Head of Fixed Income Asset Management
Arqaam Capital
Abdul Kadir Hussain has 26 years investment experience in the Emerging Market Space.
Prior to joining Arqaam he was CEO of Mashreq Capital, Mashreqbank’s Asset Management business.
He has a 15 year public track record managing conventional Fixed Income credit based funds and a 9 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 almost 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 $800mm in under 5 years.
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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