- Shamaila Khan will join the firm as Head of Fixed Income for Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific
- She succeeds Hayden Briscoe who takes on a new role as APAC Head of Multi-Asset Portfolio Management for Investment Solutions, in addition to his role as Head of Hong Kong AM
New York, March 23, 2023 – UBS Asset Management today announced that Shamaila Khan will join the firm as Head of Fixed Income for Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific, effective 1 April 2023. She will report to Charlotte Baenninger, Global Head of Fixed Income, and become a member of the Fixed Income Investment Forum. She will be based in New York.
Shamaila is a seasoned investor, with more than 23 years’ experience in EM sovereigns and corporates, hard and local currency. Most recently, she was Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income at AllianceBernstein, where she oversaw USD 33bn AuM across EM dedicated strategies and EM exposure in multisector accounts, and led a high performing team based in New York, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Shamaila was also portfolio manager on several global multi-sector fixed income funds as well as EM multi-asset funds. She has a strong track record in designing and launching innovative products, including sustainability-focused EM strategies.
Shamaila succeeds Hayden Briscoe, who is taking on the new role of APAC Head of Multi-Asset Portfolio Management for Investment Solutions, in addition to his role as Head of Hong Kong AM. In his new role, Hayden will report to Ryan Primmer, Global Head of Investment Solutions and will be responsible for leading the portfolio management of Asset Management’s APAC-based Multi-Asset portfolios. He will also play an important role in capitalizing on the synergies between our Investment Solutions and Fixed Income teams in the region and will continue to be a member of the Fixed Income Investment Forum.
Charlotte Baenninger, Head of Fixed Income, UBS Asset Management, commented: “Shamaila is a seasoned investor with a proven track record, and a history of success in designing and launching innovative products to meet clients’ needs, including sustainability-focused EM strategies. She is also a complementary fit to our EM & Asia Portfolio Management, Sovereign and Credit analyst teams with our well-established approach of bottom-up expertise on the ground with our top-down asset allocation views.”
UBS Asset Management AG
UBS Asset Management is a large-scale asset manager with a presence in 23 markets. It offers investment capabilities and investment styles across all major traditional and alternative asset classes to institutions, wholesale intermediaries and wealth management clients around the world. It is a leading fund house in Europe, the largest mutual fund manager in Switzerland, the second largest fund of hedge funds manager and one of the largest real estate investment managers in the world.
