HSBC Asset Management has appointed Michael Stromsoe as head of investor relations for its alternatives business. Based in London, he will report to Steven Ward, head of alternative products.

With over 15 years’ experience in marketing and capital raising, Stromsoe will be responsible for working with the firms’ institutional and wholesale sales and client servicing teams to define and develop all aspects of client communication and post-sale engagement on alternative products.

He joins from Macquarie, where he was responsible for strategic and operational leadership of the marketing and investor services team, supporting Macquarie’s global infrastructure and real asset business. Prior to that, he was head of investor relations and partner at Brevan Howard.