BlueMountain appoints four portfolio managers
New York-based BlueMountain Capital Management has hired four portfolio managers to bolster its global governments and agency mortgages strategy 

Investec AM adds investment specialist to EM debt team
Investec Asset Management has bolstered its emerging market fixed income team and appointed former Morgan Stanley emerging market analyst 

Allianz GI brings in new CIO for emerging market debt
Allianz Global Investors has appointed Richard House as chief investment officer emerging market debt, Creditflux understands

Pictet appoints head of emerging maket debt following resignation
Pictet Asset Management has appointed Mary-Therese Barton as head of emerging market debt following the resignation of Simon Lue-Long, Pictet’s former head of EM debt. 

Investec AM hires emerging market debt PM from Standard Life
London-headquartered Investec Asset Management has hired emerging market debt specialist Imran Ahmad as portfolio manager within its multi-asset investment team

Dutch manager NN Investment Partners hires JP Morgan debt strategist
NN Investment Partners hires JP Morgan’s Yvette Babb as portfolio manager in its emerging market debt business

Pimco hires United Nations director in move to expand ESG capabilities
Fixed income giant Pimco has hired a former United Nations director as it builds out its environmental, social and governance (ESG) platform for investors seeking socially responsible investments.

BlueMountain hires former Pine River credit specialist
BlueMountain Capital Management has hired credit specialist Colin Teichholtz as global governments and agency mortgage-backed securities head

Singapore-based asset manager appoints new CIO for multi-asset platform
Eastspring Investments, a subsiduary of insurer Prudential, has appointed a former BNP Paribas Investment Partners executive to a similar role

Brokerage Exotix appoints global head of fixed income
London-based Exotix Capital has appointed Dean Tyler as global head of fixed income

Candriam hires executive officer for Switzerland
Pan-European multi-specialist asset manager Candriam Investors Group, owned by New York Life Management, has appointed Jog Allenspach as executive officer Switzerland

Nomura grabs leverage finance specialist in senior appointment in Hong Kong
Nomura has appointed an experienced debt specialist as managing director and head of debt capital markets for Asia (excluding Japan), according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux

Macro credit fund manager Algebris adds EM bond specialist to its team
Emerging market credit specialist Abbas Ameli has joined Algebris Investments as a portfolio manager in London, according to an announcement by the firm

Mirabaud launches emerging market bond fund for new hire
Mirabaud Asset Management has assembled an emerging market debt fund for its new recruit Daniel Moreno

Harvest hires former RBC credit trader in Hong Kong
Harvest Global Investments has added a fixed income portfolio manager to its office in Hong Kong

Creditflux parent rebrands as Acuris
Creditflux’s parent company gained a new name last month, with Mergermarket Group relaunching as Acuris

20-year Citi veteran earns promotion to head of European credit trading
Citi’s global head of distressed debt has been promoted to head of credit trading for Europe, the middle east and Africa, officials at the bank have confirmed

Avenue loses another key European credit portfolio manager
An experienced credit PM has left Avenue to join a $2.3 billion fund manager in a new role

Imperial brings in emerging market veteran to its London offices
Imperial Capital says that it has hired John Gibbens to work in its emerging markets sales and trading division in London

Pimco takes team-based approach to EM credit after ex-GoldenTree official exits
A senior emerging market official has left Pimco and the firm is now opting to assign fund management duties to four officials based across the US west coast, London and Singapore

Standard Chartered hires senior credit trader from JP Morgan
Bank appoints new head of emerging market credit trading for Europe, mid East and Africa

Citi credit trader reunites with colleagues at macro fund in London
Recently launched global macro fund brings in founders' former colleague from Citi