Prajakta Bhide

Strategist, U.S.

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.


Partners

Phillip Colmar
Partner, Global Strategy

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

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

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

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

Frank Petrocca, CFA
Strategist, Fixed Income

Frank Petrocca joined MRB in 2015, and specializes in developed market policy and fixed income strategy. Along side Phillip Colmar, he regularly contributes to the firm’s regional economic ... 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