Laura Fried joined the firm in 2021 as a VP of Macro Portfolio Strategy on the Multi-Asset team. Prior to joining Neuberger Berman, Laura worked as a Senior Emerging Markets Research Analyst at Aegon Asset Management covering Emerging Markets FX, Rates, and Sovereign Credit. Laura began her career as an Economic Research Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston where her research focused on asset pricing and real economy impacts of the Great Financial Crisis. Laura earned a BA in Economics and a BA in International Relations from Brown University, and completed a MS in Financial Economics from Northwestern University.