Parisien will focus on emerging market corporates, supporting several portfolios under Barrineau's leadership.

He joins from Deutsche Bank Securities in New York, where he was head of emerging market corporate debt research and strategy for nearly four years.

Before his stint at Deutsche, Parisien worked at Santander Investment Securities in New York, spending two years as executive director and head of Latin American fixed income research, and two years as head of Latin American credit research.

Earlier still, he was a senior vice president and head of research for the Americas at Standard New York Securities in Miami, FL, for five years.

Schroder Investment Management North America is a unit of Schroders, a global asset management company with approximately $435.4 billion under management, as of December 31, 2013.