Fidelity Asia Pacific Opportunities Fund W GBP Accumulation

Lead fund manager biography

Anthony Srom is a Portfolio Manager of Fidelity’s Concentrated Asia Equity strategies. He joined in 2006 as one of a handful of investment professionals in Fidelity’s newly established Singapore office. Anthony began his Fidelity career as an Investment Analyst and undertook various sector rotations in line with our proven career path. As an analyst he covered a broad range of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sectors between 2006-2008, followed by the Asia Pacific ex Japan metals and mining sector from 2008-2014. In 2008, Anthony was appointed Portfolio Manager for FF Thailand Fund, which he ran until March 2012. After a successful spell as portfolio manager, Anthony was assigned an internally funded Asia Pacific ex-Japan Pilot Fund in March 2012 and joined Fidelity’s Portfolio Management Academy, our internal program to groom future portfolio managers on portfolio construction and risk management skills. Anthony was appointed as Portfolio Manager of FF Asia Pacific Opportunities Fund (a SICAV vehicle), FK Asia Fund (a Korean-domiciled vehicle) and Fidelity Asia Fund (an Australian domiciled vehicle) in June 2014. He also became Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Asia Pacific Opportunities Fund (an Open-Ended Investment Companies (OEIC) vehicle) at its September 2014 launch. In July 2021, he became Portfolio Manager of FAST Asia Fund, a 130/30 long-short strategy. Prior to Fidelity, Anthony worked as a sell side analyst at ABN Amro, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank in Australia between 1997-2006. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Bond University, Queensland, Australia. He is also a CFA charterholder.