Edmond De Rothschild hires former Threadneedle manager Belaisch

Joins as head of sovereign debt

Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management has made a series of hires to bolster its position in the UK and across Europe.

Agnès Belaisch joins the group as head of sovereign debt from the eurozone's bailout fund -  the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). Previously, she worked at Threadneedle (now Columbia Threadneedle) where she ran the Absolute Emerging Market Macro fund. Edmond de Rothschild has also appointed Laurent Le Grin as head of convertible bonds in the London office, reporting to corporate debt team head Kris Deblander. Alina Epifantseva and Thibaut Bailly are also joining the convertible bond team as fund manager/analysts. The appointments follow the hire of Daniel Lee as director of s...