Dr. Yifan Hu received her Ph.D in Economics from Georgetown University and B.S. in Economics from Zhejiang University.

Yifan joins us as Regional CIO Greater China & Chief China Economist. She is based in Hong Kong, and serves as a member of the CIO Asia Investment Committee as well as the CIO Emerging Markets Investment Committee. Working alongside the investment teams globally and in Asia Pacific, Yifan is helping shape CIO's macroeconomic views on China. Yifan has held several Chief Economist positions since 2007, most recently at Haitong International where she was tasked with leading H-share equity research. She was awarded the "Outstanding Research Diamond Award" and "Best Economist in Greater China" in 2013-2014 by Institutional Investor China. Prior to this role, Yifan worked as a Chief Economist at CITIC Securities, China Economist at France's Natixis, and China Equity Strategist at Merrill Lynch. Her views and columns can be found in leading financial media. Prior to that, Yifan was an Assistant Professor at the School of Business and Economics at the University of Hong Kong and published extensively in the international and Chinese academic journals. Yifan has considerable experiences in research and consulting, and served in various prestigious organizations including the World Bank and The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) in Washington D.C.

Yifan has also authored a book on "Strategic priorities: China's reforms and Reshaping of the global order"(2014), and some of her recent papers include "Economic transition, higher education and worker productivity in China" in Journal of Development Economics (2010), "Bonds and transactions service and optimal Ramsey policy" in Journal of Macroeconomics (2009), and "The performance effect of managerial ownership: Evidence from China" in Journal of Banking and Finance (2008).

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