Viewpoints by Hugo Bélanger, at Manulife Investment Management
Hugo provides comprehensive global macroeconomic and financial market research for the multi-asset solutions team to support both strategic and tactical investment decisions. Before joining the firm, he worked as a research manager for Canada’s largest bulk shipping company. Hugo also worked as an associate editor on the commodity and energy team at BCA Research.
- Education: B. Sc., Economics, University of Montreal; M.A., Economics, McGill University
- Joined the company: 2024
- Began career: 2016
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AI and the global economy: into the great wide open
How might artificial intelligence (AI) transform the global economy in the months, years, and decades to come? Three members of our global macro strategy team address that very question in terms of both the exciting opportunities and the potential risks.
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2026 Global Macroeconomic Outlook: clearer picture, better growth
After an action-packed 2025 for investors, 2026 promises to be just as eventful. Our macro strategy team, led by Global Chief Economist Alex Grassino, shares its latest forward-looking views on global economies and markets.
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Midyear 2025 global macro outlook: what’s changed and what hasn’t
What a difference six months can make. More forceful-than-expected government policy decisions have overtaken some of our early 2025 views, but others have only been validated and reinforced.
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