HSBC Global Asset Management has bolstered its global multi-manager team with five new hires, three of which are in London.

Braam Hanekom has been appointed senior portfolio manager and analyst to work on global emerging market strategies and funds out of London. He joins from Russell Investments, where he was predominantly a global emerging markets analyst, having earlier in his career worked at Schroders and Credo Capital.

Also in London, Caroline Lambert, has been hired as a due diligence analyst, and Haijian Fan has joined the portfolio analytics team of the multi-manager business.  Lambert was most recently with Baltic Asset Management, while Fan was a fund analyst with Barclays Wealth.

Meanwhile, Jeremy Peng has been appointed as research analyst in Toronto, where he will focus on Canadian and international equity asset classes, as well as supporting multi-manager multi-asset portfolios. Peng most recently worked for Russell Investments.

Lastly, Manfred Lam was hired as a senior analyst in Hong Kong. His prior career includes consulting and manager research roles at Watson Wyatt, SEI and ABN Amro.