Niso Abuaf

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

Dr. Niso Abuaf is a Turkish-American-Sephardi economist, professor, and Investment Banker. He has been Clinical Professor of Financial Economics at Pace University for more than ten years, having also taught at NYU’s Stern, Chicago’s Booth, and at Bosphorus University. As a 35+ year veteran of Wall Street, Dr. Abuaf is currently Chief Economist and Financial Strategist at Samuel A. Ramirez and Co. Formerly, he was head of Global Financial Strategy at Credit Suisse, head of International Financial Strategy at Salomon Brothers/Citigroup, and Senior International Economist and Derivatives Specialist at JP Morgan Chase.

Along with colleagues at Salomon Brothers, he founded the Financial Strategy Group, the analytical think tank of Investment Banking. As such, Dr. Abuaf is considered a pioneer Investment Banking "quant." Financial Strategists develop balance sheet management and shareholder value maximization strategies for corporations, map out capital-markets issuance choices, solve M&A valuation challenges, work on new product development, engage sovereigns in privatizations, and formulate their Firm's macroeconomic outlook and investment approaches.

As a scholar, Dr. Abuaf has published articles on: "Funding Strategies in a Rising Interest Rate and a Flattening Yield Curve Environment," "Global Equity Investing: An Efficient Frontier Approach," “Valuing International Equities,” “Estimating the Country-Risk Sensitivities of Emerging Market Equities,” “Corporate Liability Management in View of Macroeconomic Fundamentals,” “Ultra-Long Bonds,” “Shareholder Payout Policies,” “Valuing Illiquid Equity Securities,” and “Econometric Estimation of the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) Hypothesis.” Dr. Abuaf has been quoted in the Economist, Bloomberg News and the International Herald Tribune.

PhD, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
International Finance

MBA, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Finance

MSc (High Honors), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Electrical and Biomedical Engineering

BSc ( High Honors), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Electrical Engineering

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Abuaf, N., Desgruelles, C., Moumaris, M., Boussa-Khettab, F., Rostane, H., Bellec, E., Frances, C. (2019). Detection by Flow Cytometry of Anti-DNA Autoantibodies and Circulating DNA Immune Complexes in Lupus Erythematosus.. . 20196047085.

Abuaf, N., Ayala, T., Sinclair, D. (2018). Global equity investing: An efficient frontier approach. International Finance. 20181-16.

Abuaf, N. (2018). Funding Strategies in a Rising Interest Rate and a Flattening Yield Curve Environment. Journal of Applied Corporate Finance. 30(3), 11.

Abuaf, N. (2015). Valuing Emerging Market Equities - A Pragmatic Approach Based on the Empirical Evidence. Journal of Applied Corporate Finance. 27(1), 71-88.

Abuaf, N. (2013). The Macroeconomic Outlook and Liability Management Strategies. Journal of Applied Finance. 23(2), 52-60. Read More >>

Abuaf, N. (2012). Issuing 50 to 100-Year Bonds. Journal of Applied Finance. 22(1), 24-34. Read More >>