George Kierton has joined BlackRock as a vice president, emerging markets trader, based out of London.
Kierton brings a decade of buy-side experience to his new role at the asset manager, with a particular focus on fixed income trading.
He joins BlackRock from Muzinich & Co., where he spent more than a year as a trader.
Prior to this, he also served as Amundi for almost three years as a senior fixed income trader.
He has also held various fixed income trading positions at firms including BMO Global Asset Management and MUFG. He began his industry career as an analyst at Northern Trust Asset Management.
BlackRock declined to comment when contacted by The TRADE.
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Kierton’s new role follows a spate of recent appointments for BlackRock in recent months. In December, the firm promoted Paul Battams as global head of equity trading after 17 years at the asset management giant, where he most recently served as head of international equity trading.
Similarly, in July 2025, the firm named Daniel Veiner as head of markets, to oversee trading, origination, corporate access and ETF markets at the firm.
He has been with BlackRock for 22 years, most recently as co-head of global trading.