Manulife names new wealth management head

Manulife Financial has promoted Donna Cotter to head wealth management for Asia to spearhead its regional distribution drive to get more products on private bank and insurance platforms. While Hong Kong-based Cotter acknowledges that Manulife's distribution push is a global undertaking, she stresses that the opportunities in Asia are extensive. Cotter reports to Philip Hampden-Smith, executive vice-president and chief marketing officer for Asia. “We spent the last two-to-three…