NN Investment Partners (NN IP) has appointed Lewis Jones as lead portfolio manager of emerging market debt (EMD) local currency strategies.
Based in New York, Jones will be responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management activities of all EMD local currency portfolios. He will continue to report to Marcelo Assalin who is head of EMD NN IP.
Jones joined the firm in August 2016 as senior portfolio manager EMD local currency.
In addition to his lead portfolio management responsibilities, Jones will continue covering the Latin America region.
Previously, he served in the EMD department of BNP Paribas Investment Partners as well as Fischer Francis Trees & Watts, based in Boston, where he was a portfolio manager for EMD.
Jones has also held senior positions at State Street Global Advisors and Aviva Investors in London and Boston.
Commenting on Jones’s appointment, Assalin said: “We are very pleased to appoint Lewis Jones as lead portfolio manager EMD local currency strategies.”
He added: “Since he joined NN IP in August 2016, he has been instrumental in the strong performance as well as the business development of our EMD local currency portfolios.”
