Candriam hires senior manager from GAM for emerging markets debt role

Candriam has appointed Richard Briggs as senior portfolio manager within its €3.4bn emerging markets debt team.

Briggs will be London-based covering hard currency sovereign debt, reporting to  the sustainable investments focused manager's head of emerging markets debt Diliana Deltcheva.

He joins Candriam from GAM Investments, where he held the role of investment manager for emerging market sovereign credit, leading on hard currency.

Previously, he worked for Alliance Trust as an emerging market economist and at CreditSights as a senior analyst for global emerging market & sovereign credit.

Deltcheva said: "Emerging markets debt is a strategically important growth area for Candriam and we continue to invest in strong talent to strengthen our offering to clients. We look forward to announcing further hires to the team later this year."

An affiliate of New York Life,, Candriam has €158bn of AUM, with offices in Luxembourg, Brussels, Paris, and London, serving clients in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Americas covering more than 20 countries.