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CAIA SOCAL 2019 Liquid Alternatives Symposium
Date(s):
May 15, 2019
Note: All times listed are in local time
Venue:Millennium Biltmore Hotel
506 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Fee(s):This event has a fee
Description:CAIA SOCAL Liquid Alternatives Symposium
Join CAIA Los Angeles and CFA Los Angeles for a panel event on liquid alternatives, covering the following topics:
Update and Outlook on Long/Short Equity Panel Discussion
Long/short equity is one of the largest strategies by AUM within liquid alternatives. The strategy can offer a hedge in downturns and increase alpha by taking advantage of shorting, which many portfolio managers eschew or are prohibited from implementing. However, the lengthy bull market has offered a challenge. Three long/short portfolio managers will discuss their different ways of implementing the strategy, what has worked, where they are finding opportunities, and how the strategy could help when the next recession finally arrives.
A Decade After the GFC: Have Liquid Alternatives Fulfilled Their Purpose?
Panel Discussion
It has been over a decade since the great financial crisis, which prompted an explosion in liquid alternative offerings as investors clamored for uncorrelated strategies. How have liquid alts fared since then? Managed futures funds shined during the recession, but have struggled recently. Market neutral is a diversifier, but returns have been close to cash. The hedge in long/short equity has been overshadowed by an unprecedented equity bull market. Have the benefits of liquid alts just been drowned out by the bull market, standing ready for a change in the investment environment, or is there a fundamental problem?
Three portfolio managers will look through the fog and provide their insights on the last decade, what they have learned, and how they are positioned going forward.
Agenda 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm: Registration
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm: Panels
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Networking/Cocktails
Panel 1: Update and Outlook on Long/Short Equity Panel
Moderator: TBD
Panelist: Connor Browne, Portfolio Manager, Thornbug Investment
Panelist: Paul Korngiebel, Lead Portfolio Manager, Boston Partners Emerging Market Strategies Panelist: Lori Whiting, Managing Director & Investment Director, Wellington Alternative Investments
Panel 2: A Decade After the GFC: Have Liquid Alternatives Fullfilled their Purpose?
Moderator: TBD
Panelist: Jason Steuerwalt, Principal, Litman Gregory
Panelist: Razmig Der-Tavitian, Director, Manager Research, HighMark Capital Management
Panelist: Allen Kim, Director of Manger Research and Investment Research, Kanye Anderson Rudnick Investment Management
Fees $20 (Members) | $50 (Guest of Registrant) | $50 (Non-Members)
Date and Time
Wednesday, May 15th 2019
Time 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles
Emerald Room
506 S Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90071 This Event is co-hosted by:
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Connor Browne
Job Title: Portfolio Manager
Organization: Thornburg Investment Management
Connor Browne is portfolio manager for Thornburg Investment Management. Connor joined the firm in 2001 as an associate portfolio manager and was promoted to portfolio manager in 2006.
Connor graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a BA in economics and a certificate in finance. He is a CFA charterholder
Razmig Der-Tavitian
Organization: HighMark Capital Management
Razmig Der-Tavitian joined HighMark in 2015 and is responsible for manager due diligence and monitoring. Prior to joining HighMark, Razmig was with Wilshire Associates covering hedge funds and liquid alternatives. Prior to Wilshire he led Event Driven and Long-Short Equity manager research for Dorchester Capital Advisors, a hedge fund of funds. Razmig earned a BS in Business Administration from California State University, Northridge and an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management. In addition, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations
Allen Kim is currently the Director of Manager Research and Investment Solutions of Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management. He has approximately 19 years of experience in the investment management industry. Before joining Kayne Anderson Rudnick in 2014, Allen was Director of Investment Manager Due Diligence for Genworth Financial Asset Management where he lead the due diligence team. He also spent 10 years of his career at ING working in a variety of roles among which was the Investment Research Director. He graduated from The George Washington University and earned his M.B.A. in Finance from Carnegie Mellon University. Allen has the Chartered Financial Analyst designation (CFA) and is a member of the CFA Society of Los Angeles.
Mr. Korngiebel is the lead portfolio manager on all Boston Partners Emerging Markets strategies, including Boston Partners Emerging Markets Equity and Emerging Markets Long/Short Equity. He also serves as a supporting member of the greater Global Equity team, providing input on idea generation for various international and global portfolios. Mr. Korngiebel joined the firm from Deccan Value Advisors, which he co-founded, and prior to that he worked at Brandes Investment Partners. Both firms are dedicated to global value investing. Mr. Korngiebel holds a B.A. from Bowdoin (Phi Beta Kappa), M.A. degrees from Harvard and St. Johns College, and an M.B.A. degree from Northwestern (Beta Gamma Sigma). He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and has eighteen years of investment experience.
Jason Steuerwalt
Job Title: Principal
Organization: Litman Gregory
Jason Steuerwalt joined Litman Gregory in 2013 and became a Principal in 2019. His primary responsibilities include selecting and monitoring investment managers, with a focus on alternatives and the Litman Gregory Masters Alternative Strategies Fund. He is also Co-Portfolio Manager of the Litman Gregory Masters High Income Alternatives Fund. Jason’s analysis appears regularly on Advisor Intelligence. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Prior to joining Litman Gregory, Jason was a Vice President with Hall Capital Partners, focusing on absolute return hedge funds and opportunistic/private credit strategies. Jason is a graduate of Brown University (BA – Economics).
Lori Whiting is an investment director in Wellington Alternative Investments (WAI). WAI oversees certain Wellington-managed fund vehicles that pursue alternative investment strategies. The WAI team serves as fund sponsor for several alternative funds, overseeing fund governance, product development, marketing, operations, and servicing fund investors. Lori works closely with investment teams to help ensure the integrity of their investment approaches and represents the funds both internally and externally.
Prior to joining Wellington Management in 2010, Lori worked as a product manager at PIMCO, where she was responsible for the firm’s emerging markets and diversified income businesses globally and across distribution channels (2003 – 2008). Before that, she held positions in structured products and fixed income sales at Goldman Sachs (1999 – 2000) and Merrill Lynch (1996 – 1999).
Lori earned her MBA from UCLA (Anderson School of Management, 2003) and her bachelor of commerce from the University of British Columbia (1996). Additionally, she holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Boston
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