Michael Thompson

Executive Vice President, Head of Singapore office and Head of Wealth Management Group Asia (ex-Japan)

PIMCO

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Mr. Thompson is an executive vice president, head of the Singapore office and head of the wealth management group in Asia ex-Japan. The group focuses on building distribution relationships with financial institutions that outsource to third party managers on the basis of open, guided or managed architecture. Previously, Mr. Thompson was head of European institutional remarketing and based in PIMCO’s London office. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2006, he was responsible for U.K. business development and marketing at Western Asset Management Company. He has 21 years of investment experience and holds an undergraduate degree in economics and law from the University of Natal in South Africa.

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Why flexibility and diversity are key to stable portfolios To best meet the investment appetite of Asia's wealthy, asset managers need to deliver products and strategies which have the flexibility to utilise tactical strategies while managing the core of a portfolio, says Michael Thompson, head of PIMCO's wealth management group in Asia ex-Japan..

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