Intermediate Capital Group announced the appointment of Nicholas Brooks as the new head of economic and investment research. At ICG Nick will be working closely with corporate and investment teams to inform strategies, as well as providing a macroeconomic framework and analysis to guide ICG's overall business and investors. Prior to ICG, Nick was head of research and investment strategy at ETF Securities for over seven years where he was responsible for building a research team and providing strategic and tactical investment analysis to investment teams and institutional investors globally.

Before this, Nick was Senior Economist, Global Economics and Strategy at Henderson Global Investors in London, having joined from Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong where he was senior Economist. Prior to this he held senior macro roles at HSBC and Peregrine Securities in Hong Kong and Singapore. He began his career at Citibank in New York.