Abdul Kadir Hussain

Head of Fixed Income Asset Management
Arqaam Capital

Biography

• Abdul Kadir Hussain has 24 years investment experience in the Emerging Market Space.
• Prior to joining Arqaam he was CEO of Mashreq Capital, Mashreqbank’s Asset Management business. Mashreq Bank offers a range of banking solutions to suit your needs. Choose Mashreq for your Credit Cards, Personal Loans, Investments, Insurance
• He has a 10 year public track record managing conventional Fixed Income credit based funds and a 6 year public track record managing Shariah compliant fixed income credit funds.
• In addition to the public funds Mr. Hussain has run a conventional credit based total return proprietary strategy for Mashreq bank.
• He has managed global credit, distressed and special situation investments in Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East for the last 24 years.
• Funds managed by Mr. Hussain have won awards in every year since 2010.
• Islamic funds run by him have been recognized by Bloomberg as the best in the MENA region in 2012, 2014, and 2015.
• Under Mr. Hussain’s leadership Assets Under Management (AUM’s) at Mashreq’s asset management business grew from $350mm in 2012 to $1.6bn in 2016
• At Arqaam AUM have grown from 0 to $80mm just within 6 months of his joining
• Prior to being at Mashreq he was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse.
• Mr. Hussain was named ‘Best High Yield” analyst in Asia for 3 consecutive years from 2000 to 2003.
• Mr. Hussain has a BS Econ with a concentration in Finance and Decision Science from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurial Studies for the Andersen School at UCLA. He has been a CFA Charterholder since 1995……

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Bonds, Loans & Sukuk 24 2020

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