Allianz GI adds ex-BlackRock head Pellegrini as EMD ESG portfolio manager

Reporting to Richard House

Allianz Global Investors has hired BlackRock's former head of emerging market debt (EMD) sustainable investing Giulia Pellegrini as senior portfolio manager within its EMD team.

As well as assisting in managing a number of funds, Pellegrini will help to enhance Allianz GI's existing ESG and SRI EMD capabilities, the firm said. She will also oversee country-specific research. Pellegrini had helped to launch four sustainable EMD funds during her four years at BlackRock, which she joined from J.P. Morgan. BNY Mellon IM's Newton launches sustainable global bond fund Pellegrini will report to Allianz GI's EMD CIO Richard House, who said Pellegrini's hiring would "continue [to] cement our position as a key player in the sustainability space, following the launch...