MainFirst has hired Citywire + rated Andranik Safaryan as the new head of its emerging market debt (EMD) team. Safaryan was most recently at Credit Suisse Asset Management (Switzerland) and brings more than 10 years' experience managing EMD strategies. He was most recently in charge of the $2 billion Credit Suisse (Lux) Emerging Market Corporate Bond fund, as well as other EM corporate bond funds totalling about $1billion in assets.