Biography

Bernardo Aumond is a Co-Director of the Applied Integrated Quant (Applied IQ) Team at Loomis, Sayles & Company. In this role, he conducts research on risk modeling, portfolio construction, relative value analysis and systematic investment strategies. Bernardo has 18 years of investment industry experience. He joined Loomis Sayles in 2007 and spent seven years as an Analyst on the Applied IQ Team. Bernardo then spent four years at Wellington Management as a global multi-asset analyst, responsible for new product development, portfolio construction, risk awareness, client outreach and proprietary relative value analysis, before returning to Loomis Sayles in 2018 as an Associate Director of the Applied IQ Team. Previously, he was the director of engineering at Bioprocessors Corporation, as well as a senior mechanical engineer at SurfaceLogix. Bernardo earned an MS in finance from Suffolk University and an MS and PhD in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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An integral part of investment strategy, the Loomis Sayles Applied IQ Team blends expertise with practical application. The team works collaboratively across[…]
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About the Applied IQ Team

Investors on the Applied IQ team

Bobby Bakshi, CFA
Co-Director of Applied Integrated Quant
Michael Crowell
Chief Investment Research Officer
Guohua Xia, PhD, CFA, FRM
Quantitative Analyst
Megan Wan, CFA
Quantitative Analyst
Gulliermo Ruiz-Rico, CFA
Quantitative Analyst
Dennis Kadourov, CFA
Quantitative Analyst
Andrew Hon
Quantitative Analyst
Ali Faghih, PhD
Quantitative Analyst
Arpit Jain
Quantitative Associate

About the Emerging Markets Debt Team

Investors on the Emerging Markets Debt team

Elisabeth Colleran, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Co-Head of Emerging Markets Debt
Dilawer Farazi, ACA
Portfolio Manager, Co-Head of Emerging Markets Debt
Eddy Sternberg
Portfolio Manager
Jackie Lafferty
Investment Strategist
Lauren Murray
Investment Associate
Katy Palmer
Strategic Marketing Manager
Ryan Powers
Portfolio Specialist