Intech has appointed Brad Bugg as head of fixed income and currency and Craig Stanford as senior analyst - alternatives.

Bugg previously worked in fixed income and credit markets for the past 15 years in London and Sydney, most recently as senior investment analyst at Austock Asset Management.

Prior to that role, Bugg worked as a credit analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and ANZ Investment Bank.

He will be responsible for the performance of the firm's fixed income portfolios and trusts and is now a member of the Intech Investment Committee.

Stanford spent the past eight years researching hedge fund managers and managing institutional fund of fund hedge fund portfolios in London and Sydney at Ellerston Capital and ABN AMRO Asset Management.

He will manage Intech's alternative investment policies and manage the firm's well developed range of alternative investment funds.

"We targeted people with hands-on market experience, Brad and Craig both deliver on this front," said Anthony Serhan, managing director at Intech.