LGIM expands fixed income team with high yield hire

L&G Investment Management has appointed Omar Saeed as a senior fixed income manager.

Saeed (pictured) joins from Swiss-based Swisscanto Asset Management where he worked as head of global high yield for five years. Prior to this, he held roles at F&C and Western Asset Management as a portfolio manger and high yield analyst. At LGIM, he will work within the 70-strong global fixed income team which manages £120bn in fixed income mandates. He will report to Anton Eser, LGIM's co-head of global fixed income. The firm said it is seeing growing demand for its fixed income solutions, particularly multi-strategy credit.  Eser said: "Omar's appointment adds further depth to ...