Julius Baer has appointed Florence Birkett as an emerging market fixed income portfolio manager. The private banking group confirmed to Citywire that Birkett assumed the role in Zurich last month.
The AAA-rated Birkett now co-manages the Julius Baer Fixed Income Emerging Market Corporate fund alongside Peter Wietrak and Arnaud Boué.
The fund has total returns of -10.8% over the last three years, ranking it sixth out of 30 strategies in the emerging markets global corporates asset class. It is 20th out of 39 funds over 12 months, with 3.5% total returns.