More than 450 exoplanets have currently been detected, most of them by the radial velocity (RV) technique. While the majority of exoplanets have been found around main-sequence (MS) FGK stars (M ≤ 1.5M⊙), only a small fraction (～ 10%) have been discovered orbiting post-MS stars. However, such stars are known to host exoplanets and the detection fraction appears to be larger than for solar-type dwarfs. To date ～30 planets have been found orbiting giant stars which have revealed interesting properties that contrast with the results found for solar-type stars. We are carrying out a RV search for planets around giant stars in the southern hemisphere in order to study different formation scenarios for planets around intermediate-mass stars and the effect of the post-MS evolution of the host stars on the orbits of close-in planets (a ≤ 0.6 AU).
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