As director and senior investment analyst for Asia, Mauro will focus particularly on emerging markets in Asia. He reports to Gary Greenberg, head of Hermes' emerging market team and lead portfolio manager.
Before joining the firm, Mauro was working as a the global emerging market sector analyst with a focus on Asia at the London office of Legg Mason International Equities. He worked across areas including financials, technology stocks, materials and utilities. Prior to this, he worked for the central Bank of Argentina on their fixed income portfolio.
“The emerging market regions present numerous opportunities to find value, for example, announcements made in China’s recent Third Plenum will bring market reform, which in turn should lead to a more efficient allocation of capital,” Greenberg said.
He added that Hermes aims to seek out companies at the forefront of these developments and to identify growing companies in China and across Asia.
