Janus Henderson Global Investors has appointed Kumar Palghat as global head of fixed income ahead of their "merger of equals", which was announced earlier this month.
Palghat, who managed an Absolute Return Income Fund at Janus Capital, is the first appointment revealed by the groups since they announced they will be uniting the two businesses a few weeks ago. Palghat was the managing director and founder of Kapstream Capital for nine years, which was subsequently bought by Janus Capital, and executive director of PIMCO, where he worked alongside star manager, Bill Gross. He began his career at the Bank Fund Federal Credit Union before working at the World Bank as a senior investment officer. 'Merger of equals': Is Janus Henderson Global Investo...
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