Maleeha Bengali
Maleeha Bengali is the Founder, Editor and Portfolio Manager of MB Commodity Corner, an active trading and investment recommendation newsletter. Over the past 25 years, Bengali has built a distinguished career as a portfolio manager and trader, contributing her expertise to hedge funds and proprietary trading desks in both the United States and Europe. Previously, she worked as a Portfolio Manager at prominent financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and Noble Group. Bengali is also the Managing Director and CEO of AWAAM Consulting, a provider of bespoke wealth management advisory services to high net worth women. She began contributing to TheStreet's Real Money in 2018, where she specializes in commodities coverage.
Maleeha Bengali Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder, Editor, and Portfolio Manager
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Energy and Basic Resources Portfolio Manager
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Portfolio Manager
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Trader
Academic History
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B.S., Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
EXPERTISE
Bengali employs cross-asset arbitrage techniques to leverage relative mispricings within these asset classes.
She utilizes systematic delta-neutral investment trading strategies, aiming to minimize market and directional risk while maximizing returns, with a particular focus on alpha generation.
Her strategic focus involves a comprehensive approach, integrating top-down macro analysis and bottom-up fundamental relative value analysis.
EARLY CAREER
Bengali started her professional career at UBS O'Connor, a global multi-strategy hedge fund, where she honed her skills across diverse trading strategies and asset classes.
At Merrill Lynch, she specialized in energy and basic resource equities, as well as the corresponding commodities.
In 2015, she launched MB Commodity to focus on using both top down macro and bottoms up fundamental relative value analysis, applying cross-asset arbitrage techniques to capitalize on the relative mispricings evident in these asset classes.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
She has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.