HSBC Asset Management has appointed Seok Poh Yeoh as head of credit research for Asia, effective immediately. Yeoh will oversee the credit research team in the region and strengthen the integration within HSBC AM’s global investment platform and support sustainable investment efforts.
Based in Hong Kong, Yeoh will report to Tina Radovic, global head of credit research, based in Paris, and Elizabeth Allen, head of Asian fixed income, based in Hong Kong. Yeoh takes over from Allen who assumed her new role in February this year.
Yeoh has 16 years of industry experience. She joined HSBC Asset Management as a financial analyst in 2012, and since then she has been instrumental in strengthening credit research processes in the region. Prior to joining HSBC, she was a financial and corporate credit research analyst at Credit Suisse.