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. Ms. Bhide has extensive experience in communicating economic and investment views to clients.
Prior to joining MRB, Ms. Bhide was a Senior U.S. Economist at The Conference Board, focusing on productivity and labor market issues. Previously, Ms. Bhide was the Senior U.S. Economist at Roubini Global Economics, where she was responsible for driving the firm’s views on the U.S. economy. Her research has been quoted in several news outlets including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times. She has also conducted research at the Reserve Bank of India’s Department of Economic Analysis and Policy.
Ms. Bhide has a M.A in Economics from New York University, an advanced graduate training in macroeconomics and computational methods from the University of Maryland and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pune.
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 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 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 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
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 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 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 joined MRB in 2010, and specializes in foreign exchange strategy and absolute-return investment ideas. He is currently responsible for ... View More
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 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