

Alan Wilde was hired as senior fund manager at Baring Asset Management, effective Nov. 22, said Jill Hendry, spokeswoman. It is a new position. Mr. Wilde will mainly focus on developing its fixed-income business in Asia and North America. He will also be responsible for global government bonds. Mr. Wilde will be based in London. Baring Asset Management has $32.5 billion in assets under management. Mr. Wilde was director of fixed income at Abbey National Asset Managers. He was also responsible for marketing Abbey National's fixed-income strategies to investment consultants and retail investors. Officials at Abbey National were unavailable to comment on Mr. Wilde's replacement by press time.