Prudential adds two lead economists to global economic research team

By Ashley Montgomery

Kansas City, Kan., Aug. 7 - Prudential Fixed Income selected economists Gerwin Bell and Giancarlo Perasso to lead research on Asia and emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa. They join the global macroeconomic research team led by Jurgen Odenius.

"Together, [Bell and Perasso] bring deep global experience that will help us expand our ability to find the right opportunities for our clients and manage risk in an ever-changing - and growing - global economy," said James Sullivan, Prudential chief executive officer, in a news release.

"In particular, their skills will strengthen our analysis of global macro themes and country risk, adding to our existing foreign corporate investment grade and high yield credit analysis," Sullivan said.

Bell, formerly a mission chief for the International Monetary Fund, has experience in mature and emerging markets across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Perasso, formerly the chief economist for the Matrix/Redux Funds, also has experience in emerging markets across the regions of interest.

Prudential is a Newark-based provider of financial products and services.

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