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With Murphy, Fortis bids for pole position

Hedge-fund administrator Fortis hires Asia hedge-fund maven Joanne Murphy in Hong Kong and opens a marketing office in Tokyo.

By Simon Osborne

November 09, 2006

Fortis Prime Fund Solutions has gone on the offensive to gain the upper hand in AsiaÆs hedge fund administration sector. In a series of moves, Fortis' hedge fund administration unit is opening in Tokyo, where marketing activities will be handled by managing director Andrew Mascall-Robson.

He will report to Joanne Murphy in Hong Kong, who has recently joined as commercial director for Asia. She will be responsible for marketing, account relationships and business development emerging from FortisÆ offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo.

She will be reporting to director Tim Mann in Hong Kong. Murphy had formerly been working in Deutsche Asset Management SingaporeÆs sales unit as director of absolute-return strategies. Her successor at...

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