Man GroupPlc's discretionary investment management business, Man GLG, hiredfive senior investment professionals to complete its emerging markets debt team.

Phil Yuhn, Jose Wynne and Lisa Chua were named portfoliomanagers and will be based in New York. Yuhn was previously a portfolio managerat American Century Investments, while Wynne joins from , where he served asmanaging director, head of FX research. Chua previously served as senior vicepresident and portfolio manager for HSBC Holdings Plc's HSBC Global Asset Management.

Man GLG also named Ehsan Bashi a portfolio engineer, to bebased in New York. He previously served as manager at KPMG, advising clients onrisk management-related matters.

Maria do Carmo Cal was named a product specialist and willbe based in London. She previously worked for as amanaging director and head of capital markets.

All five will report to Man GLG's head of emerging marketsdebt strategies, Guillermo Ossés, who joined the firm in January from HSBC Global Asset Management.