In his new role, Mr Comino will focus primarily on institutional opportunities for Man Group’s long-only investment strategies.

Mr Comino has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. He joins the firm from HSBC Global Asset Management, where he worked in institutional sales, and previously held roles at Merrill Lynch, HFA Asset Management and IPAC Investment Services.

Hersh Gandhi, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, Man Group, said: “I am delighted to welcome Chris to our institutional team in Sydney. His appointment reflects our commitment to invest in our institutional business in Australia, and his wealth of experience with institutional clients across a range of investment strategies will be a great addition to our existing team. We continue to see growing interest from institutional investors in our offering of investment strategies, and Chris will play a key role in helping us to meet that demand.”

“In particular, over the past 5 years Chris has worked closely with leading emerging markets debt portfolio manager Guillermo Ossés, who joined Man GLG at the start of this year. His detailed understanding of Guillermo’s distinctive investment process will be of great value to Australian and New Zealand institutions.”

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The Emerging Markets Debt Team manages three distinct strategies providing access across the compelling and complex emerging markets universe: one focused on hard currency, one on local currency and an opportunistic strategy investing across the entire emerging markets debt domain. The team will be based in New York and London and work with institutional and retail investors globally.

Man GLG delivers alternative and long only investment strategies across asset classes, sectors and geographies, to a range of institutional and private clients from across the globe.

Phil Yuhn joins Man GLG as a Portfolio Manager based in New York. Phil was previously a portfolio manager at American Century Investments, and prior to that worked alongside Guillermo as a senior portfolio manager at HSBC Global Asset Management.

Jose Wynne joins as a Portfolio Manager based in New York. Jose joins from Barclays where he was Managing Director, Head of FX Research. Prior to this he worked within the North America FX strategy team as well as spending time as a senior emerging markets strategist.

Lisa Chua joins as a Portfolio Manager based in New York. She previously worked alongside Guillermo as part of the emerging markets debt team at HSBC Global Asset Management in the US, where she was a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager responsible for external markets.

Ehsan Bashi joins as a Portfolio Engineer based in New York. Ehsan was previously a manager at KPMG, advising clients on risk management related matters. He joined KPMG from Societe Generale where he worked as a Non-Agency RMBS Trader, prior to which he was a portfolio management associate in the emerging markets team at PIMCO.

Maria do Carmo Cal joins as a Product Specialist, based in London. She was previously a Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets at Banco Itaú BBA International, leading the development of the bank’s debt syndicate offering. Prior to that, she led the bank’s fixed income division including sales, trading, loan syndication and credit research.

Teun Johnston, Co-CEO of Man GLG, said: “We are delighted to welcome Phil, Jose, Lisa, Ehsan and Maria to Man GLG, working alongside Guillermo Ossés. Together they bring a vast amount of experience and expertise to Man GLG’s Emerging Markets Debt Team and demonstrate the commitment that we have made as a firm to developing an outstanding proposition for clients in this asset class.”

Hersh Gandhi, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, Man Group, said: “Both Guillermo and Phil are particularly well known to Australian investors, and the expanded team brings valuable expertise in emerging markets fixed income investing to the firm. We look forward to discussing our expertise in this area with Australian institutional investors.”

Guillermo Ossés, Man GLG Head of Emerging Markets Debt, said: “I believe that we have put together a first-class Emerging Markets Debt Team at Man GLG and I am excited about what we can achieve in this market for our clients. Man GLG provides the institutional framework and entrepreneurial environment in which this group of professionals will thrive.”

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