Mark Gleason, CFA
16 Years at AB|20 Years of Experience
Mark Gleason is a Vice President, Managing Director and Head of the Americas Multi-Asset Business Development team, where he's broadly responsible for portfolio strategy and communications. He joined AB in 2009. Previously, Gleason was a director on the Multi-Asset team, with an explicit focus on the group's alternative and risk-managed solutions. Before that, he served as a Multi-Asset product specialist and as a regional consultant in the US Retail Group. Gleason holds a BBA in business economics from Loyola University Maryland and is a CFA charterholder. Location: Nashville
Published Work
Inflation protection needs to evolve with a changing investment world. A style-balanced strategy of future-resources stocks may be an effective addition to classic inflation hedges.
Recent forces have made a broad group of commodities attractive. But risk and return patterns vary widely, so the key to commodities exposure is accessing opportunities in a diversified mix.
In our view, modestly capping exposures to certain COVID-19-sensitive macro assets can enhance asset-allocation risk management.
With stocks on pace for a banner year, investors haven't missed a beat-despite some sharp retreats. In fact, "buying the dip" has been so prevalent, it adds a new dynamic for multi-asset strategies to consider.
Investments behave differently during inflationary periods. A few adjustments can prepare your portfolio for what may come.
In the world of alternative risk premia, style premia have dominated. But they do have limitations. Investors should consider using a wider variety of strategies.