International X ETFs has expanded its native analysis workforce with the appointment of Billy Leung to the position of Funding Strategist. This comes because the Australian companies lately surpassed $7 billion in belongings below administration (AUM).
Leung has a decade of specialized expertise within the Hong Kong / China markets, with a concentrate on the know-how sector. Most lately, he served as an Fairness Analyst at international market maker Optiver for over two-and-a-half years. Previous to this he was the Director of Fairness Analysis for 5 years at Haitong Worldwide – Hong Kong. In 2020, Billy ranked third within the Regional Analyst for Software program and Web by Asiamoney.
International X ETFS‘ Chief Government, Evan Metcalf mentioned progress throughout the enterprise was the important thing precedence shifting into 2024 and International X is appears to be like ahead to increasing additional.
“We’re thrilled to have Billy Leung be a part of International X as an Funding Strategist. Know-how might be his space of experience, elevating our potential to supply insights to our native shoppers and supply specialised ETFs. He additionally brings a refined understanding of the trade from each buy-side and sell-side roles,” Metcalf mentioned.
“Billy’s appointment is well timed given the know-how sector has been answerable for outsized returns and has been a wealthy vein of product growth. International X is devoted to our modern thematic ETFs and Leung’s appointment is a testomony to that,” Metcalf mentioned.
“This yr thus far, tech-tilted and thematic ETFs have seen robust inflows as Australian traders gear their portfolios in the direction of progress oriented belongings. Subsequently, our AUM has surpassed $7 billion, and we’ll proceed to execute on clever methods to facilitate additional progress.”
Commenting on his appointment, Billy Leung mentioned, “I’m trying ahead to becoming a member of the workforce throughout an thrilling time of progress and innovation within the ETF market. With an intensive profession rooted in information analytics and complete analysis, I’m excited to have the ability to leverage the strong sources and capabilities at International X to ship actual consumer worth.”
