Pictet

Pictet Asset Management was the big winner in this year's Climate Change Investment Awards, being named Fund Management Group of the Year and highly commended in two other categories.

ONE TO WATCH

Philippe Rohner, senior investment manager of the Pictet Water fund, calls for a change in attitude towards water as a resource.

ON JAPAN

Former Gartmore emerging market manager Anthony Cheung has joined Pictet Asset Management to work on the group's Asia total return portfolios.

Simon Lue-Fong, head of global emerging debt at Pictet Asset Management, believes the asset class will outperform this year, driven by strong local currency appreciation.

Pictet is launching an absolute return credit fund for ex-Swiss Re managers Raymond Sagayam and Kazik Swiderski.

FORESTRY

When it comes to generating income, Pictet Asset Management believes it has seen the future because it has already been there, done that and bought the T-shirt.

Asian equities specialist Avo Ora has joined Pictet's emerging markets equity team as senior investment manager.