PineBridge Recognized at HKIHRM Excellence Awards 2025/26
Hong Kong – 14 March 2026: PineBridge Investments (“PineBridge”), a MetLife Investment Management company (MIM), has been recognized by the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management (HKIHRM) at the HR Excellence Awards 2025/26, receiving three accolades highlighting the firm’s continued commitment to a culture of workplace excellence:
Best Workplace – Merit Award, recognizes the firm’s consistent delivery of an excellent workplace environment and culture that fosters employee engagement, satisfaction and well-being. HKIHRM assessed the implementation of a wide range of HR policies and practices, effective leadership, attractive employee benefits, and ample professional development opportunities.
Community Caring – Good Practice Award, recognizes firms that makes a significant contribution to the well-being of the community and achieves excellence in promoting social responsibility and ethical business practices.
Three‑year Recognition Award, celebrating the firm’s consistency in demonstrating excellence across three consecutive years from 2023/24 Award edition onwards.
Organised by the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management, the HR Excellence Awards recognize organizations and individuals that achieve business success through outstanding people strategies and practices. Each award follows a rigorous judging process, with assessments based on the design, execution and measurable outcomes of each initiative.
PineBridge was acquired by MIM in December 2025, bringing together MIM’s institutional strength and scale with PineBridge’s global footprint and deep specialization to position MIM as a top-tier diversified global asset manager. The combined business manages $741.7 billion in total assets under management1 and provides clients around the world with global expertise in public fixed income, private fixed income, real estate, equity, alternatives, and multi-asset and insurance solutions.
Alex Cheung, Head of Human Resources, Asia, said: “We are truly honored to be recognized for the third consecutive year, a testament to the collaborative and inclusive culture our people help build every day. This achievement reflects the positive energy, teamwork, and purpose driven culture that drive how we support one another and deliver for our clients.
“Integrating into MetLife Investment Management has further strengthened our scale across Asia and globally, and we remain deeply committed to investing in our people, fostering close collaboration with our colleagues worldwide, and cultivating an environment where our teams can thrive personally and professionally in delivering our superior value proposition with growth. Stronger Together.”
About PineBridge Investments
PineBridge Investments is a global asset manager focused on active, high-conviction investing. We draw on the collective power of our experts in each discipline, market, and region of the world through an open culture of collaboration designed to identify the best ideas. In December 2025, the firm was acquired by MetLife Investment Management, the institutional asset management business of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET). Together, the combined business had $741.7 billion in total assets under management as of December 31, 2025 and provides clients around the world with global expertise in public fixed income, private fixed income, real estate, equity, alternatives, multi-asset solutions and insurance solutions. For further information, see MetLife Investment Management’s Total Assets Under Management fact sheet for the quarter ended December 31, 2025 available on MetLife’s Investor Relations web page (https://investor.metlife.com).
About HKIHRM
As the most representative HR professional body in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management (HKIHRM) has a membership of close to 5,000, including around 520 corporate members. Founded in 1977, HKIHRM aims to enhance HR professional standards and increase the HR profession’s influence through professional programmes, research, training and its annual awards.
Disclosure
Third-party rankings and recognition from rating services or publications are no guarantee of future investment success. These awards should not be construed as an endorsement of the advisor by any client nor are they representative of any one client’s evaluation. Generally, ratings, rankings, and recognition are based on information prepared and submitted by the advisor, and are part of a process in which not all advisors elect to participate. A more detailed disclosure of the criteria used in making these rankings is included here: https://www.hkihrm-awards.org/copy-of-awards-categories. PineBridge paid an entry fee to be considered for these awards but did not pay compensation directly or indirectly to obtain or use the awards.