P. Hammond

P. Brett Hammond is Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist for TIAA-CREF Asset Management. His group is responsible for asset allocation modeling and institutional advising, economic and market commentary, and investment product and portfolio research. Within TIAA-CREF he was previously responsible for performance attribution modeling, the creation of inflation-linked bond and lifecycle funds, and pension research. Prior to TIAA-CREF, he held positions at the National Academy of Sciences, UCLA, and UC Berkeley. He received a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and AB degrees in economics and political science from the University of California at Santa Cruz.