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UBP Names Investment Chief, Builds Out Emerging Market Resources

The CIO leads a team of investment professionals based in Hong Kong, London and Zurich.
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Bancaire Privée has appointed Sergio Trigo Paz as chief
investment officer and head of emerging market fixed income and
named Soledad Rocio Acoroni as portfolio manager.
Based in London, Paz leads a team of nine investment
professionals based in Zurich, London and Hong Kong. Until March
this year, he was head of emerging market debt at BlackRock where
he spent 10 years. Prior to joining Blackrock in 2012, Paz was
head of emerging markets fixed income and then CIO at BNP Paribas
Investment Partners. Before 2004, he held trading and
market-making positions in emerging market debt with a variety of
institutions in New York, London and Paris.
Acoroni, who is joining the UBP team in Zurich, was previously at Larrain Vial AM in Chile. At Larrain Vial AM, she worked as portfolio manager focusing on LatAm corporate debt strategies, low-carbon ESG LatAm debt strategies and Argentinian sovereign and corporate debt strategies.
Sergio Trigo Paz has taken over from Thomas Christiansen as head of EM fixed income at UBP while his position as CIO for emerging markets is a newly created role, a spokesperson for the firm told this news service when asked about the matter.