Heneg Parthenay has been appointed to the new position of head of insurance at UK investment manager Insight Investment. He will be based in London, reporting to Philip Anker, global head of distribution.
Parthenay was chief operating officer and head of insurance at BNY Mellon Investment Management EMEA from October 2013. Both companies are part of the BNY Mellon Group. Prior to this he was strategy and mergers & acquisitions director at Aviva Investors.
"We are very pleased to welcome Heneg to our team," said Anker. "Low interest rates, and the accompanying search for yield, have encouraged insurers to look at the wider fixed income universe. Heneg will draw on Insight's broad range of fixed income capabilities to give insurers access to our specialist expertise in areas such as illiquid credit.
"Heneg will also work closely with Insight's liability driven investment team, which combines actuarial expertise with a comprehensive insurance reporting solution. This team has been providing valuable support to insurance clients as they approach the Solvency II implementation deadline in 2016."