Global investment manager PineBridge Investments has made four new appointments to its equity analyst teams in Hong Kong and Singapore. 

Fund management veteran Kenneth Tang starts as director, portfolio manager, Asian equities, based in Singapore. Before joining, he was managing director and portfolio manager at Black River Asset Management where he managed Asian and Commodity long/short strategies. Before Black River, he spent nine years with Amundi Asset Management (previously Credit Agricole Asset Management) where he was a senior member of the research team.

Dennis Lam starts as equity analyst, Hong Kong & China equities, based in Hong Kong. He has approximately ten years experience in research, mostly in the financial sector, having worked for various leading investment management firms, including Franklin Templeton, Schroders and Baron Asset Management.

Kim-Peng Ang starts as equity analyst, ASEAN equities, also based in Hong Kong. He has seven years of equity research experience and joins PineBridge from IMC Investment in Hong Kong where he was Investment Associate. Before that, he was a sell side equity analyst at Kenanga Investment Bank (Malaysia).

Jacob Lee and Samantha Kwong both start as equity analysts, based in Hong Kong. Lee will cover ASEAN Equities and joined from Deutsche Bank’s investment banking division where he was an associate.  Before Deutsche Bank, he worked at HSBC in Hong Kong and Lehman Brothers in London.

Kwong will cover Hong Kong and China Equities. Before joining PineBridge, she was at Kim Eng where she had covered the consumer discretionary sector since 2010.

Additionally Wilfred Son Keng Po, managing director and portfolio manager, who was previously based in the Philippines, has relocated to Hong Kong to oversee ASEAN equities portfolio management.

Rajeev Mittal, PineBridge’s Asia-Pacific chief executive officer, said, “These appointments represent an important milestone in the build-out of our equity team in Asia. Kenneth is a top performing portfolio manager and will be instrumental in PineBridge’s growth strategy in Asian equities, specifically in Singapore. At the same time, the expansion of the research team increases our intellectual capital and sector diversification and will enhance our already superior investment performance.”

PineBridge Investments is an independent asset manager with US$68 billion in assets under management for institutional and individual investors globally, as of 30 June 2012.