Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited (Hong Kong)

Name: Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited
Address: 19/F Edinburgh Tower, 15 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong
Telephone: 852-2841-1411

Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited is a large advisory firm based in Hong Kong. It manages $5.56 billion of regulatory assets for 43 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001.

Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm also engages as pooled investment vehicles.

Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited is $5.56 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 123% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $5.56 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $129.22 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

Careers at Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited

David J Brennan has been acting as President since 1 Dec 2002. Wilfred Wing Fai Sit has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Jan 2011. Eric Chin Hung Lee joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Financial Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Iris To	Director	1 Jan 1986	Other	4355265
Baring Asset Management Holdings Ltd	Shareholder of 5	1 Feb 1986	75% - 100%	none
Ing Baring Holdings Ltd	Shareholder of 6	1 Feb 1986	75% - 100%	none
Baring Asset Management (Asia) Holdings Ltd	Shareholder 1: shareholder of applicant	1 Nov 1986	75% - 100%	none
Baring International Investment Management Ltd	Shareholder of 2	1 Nov 1986	75% - 100%	none
Baring International Investment Management Holdings Ltd	Shareholder of 3	1 Dec 1986	75% - 100%	none
Baring International Investment Management Holdings	Shareholder 4: shareholder of 3	1 Dec 1986	75% - 100%	none
Ing Baring Holding Nederland Bv	Shareholder of 7	1 Mar 1995	75% - 100%	none
Ing Bank Nv	Shareholder of 8	1 Jul 1995	75% - 100%	none
Ing Groep Nv	Shareholder of 9	1 Jul 1995	75% - 100%	none
Peter Cairns	Chief operating officer	1 Jun 1996	Other	4355263
Khiem Do	Head of asian equities	1 Feb 1998	Other	4355264
Sydney Bone	Managing director	1 Mar 1998	Other	4355262
Ing Intermediate Holdings Limited	Shareholder of 6	1 May 2001	75% - 100%	none
Ing Uk Holdings Limited	Shareholder of 7	1 May 2001	75% - 100%	none
David J Brennan	Chairman	1 Dec 2002	Other	4335507
Karen Wong	Chief compliance officer	1 Jul 2003	75% - 100%	4788985
Karen Wong	Chief compliance officer	1 Apr 2004	75% - 100%	4788985
Gerry Joo Yeow Ng	Managing director	1 Dec 2004	Other	4892948
Iris To	Chief operating officer	1 Apr 2006	Other	4355265
Khiem Do	Head of multi asset	1 Jul 2006	Other	4355264
Traser Chung	Chief compliance officer	1 Sep 2006	Other	5317563
Kevin Chan	Chief operating officer	1 Sep 2009	Other	5718961
Wilfred Wing Fai Sit	Chief investment officer	1 Jan 2011	Other	6048491
Thae Surn Khwarg	Chief executive officer, korea	1 Apr 2013	Other	6184261
Eric Chin Hung Lee	Chief financial officer	1 Jul 2013	Other	6087465

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 8 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Baring Asset Management Ltd	Shareholder 4: shareholder of 3	1 Feb 1986	75% - 100%	none
Baring Asset Management Uk Holdings Limited	Shareholder 2: shareholder of 1	1 Mar 1991	75% - 100%	none
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company	Shareholder 9: shareholder of 8	1 Jun 1995	75% - 100%	04-159085
Massmutual Holding Llc	Shareholder 8: shareholder of 7	1 Dec 2004	75% - 100%	04-285431
Massmutual Holdings (Bermuda) Limited	Shareholder 5: shareholder of 4	1 Mar 2005	75% - 100%	none
Massmutual Baring Holding Llc	Shareholder 6: shareholder of 5	1 Jan 2006	75% - 100%	none
Baring International Investment Management Holdings	Shareholder 3: shareholder of 2	1 Jun 2008	75% - 100%	none
Mm Asset Management Holding Llc	Shareholder 7: shareholder of 6	1 Feb 2012	75% - 100%	45-4000072

Based in Hong Kong

The principal office where Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited performs its advisory services is located at 19/F Edinburgh Tower, 15 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong, , which is also the mailing address of the firm. The firm also has an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 852-2841-1411 or by fax 852-2845-9050. The normal business hours are 9:00 am to 5:30 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at barings.com.