Pimco bolsters equity teams in London and US
By International Adviser, 20 Aug 14
The asset manager is growing its equity teams and strengthening its trading platforms.
Iain McNaught and Simon Peters have been appointed as senior vice presidents in London, as part of the build-out of a global growth team.
Additionally, Melissa Tuttle joins the London team as global head of equity trading, having been promoted from executive vice president.
Meanwhile Sean Heymann and Aylon Ben-Shlomo join as analysts on the global equities team’s dividend strategies desk and are based in Newport, California.
“Melissa’s new role strengthens our global equity trading platform while Iain, Simon, Sean and Aylon give us additional expertise in growth and dividend investing that helps Pimco provide clients with equity strategies driven by bottom-up stock-picking within a coherent macroeconomic and secular framework,” commented Virginie Maisonneuve, deputy CIO and global head of equities.
Currently, Pimco has $55bn (£32.8bn) in asset under management.