Andrew Tjaardstra

The banking veteran has joined the real estate and investment firm in Sydney from Deutsche Bank; he will relocate to Singapore in 2025.

Singapore-based Marketa Dvorak started earlier this month at the active asset manager and was previously at Wellington Management.

The US venture capital firm has made early-stage investments in space, cybersecurity, biotech, nanotech, drones and robotics; recently promoted Chip Whittemore will lead the team.

The German bank has tripled its capital base in the fast-growing economy over the last decade.

The planned launch of the office in 2025 comes as the Saudi Exchange starts hosting the first ETFs tracking Hong Kong funds.

Chang, who joined ANZ in 2012, will relocate from Singapore to Shanghai, and will start the role on November 18.

Fund tokenisation has already reached $2bn in assets under management this year, with on-chain money set to bring 24/7 secondary transfers and fractionalisation.

Senior executives from the HKEX, SFC and SIX, discussed tokenisation, the new economy, AI and post-trade settlement, in a panel hosted by FA.

The partnership will deploy the money over the next five years and will help capital market needs to grow the economy.

Li's practice at the international law firm will focus on fund formation and digital assets, across hedge funds, private equity, real estate and cryptocurrency.