By Claire Ruckin
LONDON, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Pemberton, the asset managementgroup backed by Legal and General, has hired RobinChallis as a portfolio manager, the company announced.
Challis will work closely with Ben Gulliver, who recentlyjoined as a partner from ANZ Bank.
Challis join from RBS, where he spent more than a decade atthe bank, most recently as managing director in its specialsituations group. He was the head of its strategy team,overseeing a large trading book of loans, bonds and turn-aroundcapital.
Prior to RBS, Challis worked in Hong Kong for a debtbroker-dealer, Debt Traders. He began his career at KPMG,working in its insolvency and restructuring practice.
Gulliver also worked at RBS, where he established and ledthe RBS Special Situations Group.
Last month Pemberton raised 1.2bn for its EuropeanMid-Market Debt Fund. (Editing by Christopher Mangham)