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Adam Zimbler joined Bridgewater in 2024 and is a Senior Investor on the Alpha Integration team. In this capacity, he is responsible for looking top-down across the portfolio and assisting the firm’s investment activities on a cross-asset basis. He is also currently leading the AI Impact team, a newly formed research effort focused on the impact AI will have on companies, markets, and economies.

Daniel is Deputy Head of the Content Lab at Bridgewater Associates, where he helps lead the publication and editorial direction of the firm’s investment content, including flagship publications such as the Bridgewater Daily Observations (BDO), the annual Strategic Report, and Quarterly Letters. 

Hudson Attar is Head of Contra Currencies at Bridgewater Associates, responsible for overseeing precious metals trading. He leads the gold and silver research process within the Alpha Engine, develops proprietary investment strategies in the space, and shares insights about these assets with clients and policymakers via the Bridgewater Daily Observations. He works closely with the co-Chief Investment Officers and Deputy Chief Investment Officers to drive evolution in Pure Alpha's investment process and push the firm’s macro understanding forward. He also manages a cross-asset portfolio primarily focusing on FX and rate markets.

Ian Singer joined Bridgewater in 2023 and is Deputy Head of Commodities, responsible for managing a cross-asset portfolio and overseeing Bridgewater's commodity strategies. Previously, he was a Portfolio Manager at Millennium, Director of Investment Strategy and Partner at Deep Basin Capital, and a Senior Analyst at Citadel, where he focused on energy, utilities, industrials, materials, and commodities. Ian graduated from Colby College with a BA in Economics.

Will Barnes joined Bridgewater in 2017 and is Head of Policy Research, responsible for understanding the impact of government policy and geopolitical dynamics on economies and markets around the world. He works closely with the co-Chief Investment Officers and regularly shares insights in the Bridgewater Daily Observations. As part of the firm's Investment Associate talent program, Will also oversees the development and assessment of entry-level investors through Bridgewater's investment internship program and intensive first-year development program.

Robert Colonel is a Senior Investment Associate on the Foreign Exchange research team. He joined Bridgewater in 2013 after graduating from Yale University with a BA in Political Science. Robert worked as an investment associate in Bridgewater’s Client Service department for two years before rotating to the Currency research team in 2016. Since joining the currencies team, he has focused on building many of Bridgewater’s systematic currency flows indicators as well as covering China’s economy and the renminbi.

One of the biggest questions around AI’s economic impact is how it will affect the labor market. Right now, we see a relatively balanced employment picture in the midst of a strong US growth outlook. But with AI capabilities continuing to improve and AI adoption accelerating, AI-driven labor displacement is one of the most plausible downside risks going forward.

Oliver Simon, Head of AI & ML Investment Strategy, was recognized as a next-generation leader reshaping the industry for his work building AIA Labs and defining what investing looks like in an AI-driven future.

At the 2026 Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Harvard, Co-CIO Karen Karniol-Tambour explains how modern mercantilism and AI are reshaping the investment landscape—and what institutional portfolios need to do differently. See important disclosures and other information.