Ed leads the firm’s research on global interest rates. He also manages the emerging market credit research team. He joined the firm in 2015. Prior to Columbia Threadneedle Investments, he worked as a strategist at Peridiem Global Investors, a Los Angeles based macro hedge fund, as a sovereign ratings analyst at Moody’s and a financial sector economist at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. He holds a Master’s of Public Administration degree in Economics and International Development from Harvard University an a B.A. in Mathematical Economics from Colgate University.