales director at Zurich Scudder, which has since been absorbed by Deutsche Asset Management. SGAM has been consolidating its regional hub in Singapore over the past year under Mahendran Nathan, managing director and regional head, to whom Wan reports.
Wan's role will be several fold. First, she must deepen SGAM's relationships with Hong Kong distributors, including banks, private banks and independent financial advisors. The firm has had initial success marketing guaranteed products in 2001 through HSBC, Standard...