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CFA Institute/EDHEC-Risk Institute Alternative Asset Allocation Seminar - Who Should Attend

Who Should Attend


    

The programme is intended for investment management professionals who advise on or participate in the design and implementation of asset allocation and risk management policies, and for sell-side practitioners who develop new asset management and ALM solutions for investors. It is especially relevant to those who need to optimise the construction and management of alternative and multi-style multi-class solutions or examine the means—as well as the benefits—of making alternative classes and strategies an integral part of portfolios.

The seminar should be of particular interest to practitioners with the following functions and from the following types of institutions:


   

Functions:

• Chief executive officers/Managing directors
• Chief investment officers/Directors of investments
• Heads of asset allocation/investment strategy/ALM
• Heads of investment solutions/structuring/financial services
• Portfolio managers
• Risk managers
• Senior analysts and investment officers
• Senior investment advisers/consultants
• Senior research officers


   

Institutions

• Asset management companies
• Consultancies
• Insurance and reinsurance companies
• Investment banks
• Non-financial companies
• Pension funds, endowments and foundations
• Private banks
• Regulatory authorities
• Research firms
• Sovereign investment vehicles


Testimonials

  • "EDHEC has demonstrated in a very short time a level of commitment to, and excellence in, the research of alternative assets. […] EDHEC pushes me to maintain my professional skills at the highest level."
    Mark Anson, CFA
    Managing Partner and Chair of the Investment Committee, Oak Hill Investment Management, Menlo Park, California, USA

  • "A highly entertaining and educational hands on experience - very suited for practical applications."
    Christoph Roos, CFA
    Head of Swiss Insurance & Pension Funds Clients, Cross Asset Solutions, Société Générale, Zurich, Switzerland
    Past participant

  • "Excellent opportunity to take a deep dive into the role of alternative investments in an institutional investment portfolio. Good balance of both theoretical and practical."
    James Leckinger, CIO
    Foundation & Institutional Advisory Practice, Northern Trust Company, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA
    Past participant

  • "CFA Institute provides the investment community with an ideal platform to grow both in skills and relationships among peers."
    Markus Stadlmann
    Managing Director, Harald Quandt Holding, Bad Homburg, Germany

  • "EDHEC-Risk Institute is a highly respected institute that can think both literally and figuratively across boundaries. It not only produces sound theoretical frameworks for identifying and analysing risks but is also able to come up with pragmatic solutions for direct implementation by the investment industry, be they pension funds, banks or insurance companies. And on top of this they are really fun to work with."
    Jaap Maassen
    Senior Vice President International Affairs, APG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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