Billion-scale ETF star Hu Jie leaves Huabao Fund, quickly takes office at Tianhong Fund 12 days later

A significant personnel change has occurred in the domestic ETF industry. Former Huabao Fund Index Investment Director Hu Jie has officially joined Tianhong Fund, drawing widespread industry attention. As a female fund manager managing over 100 billion yuan, Hu Jie’s career has always been closely linked to ETF products. Since joining Huabao Fund in 2006, she has held positions in trading, product development, and quantitative investment departments, gradually becoming a key figure in index investing. Starting in 2012, she managed multiple billion-level products such as Huabao broker ETF, healthcare ETF, and banking ETF, with a total management scale of 101.362 billion yuan.

On February 12 this year, Hu Jie resigned from all her managed products at Huabao Fund for “personal reasons,” stepping down from the management of 16 funds at once. Just 12 days later, she quickly took up her new role at Tianhong Fund, demonstrating an efficient career transition. This move coincided with Tianhong Fund accelerating its ETF market expansion. As of February 28, the company’s ETF management scale had surpassed 120 billion yuan, increasing from 5 products in 2024 to 18, covering bonds, Hong Kong stocks, technology, and other sectors.

In recent years, Tianhong Fund has continuously strengthened its ETF team, not only bringing in Hu Jie but also recruiting experienced talents like Gao Guoxin, while promoting fund managers such as Wang Shuai, Hong Minghua, and You Cong, who have professional backgrounds, to key positions. This “external recruitment + internal development” dual-track strategy highlights the company’s determination to become a top-tier industry leader. With Hu Jie’s addition, Tianhong Fund’s competitiveness in the ETF field is expected to further improve, and its product layout and investment strategies may enter a new development phase.