Emerging markets – a good time to invest? Pádraig Floyd looks at how Emerging markets were faced with numerous macro economic and geopolitical challenges in 2022, Yet they... Pádraig Floyd LAPF Investments February 25, 2023 Focus Sustainable development in EM – what contribution can companies make? Raphael Lüscher and Antoine Hnein from Vontobel discuss how to identify emerging market companies that are most aligned to SDGs,... Raphael Lüscher mtx Portfolio Manager Vontobel Antoine Hnein mtx Portfolio Manager Vontobel February 22, 2023 Focus Alternative investments – the right choice for income? Jeff Munroe of Darwin Alternative Investment Management looks at the benefits of selective investment into alternative assets, particularly those with... Jeff Munroe Strategic Adviser Darwin Alternative Investment Management December 1, 2022 Focus Building a direct lending allocation Steve Beckett of Blue Owl looks at the benefits of direct lending, the largest constituent of the private credit market Following... Steve Beckett Head of Product Solutions Blue Owl December 1, 2022 Focus Ensuring secure income assets do what they said they will do Magnus Spence at FidesIQ discusses the frequent mismatch between what asset managers are saying and doing and how to rectify... Magnus Spence Director FidesIQ December 1, 2022 Focus The role of secure income in investment strategies Things were looking rosy for LGPS valuations early in 2022, but did the Russian invasion of Ukraine, slowdown of the... Pádraig Floyd LAPF Investments December 1, 2022 Focus It’s time to build a new world and to make it real David Crawford of Nordea Asset Management UK shows that global real assets and infrastructure have a vital role in improving... David Crawford Co-Head of Institutional & Wholesale Distribution UK Nordea Asset Management UK October 1, 2022 Focus Inflation protection through global listed infrastructure Sheridan Bowers from Vontobel Asset Management discusses the attractions of investing in global listed infrastructure – real assets that can... Sheridan Bowers Head of UK and Ireland Vontobel Asset Management October 1, 2022 Focus Real assets as alternative solutions for LGPS investors Pádraig Floyd discusses the growth of funds’ investment in real asset alternatives previously considered too risky or expensive, such as... Pádraig Floyd LAPF Investments October 1, 2022 Focus Five myths about alternative investments Not all characteristics of alternative investments are widely understood by investors. Robert English from PIMCO looks to demystify five common... Robert English Managing Director, Head of UK & Ireland and Middle East & Africa PIMCO October 1, 2022 Focus