Pictet poaches Schroders manager for EM debt team

Pictet Asset Management has poached emerging market debt specialist Luke Chua from Schroders.

Chua joins the London-based emerging markets debt team at Pictet, having previously run Schroders' Emerging Markets Corporate Bond fund from Singapore. Alain-Nsiona Defise, head of emerging corporate bonds at Pictet, said: "Luke's arrival completes [our] emerging corporate bonds team. During 2013 we also recruited two analysts - Anya Kopyleva and Ivan Fernandez - and a client portfolio manager - Karen Lam. "With almost 20 years' experience in credit analysis and portfolio management, Luke's appointment adds even greater depth to an already experienced team." Chua has worked in the ...