Dirk Hofschire is Senior Vice-President, Asset Allocation Research, in the Global Asset Allocation group at Fidelity Investments. In this role, he is a member of the Asset Allocation Research team, which conducts economic, fundamental and quantitative research to develop asset allocation recommendations for Fidelity’s portfolio managers and investment teams.

Mr. Hofschire joined Fidelity in 2000 as a senior portfolio analyst. Most recently he led the Market Analysis, Research and Education group within Fidelity Management & Research Company, which he created in 2005 to provide timely updates on trends in the economy and financial markets. Before joining Fidelity, Mr. Hofschire was a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State.