17/04/2014
Henderson hires a head of emerging market credit
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Henderson Global Investors’ EUR20.77 billion fixed income business has hired Steve Drew as head of emerging market credit. He will work alongside Stephen Thariyan, global head of credit, and Phil Apel, head of fixed income, in building out the emerging market credit team.Most recently Steve Drew was partner and head of global and emerging credit at Thames River Capital and managed in excess of EUR1.8bn, c.EUR900m of which was in emerging market credit. Commenting on the appointment, Stephen Thariyan said, “We will actively seek to apply Steve’s expertise to our existing portfolios for the benefit of our clients as his approach to investing, combining top down macroeconomic perspectives with security selection, fits well with our established method. During 2014 we plan to hire an investment team specialising in emerging market credit to support Steve. This will give us the background to launch products in the area.”
