Pimco [see profile] is adding three new faces to its investment team in the coming months.

Francesc Balcells, an executive vice president and PM, will join the firm in July. In addition to managing global emerging markets portfolios, he will lead Pimco's local bonds and currency initiatives based in Munich. Balcells joins from Rogge Global Partners where he was head of emerging markets.

Isaac Meng, a senior vice president and PM, will join the firm in April, based in the Hong Kong office. He will specialize in macroeconomic and financial analysis of China and related regions. He was previously a director and senior financial economist at BNP Paribas, where he focused on China, including macroeconomics and equities.

Also, Javier Romo, a vice president and PM, will join the firm in May based in the Newport Beach office. He will focus on relative value analysis, trading and portfolio strategy for Latin American sovereign credit, foreign exchange, and local interest rate products. He was previously a vice president with Citigroup, where he focused on trading hard currency bonds and credit default swaps in Latin America.

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