Asia Pacific Credit, Currency & Rates, and Economics Analyst Directory

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Asia Pacific Credit, Currency & Rates, and Economics Analyst Directory

Asia Pacific Credit, Currency & Rates, and Asia Pacific

Economics Analyst Directory 16 June 2026

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Soo Chong Lim

Head of Asia Credit Research

(852) 2800-7387, soochong.lim@jpmorgan.com

Soo Chong Lim is a Managing Director and Head of Asia Credit Research. He

covers Asia credit strategy, Macau gaming and China HY industrials. His team

has consistently been ranked in the top three spots for Asia Fixed Income

Strategy, Investment-Grade, and High-Yield categories in Extel's Global Fixed

Income poll from 2020 to 2024. Before joining J.P. Morgan in 2008, he worked as a credit

analyst at Citigroup, was the head of equity research in Malaysia, and an equity analyst in

Singapore. Soo Chong holds a first-class honors engineering degree from the University of

Malaya and is a CFA® charterholder.

Matthew Hughart

Asia Credit Research

(852) 2800-6518, matthew.hughart@jpmorgan.com

Matthew Hughart covers bank and financial credits across EM Asia. Based in

Hong Kong, he joined J.P. Morgan from Bear Stearns in March 2008. Matthew

has a BA in Economics from Mary Washington University and an MA from the

Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). His team was

ranked in the top three spots for Asia (ex-Japan) Fixed-Income Strategy, Investment-Grade

Strategy, and High-Yield Strategy in Extel’s Global Fixed Income Survey 2020 to 2024.

Alvin Au

Asia Pacific Credit Research

(852) 2800-8533, alvin.au@jpmorgan.com

Alvin Au is a Vice President on the Asia Credit Research team with a focus on

HK/China IG/HY credits. Before joining the team in 2025, Alvin covered Greater

China Telecoms at J.P. Morgan equity research, and was ranked #1 in the 2024

Institutional Investor Asia Equity Research survey.