Merrill Lynch has hired Imelda Lam, in interest rate sales at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong, for a similar role in its investor client group in Hong Kong. Terez Hanhan, spokeswoman, confirmed that Lam will start at Merrill next month and is an addition to the team. Lam will report to Barry Dick, managing director in the investor client group in Singapore, who did not respond to messages. Mei Zhang, spokeswoman at Goldman, did not return messages by press time.