Investing in Real Assets - NEW YORK CITY | Pensions & Investments | 5 October 2017 | New York, NY, united States

Institutional investors for some time have been in search of higher yields and better uncorrelated returns amid a persistently low interest environment in which prices for traditional asset classes have been more highly correlated than in the past. In that pursuit, a growing number of investors have increasingly boosted allocations to real assets.

REGISTER for the Investing in Real Assets Breakfast Briefing, which will provide you with insights and ideas on the sectors, markets, strategies and approaches that can assist you in meeting both their strategic and tactical investment objectives.

Topics for discussion include:
The real and perceived risks and opportunities for infrastructure
Real Estate: assessing global opportunities, risks, strategies and sectors
Incorporating ESG considerations into real asset investment decisions
Where commodities fit now in real asset portfolios
Creating both a strategic and tactical real assets allocation model
Does gold belong in institutional portfolios
The implications of long-term supply and demand trends for agriculture

Adam De Chiara
CORECOMMODITY MANAGEMENT, LLC
Co-Founder and Portfolio Manager

Sally Haskins
CALLAN
Senior Vice President and Co-Manager, Real Assets Consulting

Danny Latham
FIRST STATE INVESTMENTS
Partner of Infrastructure Investment, Europe

Asieh Mansour
FIRST STATE INVESTMENTS
Non Executive Director

George Milling-Stanley
STATE STREET GLOBAL ADVISORS
Vice President, Head of Gold Strategy

Avery A. Robinson
CAIA
CALLAN
Senior Vice President and Co-Manager, Real Assets Consulting

Christina Scarlato
THE WORLD BANK PENSION PLAN
Principal Portfolio Manager, Real Assets

Core Commodity Management
First State Investments
State Street Global Advisors