Two senior hires boosts macroeconomic forecasting capability

Equinox Global has hired Gaurav Ganguly as head of risk strategy and Marian Berden as senior credit and macro analyst.

The pair will join trade credit insurer Equinox Global on March 1, 2011.

Ganguly was previously chief economist at Atradius.

Berden was previously a macro analyst at Axis Capital focusing on political risk and credit insurance.

Mike Holley, chief executive of Equinox Global, said: "These two extremely high calibre appointments reflect the founding philosophy of Equinox Global.

"The more thorough our approach to understanding and measuring risk, the better equipped we are to provide tailored propositions to our customers."