Medley Global Advisors Expands in Energy and Emerging Markets
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ — Medley Global Advisors, LLC (MGA), the leading independent provider of policy intelligence to hedge funds, asset managers, investment banks, and governments, announced today that it has hired Bhushan Bahree and Bill Farren-Price for it’s Energy Group and Luisa Palacios for its Emerging Markets Group.
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“Bhushan, Bill and Luisa will help deepen and expand energy and emerging markets coverage for that rapidly growing client segment. They each hold an incredible wealth of incisive, market relevant knowledge of the policy, industry and market drivers in their respective areas, all of which are critical to our clients. Furthermore, they come with a network of relationships that reflects our firm’s position as a unique link between policy makers and financial markets,” said Sassan Ghahramani, MGA’s Chief Executive Officer.
Bhushan Bahree comes to MGA from The Wall Street Journal, where he covered the international oil and energy industry for 15 years. Educated in India, he worked for Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal for 37 years, reporting and writing about international monetary policy, world trade, and energy from New York, Paris, Geneva, and London. At one time or another, Mr. Bahree has covered institutions including the Swiss National Bank, the Bank for International Settlements, the Bank of England, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and the World Trade Organization. He has also closely tracked and written on OPEC and its member countries, the International Energy Agency, and some of the largest international oil companies, including Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Total and ENI. Mr. Bahree received the 2001 Award for Excellence in Written Journalism from the International Association for Energy Economics and was just granted a lifetime achievement award by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at the Riyadh heads of state summit.
Bill Farren-Price has been writing about Middle East energy, economics and politics for 14 years. He joins MGA after several years as Deputy Editor for the Middle East Economic Survey (MEES), during which time he advised regional and international banks and international oil companies on oil policy. Prior to that, Mr. Farren-Price was Senior Energy Correspondent and Middle East Correspondent for Bridge News and also worked as a Middle East Editor for French news agency AFP. Mr Farren-Price has made contributions on energy and the Middle East for the International Herald Tribune, UPI, Forbes, Oxford Analytica and other newspapers and journals including Petroleum Economist. He has also presented conference papers in Austria, Greece, Iran and the UK and has made regular appearances on television and radio in Australia, Austria, France, Japan and the UK. A native Australian, Mr Farren-Price graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London.
Luisa Palacios returns to MGA with almost 10-years of experience in international financial institutions. Most recently, Ms. Palacios worked for Barclay’s Capital as Macro Strategist for the Andean Region, with share coverage of Argentina. Prior to that, she was Senior Economist for the Japan Bank of International Cooperation, where she focused on Latin America energy and debt issues. Ms. Palacios has also worked for Societe Generale in both Paris and New York, where she started out following Middle East/North Africa and Turkey and later became economist for Latin America. Additionally, Ms. Palacios has served as a consultant for the World Bank in the office of the Chief Economist for Latin America. Ms. Palacios has a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University and holds a PhD from The John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where she concentrated on international economics and Latin American energy policy. She has published numerous papers on economic policy and debt issues in Latin America and on regional energy policy issues, and is a frequent commentator on economic and political developments in Latin America for the international media.
About MGA
MGA analyzes primary sourced and public input from policymakers and applies it to industry and financial markets to help clients and policymakers anticipate key macro and regulatory events that affect them.
MGA provides services covering select G7/OECD fixed income and currency markets, emerging markets, telecoms, utilities, and energy markets. It was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Washington DC, London, and Tokyo.
For more information on MGA, visit http://www.medleyadvisors.com/ , or to contact the firm, please e-mail advisors@medleyadvisors.com or call Launa Myrie at 212 219 9096.
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