Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has made two senior hires within its asset allocation team.

Willem Klijnstra and Chris Jeffery will join in March as strategists within tactical asset allocation research and strategy area. They will work closely with LGIM’s portfolio management and investment teams, both in fixed income and asset allocation. Their insight will be used more broadly across the Legal & General Group asset allocation process.

Both Klijnstra and Jeffery previously held senior positions at BNP Paribas Investment Partners within the multi-asset solutions team. Klijnstra was head of research and acting chief investment officer while Jeffrey was a senior tactical asset allocation strategist.

They will both report to Emiel van den Heiligenberg, head of asset allocation at LGIM.

He said: “These hires continue to build on the market-leading global macroeconomic and strategic expertise within LGIM’s asset allocation team. Willem and Chris will join the team that develops themes and ideas that are central to our macro driven investment process. Their arrival will be a great addition to this already very successful group and will further strengthen the multi-asset capabilities of LGIM.”