NEWPORT BEACH, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 31, 2011) - PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, has hired Ignacio Sosa as an Executive Vice President and Emerging Markets Product Manager. He will be based in the firm's Newport Beach office beginning October 31 and will report to Wendy Cupps, Managing Director and Head of the Product Management Group, and David Fisher, Executive Vice President and Head of Global and Emerging Markets Product Management.