Insight expands fixed income team

Insight has bolstered its fixed income business with three new hires.

Azhar Hussain joins as head of high yield and leveraged finance, reporting to Alex Veroude, the head of credit. Prior to joining Insight, Hussain spent nine years at Gulf International Bank where he was head of corporate debt.

Jeremy Deacon joins as structured credit analyst, reporting to structured credit portfolio manager Shaheer Guirguis. He was formerly a hedge fund analyst at CQS Management.

Meanwhile, Joseph Hazelwood joins as a fixed income dealer from F&C.

Commenting on the appointments, Adrian Grey, the head of fixed income, says: "These new hires enhance our ability to deliver the performance our clients expect and contribute to the growth plans of our business."

Insight's fixed income division has £33bn in assets under management.