APB Directory | Pictet Asset Management
Pictet Asset Management (Pictet AM), part of the Pictet Group, provides specialist investment management services across a range of strategic capabilities including multi-asset solutions, thematic equities, emerging markets and alternatives, with USD 260 billion in assets under management at 30 June 2023. Its clients include financial institutions, pension funds, foundations and financial advisors. Pictet AM has 18 business development centres worldwide. In Asia, it has offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei, Osaka, Tokyo, and Singapore. Pictet AM has over 1000 employees globally, among this more than 400 are investment professionals.
We want to be the investment partner of choice for our clients and always strive to meet their changing needs. To us, this means giving them our undivided attention, offering pioneering strategies and excellent client service. At every step of the journey, responsibility is central to our way of thinking.
We are active managers with a strong focus on valuation across equity, credit, sovereign debt and currencies. We are innovators, always seeking new sources of alpha. Risk management an integral part of our decision-making process.
Our independence differentiates us from our competitors, our capacity to innovate and our focus on client service. We offer investment solutions focused on our strategic capabilities: Thematics, Alternatives, Multi Asset and Emerging Markets.
As an industry pioneer and leader in thematic equity investing, Pictet AM has 17 thematic equity strategies. We are one of the world’s largest actively-managed thematic equities fund managers, and one of the world’s the largest asset manager in terms of AUM in SFDR Article 9 funds. Pictet AM is also recognized by the industry for its leading money market franchise, as well as investment leadership in Asian fixed income and regional expertise in Chinese local currency bonds, as one of the earliest international asset managers investing in Chinese onshore bond market.
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Managing Director and Head of Intermediaries, Asia ex Japan
Freeman Tsang joined Pictet Asset Management in Nov 2020 as Head of Intermediaries, Asia ex-Japan, with over 20 years of industry experience. Based in Hong Kong, Freeman is responsible for developing fund distribution and client relationship management activities for Pictet Asset Management in the region.
Before joining Pictet, Freeman had been Head of Wholesales Business for China(offshore), Hong Kong, Korea for Legg Mason Asset Management Hong Kong Limited (currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc.) since 2009. Prior to that, Freeman was the Business Development Vice President at Pictet in 2006 where he was responsible for wholesale business development and implementation of commercial strategies for Asia Pacific ex-Japan.
Freeman has taken various senior roles in multiple financial institutions, including Director of Business Development at Citigroup Asset Management and Sales Director at Janus Capital Group where he was responsible for developing retail and private banking businesses in Asia.
Freeman graduated with a Bachelor of Technology degree in Applied Computer Science from Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto.
Executive Director
Audrey joined Pictet Asset Management in April 2015 and is the Executive Director, Asia ex-Japan. She is responsible for developing fund distribution and client relationship management with private banks in Asia as well as South East Asia.
Audrey joins us from J.P. Morgan Asset Management where she was the head of private bank distribution in Singapore. Her experiences also included a four year term with Man Investments, where she was responsible for their Singapore wholesale business. Prior to that, Audrey was with HSBC Private Bank where she led the funds advisory business in Singapore. She began her career with Merrill Lynch International Bank in 1999 where she held various investment roles.
Audrey obtained a Bachelor of Business degree in Banking & Finance from Monash University, Australia. She is a CAIA charter holder and completed the CFA ESG Certificate.
