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  • 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
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