PIMCO adds to commodities expertise with duo of senior hires

Michael Haigh joins

PIMCO has named Michael Haigh as executive vice president and commodity and real asset strategist in its London office.

In the newly created role, Haigh will help meet expected demand from those looking for strategies to help protect investments against persistent inflation, the firm said. Haigh joins from Société Générale where he was managing director and global head of commodities strategies, working at the firm for nearly 12 years. He will report to Greg Sharenow, head of PIMCO's commodity portfolio management group. PIMCO appoints CIO for portfolio implementation Haigh moved over with fellow Société Générale peer Jules Penel, who will also join the London team as vice president and quantitat...