Mehran Nakhjavani

Partner, Emerging Market Strategy

Mehran Nakhjavani is a partner and helped found MRB in 2010. He has extensive experience in investment research and investment management, specializing in emerging markets and oil-producing economies. Mr. Nakhjavani focuses on investment themes arising from the emergence of economies and financial markets outside the developed world. He works with clients to assist portfolio investment decisions primarily in emerging markets.

Prior to joining MRB, Mr. Nakhjavani managed emerging market and global equity portfolios at UBS Global Asset Management (1998-2008). He was also a minority owner and Managing Editor of BCA Research Inc., where he founded the firm’s emerging markets strategy service (1992-1998). Previously, he covered OPEC economics and finance with the Middle East Economic Survey, Financial Times and Economist Intelligence Unit.

Mr. Nakhjavani has an M.A. in Economics from McGill University and a B.A. from the University of Cambridge.

Partners

Phillip Colmar

Partner, Global Strategy & Fixed Income

Phillip Colmar is a founding partner. He has extensive experience, both as a strategist and economist. Mr. Colmar focuses on global multi-asset investment strategy, trading opportunities, and ... View More

Mehran Nakhjavani

Partner, Emerging Market Strategy

Mehran Nakhjavani is a partner and helped found MRB in 2010. He has extensive experience in investment research and investment management, specializing in emerging markets and ... View More

Peter Perkins

Partner, Global Strategy & Regional Equities

Peter Perkins is a founding partner. He has extensive experience, both as a strategist and economist. Mr. Perkins focuses on asset allocation issues and strategy, key drivers of the global economy and ... View More

Warren Smith

Partner, U.S. Strategy

Warren C. Smith is a founding partner. He has extensive experience as an investment strategist. Mr. Smith focuses on the U.S. and other developed markets and works closely with MRB clients to ... View More

Strategists & ANALYSTS

Amr Abdel Khalek

Strategist, Emerging Markets

Amr Abdel Khalek joined MRB in 2011 and specializes in emerging markets (EM). Along with Mehran Nakhjavani, he is responsible for driving MRB’s house view on EM ex-China economies and financial assets... View More

Mazen Issa

Strategist, Fixed Income

Mazen Issa joined MRB in 2024. He is based in New York and leads the global fixed income strategy for MRB. Mazen has extensive sell-side and buy-side experience in cross asset strategy and trading... View More

Prajakta Bhide

Strategist, U.S. Economy

Prajakta Bhide joined MRB in 2017 and specializes in the U.S. economy, policy and asset markets. Her areas of expertise include business cycles, monetary policy, and macroeconomic modeling... View More

Santiago Espinosa

Strategist, Foreign Exchange & Absolute Returns

Santiago Espinosa joined MRB in 2010, and specializes in foreign exchange strategy and absolute-return investment ideas. He is currently responsible for ... View More

Salvatore Ruscitti

Strategist, U.S. Equities

Salvatore Ruscitti joined MRB in 2011. He has extensive experience in both top-down and bottom-up equity research. Mr. Ruscitti is responsible for MRB’s global and regional equity sector views... View More

Arshiya Malik

Analyst, Developed Markets

Arshiya Malik joined MRB in 2023, and specializes on developed market economies and policy. She supports the research team with data analysis and forecasting of regional economic trends and financial markets... View More

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