Vontobel bolsters US presence

Swiss asset manger Vontobel has announced the appointment of Diana Chiu as credit analyst based in New York.
Chiu joins from Barclays Capital, where she most recently worked as credit analyst covering media, technology and consumer goods. Prior to that, she worked among others as analyst at Hartford Investment Management covering investment grade credit research. She has more than seven years of experience in the credit research sector.
Mondher Bettaieb, head of Corporate Bonds at Vontobel Asset Management comment: “The appointment of Diana expresses our commitment to developing our Global Corporate Bond Mid-Yield Strategy, which is an important section of the CHF9bn (€7,8bn) in assets we currently mange in corporate bonds within our fixed income boutique.”
Headquartered in Zurich, Vontobels fixed income boutique currently manages CHF 15.7bn (€13.7bn) in assets.