Fidelity hires Lombard Odier IM CIO to lead macro and strategic allocation efforts

Salman Ahmed joins for newly-created role

Mike Sheen
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Fidelity International has appointed former CIO and co-chair of Lombard Oider Investments Managers’ global investment committee Salman Ahmed to the newly-created role of global head of macro and strategic allocation.

Ahmed, who will report to head of solutions and multi-asset Henk-Jan Rikkerink, will be responsible for developing and leading Fidelity's global macro and strategic asset allocation group (GMSAAG), providing capital market assumptions for the firm's strategic asset allocation (SAA) framework. Fidelity hires sales director from JPMAM Alongside the hire, global macro economist Anna Stupnytska and lead cross asset strategist Wen-Wen Lindroth will join GMSAAG, reporting to Ahmed. Ahmed spent nearly eight years with Lombard Odier, which he joined in 2013 after more than three years as h...

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