Two new hires at BNP London

BNP Paribas has added another researcher to its credit team, and has recruited a risk adviser for its corporate fixed-income group.

Olivia Frieser will join the credit research team on September 3, covering banks and financial institutions. She will report to the head of credit research and portfolio strategy, Vivek Tawadey. She was previously executive director of credit research for European insurers at Morgan Stanley.

Alexandre Canavezes joins the European fixed-income corporate solutions group. He was previously in Dresdner Kleinwort's insurance and pensions solutions group, and will concentrate on improving BNP's risk management advisory service for European and Middle Eastern corporate clients. Canavezes reports to the head of portfolio optimisation, Stanley Myint.