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Nomura AM hires Richard Hastings as credit fund manager
Nomura Asset Management has announced the appointment of Richard Hastings as client portfolio manager responsible for the firm’s Global Dynamic Bond Fund and NAM fixed income capabilities. He will report to Mari Nakamura, senior managing director, CEO Nomura Asset Management UK, and will be based in London. Hastings was previously at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he served as portfolio manager for investment grade credit portfolios across the EMEA and for emerging mar
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Nomura AM hires Richard Hastings as credit fund manager
Nomura Asset Management has announced the appointment of Richard Hastings as client portfolio manager responsible for the firm’s Global Dynamic Bond Fund and NAM fixed income capabilities. He will report to Mari Nakamura, senior managing director, CEO Nomura Asset Management UK, and will be based in London. Hastings was previously at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he served as portfolio manager for investment grade credit portfolios across the EMEA and for emerging mar
Principal AM launches EM debt high income fund
Principal Asset Management has launched the Finisterre Emerging Markets Debt High Income Fund. With initial capital of $100 million the fund invests in sovereign, local, and corporate bonds and aims to maintain a volatility profile within an annualized range of 3% to 5% with a portfolio consisting of 100 to 150 issuers. It will be managed by Damien Buchet, CIO of Principal Finisterre (pictured), and Christopher Watson, senior portfolio manager. Buchet said, “In the current en
Joseph Kerkor joins ING as head of EMEA credit trading
Kerkor will be responsible for a team of five traders covering EMEA emerging markets including central and eastern Europe, the middle east, and South Africa. He was previously emerging markets credit trading executive director at Barclay and head of emerging markets CEEMEA credit trading at BNP Paribas. END
Manulife IM appoints head of emerging markets fixed income
Manulife Investment Management has appointed Liam Spillane as head of emerging markets fixed income and senior portfolio manager, emerging markets debt. Spillane was previously at Aviva Investors where he was head of emerging markets debt. At Manulife he will be responsible for the firm's emerging markets fixed income business managing a global team of portfolio managers and analysts. Colin Purdie, Global Chief Investment Officer, Public Markets, Manulife Investment Managemen
Union Bancaire Privée adds to EM debt team
Union Bancaire Privée has hired Tanja Boskovic as senior portfolio manager for its emerging market debt team. Boskovic was previously at Blackrock working as a EM fixed income portfolio manager. At UBP she will be responsible for supporting the firm's local currency EM debt investing. Thomas Christiansen, head of emerging market debt, said, “We are delighted to welcome Tanja to UBP. Her experience across emerging market macro and local debt strategies further strengthens and
L&G to invest $1bn in EM debt for nature swaps
Legal & General is to invest $1 billion in 'debt for nature' swaps in emerging markets, designed to reduce interest payments and support conservation in developing countries. The move will double L&G's investment in nature conservation and sustainable development in emerging markets with the funds uses including debt-for-education or debt-for-food swaps. Jake Harper, senior investment manager at L&G, said the decision, "will give us the ability to be the cornerstone investor
Carmignac adds to emerging markets debt team
Carmignac has hired fund manager Lamine Bougueroua to its emerging markets debt team. Bougueroua will be responsible for managing the firm's Portfolio EM Debt fund and the Portfolio Emerging Patrimoine strategy. He was previously at UBP Asset Management where he was a senior portfolio manager in the emerging markets fixed income team. Guillaume Rigeade and Pierre Verlé, co-heads of fixed income, said, “Emerging market debt is a key pillar of our fixed income offering and rema
JP Morgan plans local currency frontier markets index
JPMorgan is planning to launch a new index that will track local currency bonds from frontier markets. The index comes 15 after after the bank launch EXGEM, its hard currency frontier index. It is believed that the index will include up to 25 countries, with the largest weightings going to Egypt, Vietnam, Kenya, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and the index is expected to only include bonds of a value of $250 million or greater. More details a
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