Shehriyar Antia is an award-winning macroeconomist with capital market experience in Asia and the US. Shehriyar spent several years in Tokyo on FX and bond trading desks before returning to his native NYC. Following graduate work in economics, he joined the Markets Group of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2003. There he specialized in monetary policy and its impact on financial markets. During the financial crisis, Shehriyar led several analytical initiatives around QE programs for senior policy makers in Washington and New York. In 2013, Shehriyar left the NY Fed and established his own boutique research shop – Macro Insight Group – which provided independent macro research to institutional investors primarily in Europe and Asia. In 2017, Shehriyar was appointed Chief US Economist for Nippon Life Global Investors before joining PGIM in 2019.Shehriyar has a Bachelor degree in Economics from Cornell University and a Master degree in International Economics and Finance from Columbia University.