7th July 2017
Prudential: Understanding the investment engine: a PPMG masterclass
Register to join Prudential’s webexes on 25 July 2017, hosted by key members of the Prudential Portfolio Management Group (PPMG) team. There are five different webexes on the day that come together to deliver a masterclass on how PPMG manage money.
9am - The Anatomy of Long-Term Asset Allocation
Parit Jakhria, Head of Long-Term Investment Strategy provides an insight into how PPMG formulate the long term strategic asset allocation (SAA) that underpins Prudential's multi asset protfolios. He'll also look into capital market assumptions and PPMG's in-house stochastic model, GeneSis, that are key inputs in SAA reviews.
10am - An insight in to Multi-Asset Portfolio Management
Barry Widdows, Head of Multi-Asset Portfolio Management provides an insight in to how the Portfolio Management team acts as a central hub with PPMG and whose primary role is to ensure efficient implementation of strategic and tactical asset allocation decisions across asses classes including alternatives. He'll finally discuss the team inputs into tactical decisions.
11am - Why invest in Alternatives?
Mike Howard, Head of Alternatives provides an insight in to the opportunities available in less liquid and specialised asset classes like hedge funds, private equity and infrastructure. He'll also discuss the depth of investment, operational and legal due diligence required when liquidity is often much lower and many deals have multi-year lock in periods.
2pm - An introduction to Investment Research
David Shairp, Head of Research provides an insight in to how investment research provides robust economic and market insights that underpin portfolio positions. He'll also discuss the PPMG research framework and how his team collaborates across the business to share insights and contribute to the key investment decisions made.
Andy Brown, Investment Director and Adrian Gaspar, Product Specialist provide an insight in to the due diligence process employed by the Manager Oversight team and how this ensures underlying fund managers are performing in-line with expectations. They will also discuss the benefits of mandate design and how this provides an extra layer of control and helps generate returns.
Each session will last for 30 minutes and include a 10 minute Q&A session with the presenter. Register now for this rare opportunity to hear from some of the key investment specialists at PPMG.
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