Talbot quits as head of SSGA fixed income to join BGI

UK/US – State Street Global Advisors’ head of international fixed income, Mark Talbot, has left the company to join Barclays Global Investors in the US.

Talbot will be working for Barclays Global Investors in San Francisco focusing on US domestic bonds.

Vincent Kok has replaced Talbot as head of international fixed income at State Street Global Advisors. He will be based in London and will report to Sean Flannery, head of global fixed income in Boston. Kok will be responsible for the management of State Street Global Advisors’ global fixed income investment process outside the US.

Before his promotion to head of international fixed income, Kok spent two years as head of State Street Global Advisors’ global bond group based in London.