Nick Casey has been hired by asset manager Carmignac Gestion as sales manager for the UK. Before joining Carmignac Gestion, Casey worked at Aviva for 22 years, the last six of which were with Aviva Investors in London, specialising in IFA distribution. Seperately, the firm has hired Pierre Verlé as credit analyst in the fixed income team. He was previously a co-manager of the distressed debt fund at Butler Investment Managers in London and an analyst at Morgan Stanley.