Biography

Hassan Malik is a Sovereign Portfolio Manager and Global Macro Strategist at Loomis, Sayles & Company. As Sovereign Portfolio Manager, Hassan oversees the Full Discretion Team’s allocation to international sovereign investments globally. As a Strategist, he is responsible for global thematic research and idea generation across foreign exchange, external and local debt in emerging and frontier markets, with a focus on CEEMEA markets. He joined Loomis Sayles in 2021 and has 20 years of investment industry experience. He began his career at J.P. Morgan in New York before moving to Troika Dialog in Moscow, where he advised foreign institutions on investing in the former Soviet Union. Most recently, Hassan covered emerging, frontier and European markets at investment research boutiques and hedge fund Prince Street Capital Management. He earned an AB from the University of Chicago, a PhD from Harvard University, and held fellowships at the European University Institute in Florence and the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse. Hassan is fluent in Russian, Spanish, Urdu/Hindi and is conversant in French. A financial historian, Hassan is the author of Bankers and Bolsheviks: International Finance and the Russian Revolution (Princeton, 2018).

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Latest Insights by Hassan Malik, PhD, CFA

Alpha Engine Perspectives
April 8, 2024 • 10 min read

Russia-Ukraine: The Beginning of the End?

Global Macro Strategist Hassan Malik breaks down the strategic and economic realities at play as the Russia-Ukraine war grinds on.
Macro Strategies
Market Commentary & Outlook
February 24, 2023 • 5 min read

One Year Into the Russia-Ukraine War, and No End in Sight

One year after the invasion, Senior Sovereign Analyst Hassan Malik looks at the state of affairs in the Russia-Ukraine war and what[…]
Market Commentary & Outlook
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Price Caps on Russian Hydrocarbons: Be Careful What You Wish For

Recent G-7 discussions about imposing caps on the price of Russian oil and gas have led to some head-scratching. Senior Sovereign Analyst[…]