In this regard, Francesc Balcells has been appointed as new executive vice president and portfolio manager, and will join the Pimco in July.
In addition to managing global emerging markets portfolios and contributing to the firm’s investment strategies, Balcells will lead the local bonds and currency initiatives based in Munich.
Balcells will join Pimco from Rogge Global Partners, where he was head of emerging markets. In 2004-2005, he spent a year at Pimco on secondment from the International Monetary Fund, where he worked earlier in his career.
Isaac Meng has been named as new senior vice president and portfolio manager. He will join the firm in April, based in the Hong Kong office. He will specialize in macroeconomic and financial analysis of China and regional linkages integral to portfolio strategy.
Previously, Meng was director and senior financial economist at BNP Paribas, where he focused on China, including macroeconomics and equities.
Javier Romo has been named as new vice president and portfolio manager. He will join the firm in May based in the Newport Beach office.
Romo will focus on relative value analysis, trading and portfolio strategy for Latin American sovereign credit, foreign exchange, and local interest rate products.
Romo was previously a vice president with Citigroup, where he focused on trading hard currency bonds and credit default swaps in Latin America.
