Hong Kong Wealth Platform GROW Digital Wealth (GDW) Appoints ex-Tencent Insurance Platform WeSure CEO & Mckinsey 19-Year Veteran ex-Senior Partner Alan Lau as Chairman, GROW Investment Group (GROW) & Hong Kong Digital Assets Company Animoca Brands Formed Strategic Partnership in 2025, Animoca Brands to Invest (Up to 15% Equity) in GROW Asset Management (HK) Which Will be Renamed to GROW Digital Wealth Providing Crypto & Traditional Investment Products to Family Offices & UHNWs, GROW
11th July 2026 | Hong Kong
Hong Kong wealth platform GROW Digital Wealth (GDW) has appointed ex-Tencent insurance platform WeSure CEO & Mckinsey 19-year veteran ex-Senior Partner Alan Lau as Chairman. In 2025 December, China asset & wealth management company GROW Investment Group (GROW) & Hong Kong digital assets company Animoca Brands formed a strategic partnership – Animoca Brands will invest (Up to 15% equity) in GROW Asset Management (HK) which will be renamed to GROW Digital Wealth, to provide crypto & traditional investment products to family offices & UHNWs (Ultra high net worth). GROW was founded in 2021 by William Ma (Chief Investment Officer). GROW investors include Julius Baer & Lighthouse Capital. Announcement (2/7/26): “GROW Digital Wealth (GDW), the Hong Kong-based digital asset platform of GROW Investment Group, today announced the appointment of Alan Lau as Chairman of the Board.Lau joins from Animoca Brands, where he was Chief Business Officer. He will guide GDW’s strategy as it scales, using AI to give every advisor the capability of an institutional team. The appointment builds on a strong year for the platform. Its parent, GROW Investment Group, was named “Best Wealth Manager – Digital Innovation” at the Asian Private Banker China Wealth Awards 2025, with the GDW platform singled out as central to the win. Lau brings a unique mix of strategy, operating and governance experience, built at the leading edge of AI in financial services. He spent nearly two decades at McKinsey & Company, where as Senior Partner he headed McKinsey Digital in Asia, helping large enterprises through digital transformation. He then became CEO of Tencent WeSure, one of the world’s first AI-native regulated insurers, serving over 100 million customers, with underwriting, distribution, claims and service all running on AI. Most recently, as Chief Business Officer of Animoca Brands, he led investment, portfolio and new business building, and helped build tokenisation and digital-asset infrastructure, and served on the board of Anchorpoint, the Standard Chartered and HKT stablecoin joint venture. His board and non-executive experience spans financial oversight, technology and regulation. He brings global governance discipline as an independent director of Tapestry (NYSE: TPR), the S&P 500 group behind Coach and Kate Spade, where he serves on the audit and technology committees. He also previously sat on the digital advisory board of Burberry (LSE: BRBY). In Hong Kong, he has served on the Insurance Authority’s Industry Advisory Committee, advising on digital insurance and Greater Bay Area cross-border opportunities, areas now seen as central to the region’s wealth opportunity. Lau’s arrival comes as the wealth opportunity in Asia reaches an inflection point. China holds one of the world’s deepest pools of private wealth, with high-net-worth individuals holding roughly US$18 trillion in investable assets, and the independent-advisor channel is the fastest-growing way it is served. Three forces are converging at once. Clients want independent, objective advice across a wider range of investments. Experienced advisors want to represent their clients without the constraint of a single institution. And AI now lets a single advisor deliver the depth that once took a whole team. GDW is built to capture these shifts. At GDW, AI is put to work helping advisors build trust with their clients. An always-on assistant handles portfolio analysis on demand, proactive alerts when markets move, and the routine drafting and paperwork, handing hours back to the advisor so more of the day goes to the client.”
“ Hong Kong Wealth Platform GROW Digital Wealth (GDW) Appoints ex-Tencent Insurance Platform WeSure CEO & Mckinsey 19-Year Veteran ex-Senior Partner Alan Lau as Chairman, GROW Investment Group (GROW) & Hong Kong Digital Assets Company Animoca Brands Formed Strategic Partnership in 2025, Animoca Brands to Invest (Up to 15% Equity) in GROW Asset Management (HK) Which Will be Renamed to GROW Digital Wealth Providing Crypto & Traditional Investment Products to Family Offices & UHNWs, GROW “
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Alan Lau, Chairman of GROW Digital Wealth: “AI is reshaping the workflow and economics of wealth management in ways that weren’t even possible a year ago. GDW runs on an AI-driven back office and investment-advisory infrastructure, which means lower cost and more time for advisors to spend with clients. Our cost to serve per dollar of AUM is less than a tenth of the traditional model. AI is used to help build trust, not to replace the advisor. With AI, we can put the capability of an institutional team in a single advisor’s hands and free up time to spend with clients. Many of the best advisors have long wanted to go independent, but never had the products, regulatory backing and technology to make the leap. GDW puts power back in the hands of advisors and their clients, and I am excited to make it happen with our executive team.”
William Ma, Founding Partner and Global Chief Investment Officer of GROW Investment Group: “Alan’s track record in building AI-first businesses at scale, combined with his governance standing on global boards, is exactly what GDW needs as it enters its next phase. His appointment reinforces our commitment to leading the digital transformation of wealth management across Asia.”
GROW Investment Group – Headquartered in Shanghai, GROW Investment Group is a leading global asset manager focused on providing research-driven investment solutions to institutional and high-net-worth clients worldwide. The firm holds Hong Kong Type 1, 4 and 9 financial licenses (Type 1 enables securities trading, synergizing with other licenses), and has obtained Hainan QDLP qualification, offering comprehensive cross-border investment services and committed to facilitating two-way connections between Chinese capital and international opportunities.
GROW Digital Wealth (GDW) – GROW Digital Wealth (GDW) is an AI-powered wealth platform built for independent financial advisors across Asia, providing advisors and their high-net-worth clients with access to a curated, multi-asset product shelf, technology, and operating infrastructure on an open-architecture model. GDW is part of GROW Investment Group, named “Best Wealth Manager – Digital Innovation” at the Asian Private Banker China Wealth Awards 2025.
China Asset & Wealth Management Company GROW Investment Group (GROW) & Hong Kong Digital Assets Company Animoca Brands Form Strategic Partnership, Animoca Brands to Invest (Up to 15% Equity) in GROW Asset Management (HK) Which Will be Renamed to GROW Digital Wealth Providing Crypto & Traditional Investment Products to Family Offices & UHNWs, GROW Founded in 2021 by William Ma (Chief Investment Officer), Investors Include Julius Baer & Lighthouse Capital
16th December – China asset & wealth management company GROW Investment Group (GROW) & Hong Kong digital assets company Animoca Brands have formed a strategic partnership – Animoca Brands will invest (Up to 15% equity) in GROW Asset Management (HK) which will be renamed to GROW Digital Wealth, providing crypto & traditional investment products to family offices & UHNWs (Ultra high net worth). GROW was founded in 2021 by William Ma (Chief Investment Officer). GROW investors include Julius Baer & Lighthouse Capital. Announcement (16/12/25): “Animoca Brands, a global digital assets leader building blockchain and tokenized assets to advance the future of Web3 innovation, today announced that it has entered into a term sheet with GROW Investment Group (“GROW”), China’s leading investment and asset management platform backed by Julius Baer. Under the term sheet, Animoca Brands will enter into a strategic partnership with GROW and make an equity investment in GROW Asset Management (HK) Limited, which will later change its name to GROW Digital Wealth (“GDW”), GROW’s flagship platform … … Under the proposed partnership, Animoca Brands and GROW will build GDW into one of the first platforms in Asia to offer both crypto and traditional finance investment products to family offices and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. The goal is to enable independent financial advisors (IFAs) to serve family offices and ultra-high-net-worth clients with the latest technology, best-performing global institutional investment products, and highest compliance standards. GDW holds Type 1 (dealing in securities), Type 4 (advising on securities), and Type 9 (asset management) licenses issued by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. It empowers IFAs across Asia with a fully regulated, modern wealth-management operating system and curated global institutional-grade products designed for family offices and ultra-high-net-worth clients. Animoca Brands plans to introduce crypto assets, including real world assets (RWAs), to GDW, while GROW will bring its curated investment products to GDW. IFAs will be able to offer their clients both crypto and traditional finance products via GDW’s institutional and compliant-grade platform. The strategic partnership would tap into the growing asset management market in China, which has over 3 million high-net-worth individuals with investable assets exceeding CNY127 trillion (approximately US$18 trillion). As investors seek higher returns, they are diversifying from traditional onshore assets to overseas investments and alternative products. In addition, Animoca Brands and GROW plan to introduce educational initiatives to help investors understand and benefit from the increasing convergence between traditional and decentralized finance. As part of the proposed transaction, Animoca Brands intends to acquire an equity interest in GDW of up to 15%, subject to definitive agreements and any required approvals.”
Alan Lau, Chief Business Officer of Animoca Brands: “Hong Kong is emerging as an important hub for regulated digital asset activity in Asia. By partnering with GROW, we aim to connect our Web3 and RWA initiatives with a licensed wealth management platform to further expand access to digital assets. Together we intend to explore compliant, technology‑driven ways to bring new asset classes and structures to family offices and independent advisors in the region.”
William Ma, Founding Partner & Global Chief Investment Officer of GROW: “We believe the world of wealth management is on the cusp of drastic change with decentralization and disintermediation being two disruptive powerful forces. The successful wealth management models of the near future will be those that combine the best of both traditional and digital offerings, with the strongest alignment of interest to clients by technology. We are excited to have the opportunity to work with a global leader – Animoca Brands – on this exciting venture.”
GROW Investment Group – GROW Investment Group (GROW) is a global leading China focused alternative asset and wealth management platform. GROW manages one of the largest and longest track record China multi strategy multi managers fund in China. It focuses on investing capital for institutional and individual investors to build and grow businesses across multi strategies. Since inception, GROW has received over 20 global wealth and asset management awards, including the Golden Bull Award in China and Asian Private Banker China Wealth Award – Best Wealth Manager – UHNW.
Animoca Brands – Animoca Brands Corporation Limited (ACN: 122 921 813) is a global digital assets leader building blockchain and tokenized assets to advance the future of Web3 innovation. It has received broad industry and market recognition including Fortune Crypto 40, Top 50 Blockchain Game Companies 2025, Financial Times’ High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific, and Deloitte Tech Fast. Animoca Brands is recognized for building digital asset platforms such as the Moca Network, Open Campus, and The Sandbox, as well as institutional grade assets; providing digital asset services to help Web3 companies launch and grow; and investing in frontier Web3 technology, with a portfolio of over 600 companies and altcoin assets.
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