Salman Ahmed appointed as Global Head of Macro and Strategic Asset Allocation at Fidelity International
Salman Ahmed appointed as Global Head of Macro and Strategic Asset Allocation at Fidelity International
Fidelity International announces the appointment of Salman Ahmed as Global Head of Macro and Strategic Asset Allocation. Salman joins in August from Lombard Odier Investment Managers, where he held the position of Chief Investment Strategist and co-chair of the Global Investment Committee. Prior to this, he was Head of Global Macro at EDF and a Global Economist at Goldman Sachs.
In his new role, Salman will be responsible for developing and leading the Global Macro and Strategic Asset Allocation group. This is a newly created function to enhance Fidelity’s macro-economic output, providing capital market assumptions for its Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) framework. He will report to Henk-Jan Rikkerink, Head of Solutions & Multi Asset.
Anna Stupnytska, Global Macro Economist, and Wen-Wen Lindroth, Lead Cross Asset Strategist, will also move from existing teams to the Global Macro and Strategic Asset Allocation Group reporting to Salman.
Andrew McCaffery, Global Chief Investment Officer, Asset Management, Fidelity International, comments: “The development of Fidelity’s Global Macro Group is an important step as we look to evolve and grow our Solutions and Multi Asset business. The team will provide key capital market research across public and private markets that directly inputs into our investment teams and will enhance our strategic asset allocation approach.
“Salman brings deep macro and investment knowledge and is a fantastic fit to lead and shape the group. With Salman, Anna and Wen-Wen together, we have extensive experience across the team, which I expect to expand further over time to achieve the goal of meeting our clients’ developing needs.”