Hong Kong lures fund execs back from Singapore
Hong Kong is pulling asset management talent back from Singapore, with executives lured by an uptick in business activity and higher salaries.
Amy Sood
Journalist based in Hong Kong
About
Amy is a reporter with Ignites Asia at the Financial Times, where she covers the region's asset management industry.
She was previously Asia reporter at the South China Morning Post, where she wrote stories spanning politics, economics and social issues. She also contributed to CNN and NBC News' coverage of the region, with a focus on Southeast and South Asia.
She arrived in Hong Kong in late 2020 and earned her master’s degree in journalism from the University of Hong Kong. She later joined Agence France-Presse’s fact-checking team, writing about misinformation trends in Indonesia.
Amy grew up in India and Indonesia, and speaks both Hindi and Bahasa Indonesia. She has a bachelor's degree in English Literature and Media and Communications from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
You can reach her through her social media profiles, or via email: amy.sood@ft.com
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