Profile
Mr. Isaac Thong, CFA, is a Senior Investment Director of Asian Equities at Abrdn Asia Ltd. and a Senior Investment Director at abrdn Asian Income Fund Ltd.
Mr. Thong joined Aberdeen from JP Morgan where he was Co-Manager of JPMorgan Global Emerging Markets Income Trust PLC and JPMorgan Emerging Markets Income Fund.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce with joint honours in Finance and Economics from McGill University.
Isaac Thong active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
| ABERDEEN ASIAN INCOME FUND LIMITED | Chief Investment Officer | 12/03/2025 |
Abrdn Asia Ltd.
Abrdn Asia Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Abrdn Asia is an active investor which performs in-house research to investments in equities, fixed income and property. The firms’ equity team utilizes a bottom-up, fundamental stock-picking approach. Their fixed income investment teams seek to generate investment alpha within their specialist areas through a foundation of fundamentally driven research. Abrdn Asia’s Real Estate Multi-Manager aims to provide investors with options and diversification for investing in real estate globally across risk styles and across capital stacks, via investments in private real estate funds or vehicles. The Real Assets strategy aims to provide investors with options for investing across the real assets' continuum. | Portfolio Manager-Equities | 01/05/2025 |
Former positions of Isaac Thong
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd.
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance JPAM-UK is an active, long-term manager which seeks to generate positive excess return through both a bottom-up approach emphasizing security selection and a top-down approach focusing on macro investment themes and trends to aid in determining sector weightings, currency, and yield curve weighting where appropriate. Each team has a distinct approach for analyzing their sector; utilizing a combination of fundamental, quantitative and technical inputs to identify buy and sell targets. | Portfolio Manager-Equities | 06/03/2025 |
JPMorgan Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd.
JPMorgan Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance JPMAMS is an active, research-based manager which utilizes global fundamental research, applying quantitative valuation tools and bottom-up methods to construct portfolios. Investment decisions are based on micro-valuation insights. Their investment decisions are team-based wherein the portfolio manager typically purchases first and second quintile stocks while underweighting third, fourth and fifth quintile stocks. They diversify portfolios across sectors or regions, investing in a variety of asset classes including equities, fixed-income and alternative investments. The firm also specializes in liquidity management, investing in global and Asian money market securities particularly in USD, GBP, EUR, RMB, JPY and SGD. | Portfolio Manager-Equities | 01/10/2019 |
| JPMORGAN EMERGING MARKETS DIVIDEND INCOME PLC | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
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JPMorgan Emerging Markets Dividend Income Plc
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Dividend Income Plc Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Acts as Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust | Miscellaneous |
abrdn Asian Income Fund Ltd.
abrdn Asian Income Fund Ltd. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Acts as Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust | Miscellaneous |
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd.
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance JPAM-UK is an active, long-term manager which seeks to generate positive excess return through both a bottom-up approach emphasizing security selection and a top-down approach focusing on macro investment themes and trends to aid in determining sector weightings, currency, and yield curve weighting where appropriate. Each team has a distinct approach for analyzing their sector; utilizing a combination of fundamental, quantitative and technical inputs to identify buy and sell targets. | Finance |
Abrdn Asia Ltd.
Abrdn Asia Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Abrdn Asia is an active investor which performs in-house research to investments in equities, fixed income and property. The firms’ equity team utilizes a bottom-up, fundamental stock-picking approach. Their fixed income investment teams seek to generate investment alpha within their specialist areas through a foundation of fundamentally driven research. Abrdn Asia’s Real Estate Multi-Manager aims to provide investors with options and diversification for investing in real estate globally across risk styles and across capital stacks, via investments in private real estate funds or vehicles. The Real Assets strategy aims to provide investors with options for investing across the real assets' continuum. | Finance |
JPMorgan Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd.
JPMorgan Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance JPMAMS is an active, research-based manager which utilizes global fundamental research, applying quantitative valuation tools and bottom-up methods to construct portfolios. Investment decisions are based on micro-valuation insights. Their investment decisions are team-based wherein the portfolio manager typically purchases first and second quintile stocks while underweighting third, fourth and fifth quintile stocks. They diversify portfolios across sectors or regions, investing in a variety of asset classes including equities, fixed-income and alternative investments. The firm also specializes in liquidity management, investing in global and Asian money market securities particularly in USD, GBP, EUR, RMB, JPY and SGD. | Finance |
McGill University
McGill University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
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