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$1.4 Trillion Franklin Templeton Hires BlackRock Nicholas Chui as Portfolio Manager for Emerging Markets Equity in China Investment Team, Takes Over Leading Role from Michael Lai in Managing China Equity Strategies Who is Retiring
17th May 2023 | Singapore
Franklin Templeton with $1.4 trillion AUM (Assets under Management) has hired BlackRock Nicholas Chui as Portfolio Manager for Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity in the China investment team, taking over the leading role from Michael Lai (retiring) in managing China equity strategies. Nicholas Chui has more than 14 years of investment experience in China & Asia equities, joining from BlackRock (Portfolio Manager, China equity strategy) and prior, was at asset manager abrdn for 10 years (Deputy Head of its Hong Kong & China Equity team, Lead Manager China A shares Equity Strategy). Nicholas Chui holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from Singapore Management University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Accountant of Singapore charter holder. Nicholas Chui reports to Sukumar Rajah, who is Senior Managing Director, Director of Portfolio Management for Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity.
“ $1.4 Trillion Franklin Templeton Hires BlackRock Nicholas Chui as Portfolio Manager for Emerging Markets Equity in China Investment Team, Takes Over Leading Role from Michael Lai in Managing China Equity Strategies Who is Retiring “
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Manraj Sekhon, Chief Investment Officer, Templeton Global Equity Investments: “We are delighted to welcome such a high-caliber China equity portfolio manager to Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity. We have continued to invest in and strengthen our China investment team over recent years, and Nicholas’ appointment demonstrates our ongoing commitment to ensuring we have deep capabilities and can deliver investment excellence for our clients in China equity, both offshore and onshore. China remains a key area of business and investment focus for our firm, and we are confident that Nicholas will be a valuable addition to the team as we continue to focus on providing investors with compelling investment opportunities and delivering consistent investment returns over the long-term.
I would also like to thank Michael Lai for his contribution to our China strategy over the past four years. Michael has had a highly distinguished investment career spanning over three decades and played an important role in developing our China capabilities since he joined Franklin Templeton. We wish him the very best in his upcoming retirement.”
$1.4 Trillion Franklin Templeton Hires BlackRock Nicholas Chui as Portfolio Manager for Emerging Markets Equity in China Investment Team

Franklin Templeton hires BlackRock Nicholas Chui as Portfolio Manager for Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity in China investment team, taking over the leading role from Michael Lai (retiring) in Managing China equity strategies.
Nicholas Chui has more than 14 years of investment experience in China & Asia equities, joining from BlackRock (Portfolio Manager, China equity strategy). Prior to BlackRock, Nicholas Chui was at asset manager abrdn for 10 years (Deputy Head of its Hong Kong & China Equity team, Lead Manager China A shares Equity Strategy). Nicholas Chui holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from Singapore Management University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Accountant of Singapore charter holder.
About Franklin Templeton
Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN] is a global investment management organization with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton and serving clients in over 155 countries. Franklin Templeton’s mission is to help clients achieve better outcomes through investment management expertise, wealth management and technology solutions. Through its specialist investment managers, the company offers specialization on a global scale, bringing extensive capabilities in equity, fixed income, alternatives and multi-asset solutions. With offices in more than 30 countries and approximately 1,300 investment professionals, the California-based company has 75 years of investment experience and approximately US$1.4 trillion in assets under management as of April 30, 2023. For more information, please visit franklintempleton.com.hk
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