Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research has appointed Kate Moore as global equity strategist. She will be joing the bank in November and reporting to chief global equity strategist Michael Hartnett.

In this role, Ms Kate will support the development of firm’s global equity product working with colleagues in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. She will be based in New York.

Ms Kate joins from Moore Capital Management where she served as an emerging market strategist for the last few years. Previously, she worked at Morgan Stanley investment management.

Mr Hartnett said: “I am looking forward to Ms. Kate joining my team. Her ability to apply cross-market analysis to evaluate relative value and market sentiment will be a tremendous asset to our team.”