Mary Nicola joined PineBridge Investments in 2020 and is responsible for the Global Multi-Asset team’s client-facing activities in the Asia Pacific region, contributing to the firm’s multi-asset strategy and portfolio implementation functions with a particular focus on Asia-based portfolios.
Mary has over 10 years of experience as an Economist and Macro Strategist and joins PineBridge Investments from Eastspring Investments in Singapore where she was a Global FX and Rates Strategist for the Multi-Asset Solutions team. During her tenure at Eastspring, she was a strong advocate of ESG and helped to integrate ESG criteria into the firm’s multi-asset investment process, including developing a unique scorecard to measure and track the performance improvement of sovereign bonds through an ESG lens. Prior to this, Mary was with Aviva Investors in Singapore as an Investment Strategist and Senior Economist for the Multi-Asset Strategy team, responsible for developing the firm’s macroeconomic views on Asia, including Japan. She also spent five years at Standard Chartered Bank in Dubai and Hong Kong, and BNP Paribas in New York as an FX Strategist and Economist, respectively.
Prior to her tenure in the investments industry, Mary spent two years in the U.S. Peace Corps in Bulgaria. She holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University – School of International and Public Affairs and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science from Rutgers University.
