HSBC Asset Management has appointed Jim Huggan as chief investment officer of HSBC Asset Management (Canada) Ltd., based in Vancouver.

Huggan joined HSBC in 1999 and has extensive investment management experience. In his new role, he will work alongside HSBC Asset Management’s other chief investment officers from Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas to set the global investment strategy and asset allocation for all portfolios managed around the world.

In Canada, Huggan will oversee the investment team and be responsible for the investment strategy guiding portfolios managed in Canada. He will lead the Local Asset Mix Committee and retain his role as Head of Fixed Income.

With a Bachelor of Commerce degree specializing in Finance from University of British Columbia, Jim is a CFA charterholder and an alumnus of the UBC Portfolio Management Foundation.