William Blair hires EMD portfolio manager

Johnny Chen joins from NN Investment Partners

William Blair Investment Management has strengthened its specialist emerging market debt team with a new portfolio manager.

Johnny Chen has joined the firm from NN Investment Partners, where he was a portfolio manager responsible for Asian rates and currencies on the Pan-Asian and Global Emerging Market Debt portfolios. In his new role at William Blair IM Chen will focus on Asian sovereign debt markets. Update: NN IP's Assalin and EMD team join William Blair IM This announcement comes after William Blair IM appointed a specialist EMD team, led by Marcelo Assalin and Marco Ruijer, at the start of the year. Assalin, head of emerging markets debt at William Blair Investment Management, said: "[Chen's] e...