Federated Hermes hires investment director for fixed income team

Joins from Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Federated Hermes has appointed Anna Karim as the investment director of its fixed income team following increased client interest in the asset class.

Karim, who was formerly a managing director at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), will have a client-facing role representing public credit, structured credit, private debt, asset-backed debt and multi-asset credit capabilities at the firm. Prior to spending ten years at BAML, Karim spent four years at Citi as part of its credit sales team and has held similar roles at UBS and Credit Suisse. While at BAML, Karim also played a key role in the firm's diversity & inclusion and women's leadership committees, as well as its Power of Ten mentoring initiative. Tonkinson named Jupit...