Philip Hodges, PhD

Philip Hodges, PhD

Managing Director, Co-head of Systematic Equities Macro and Lead Portfolio Manager for Enhanced Factors Strategies

Philip Hodges, PhD, Managing Director, is a portfolio manager within BlackRock’s Systematic investment team. Dr. Hodges co-heads BlackRock’s systematic equities macro and is responsible for delivering investment performance across BlackRock's macro and style factor strategies. The group optimizes macro and factor exposures to help clients meet their investment objectives. Dr. Hodges leads two of the team's flagship factor strategies: Market Advantage and Style Advantage.

 

Dr. Hodges' service with the firm dates back to 2007, including his years with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), which merged with BlackRock in 2009. Previously, Dr. Hodges has served as a research officer within the Client Solutions group in San Francisco and a quantitative analyst within the Liability Driven Investment team in London. Prior to joining BGI, Dr. Hodges was a post-doctoral research associate in physical chemistry at the University of Oxford and University Lyon I.

 

Dr. Hodges earned a MChem degree in chemistry and a D.Phil. in molecular spectroscopy from the University of Oxford in 2002 and 2006, respectively.