Harvest Global setting up London launchpad

Hong Kong-based Harvest Global Investments is setting out to establish an office in London early next year, its product and client services head, Jeff Lim, has said. The HK subsidiary of Beijing-headquartered Harvest Fund Management plans to use the overseas base as a gateway into Europe. It is seeking to build a fully functional asset management arm there, including investment team of up to 10 staff. It will be populated mainly by local hires, although transfers from both Hong …