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CAIA Luxembourg Educational Event: Protecting your Portfolio from Inflation with Dr. Keith Black
Date(s):
January 25, 2018
Note: All times listed are in local time
Venue:KPMG Luxembourg
39, Avenue J.F. Kennedy L-1855
Fee(s):Free Event
Description: Please join CAIA Luxembourg on January 25th for a presentation from Dr. Keith Black, Ph.D., CAIA, CFA, Managing Director of Curriculum and Exams, at CAIA
Protecting your Portfolio from Inflation: The Case for Real Assets
Many investors are seeking to add assets to their portfolio that can be effective in hedging increasing rates of inflation. Assets that have been considered to hedge inflation risk include equities, real estate, commodity futures, farmland, timberland, inflation-linked bonds, infrastructure and master limited partnerships. Each of these assets varies in its ability to hedge inflation risks, as well as in the liquidity provisions.
Time and Date Thursday, January 25, 2018 from 6:30PM to 8:30 PM
Location KMPG Luxembourg 39 Avenue JF Kennedy Luxembourg , L-1855
Parking lots are available inside the building for event participants
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Keith Black
Organization: CAIA Association
Keith Black has over twenty-five years of financial market experience,
serving approximately half of that time as an academic and half as a trader
and consultant to institutional investors. He currently serves as Managing
Director of Curriculum and Exams for the CAIA Association. During his most
recent role at Ennis Knupp + Associates, Keith advised foundations, endowments and pension
funds on their asset allocation and manager selection strategies in hedge funds, commodities,
and managed futures. Prior experience includes commodities derivatives trading, stock options
research and CBOE floor trading, and building quantitative stock selection models for mutual
funds and hedge funds. Dr. Black previously served as an assistant professor and senior lecturer
at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
He contributes regularly to The CFA Digest, and has published in The Journal of Wealth
Management, The Journal of Trading, The Journal of Investing, and The Journal of Alternatives
Investments, among others. He is the author of the book “Managing a Hedge Fund,” as well as
co-author of the 2012 and 2015/2016 second and third editions of the CAIA Level I and Level II
textbooks. Dr. Black was named to the Institutional Investor magazine’s list of “Rising Stars of
Hedge Funds” in 2010.
Dr. Black earned a BA from Whittier College, an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, and a PhD
from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
designation and was a member of the inaugural class of the Chartered Alternative Investment
Analyst (CAIA) candidates.
Dr. Black is available to speak on the following topics. Most presentations are less technical talks
for a general audience, while those on VIX, smoothing, and hedge fund replication are
advanced talks for more technical audiences.
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