IPE Breakfast Seminar Series: Credit & Alternatives 2018 - Rome | IPE International Publishers Limited | 7 November 2018 | Hotel Eden, Via Ludovisi, 49, 00187 Roma RM, Italy

Asset owners are seeking support and information on strategies that can help them achieve portfolio objectives against the backdrop of low interest rates, low yields and increasing pension liabilities. In order to allocate to credit and alternative credit, institutional investors need to understand the complexities within the broad asset class to help them de-risk, diversify, manage volatility, capture yield and achieve risk-adjusted returns. In this Breakfast Seminar Series, IPE brings together leading industry experts to analyse and debate the following topics:

• Credit Arbitrage
• Insurance-linked Securities
• Preferred Securities
• Leasing
• Senior Loans
• Absolute Return Bond Strategies
• Multi-Sector Fixed Income
• Multi-Asset Credit Strategies (MACS)
• Private Placement
• EM Corporates
• Bank Loans
• Smart Beta Fixed Income
• Liquid Alternatives
• Infrastructure Debt
• High-Yield

Rome agenda:

The European Credit Continuum: Making the Most of the Whole Credit Spectrum

In a low-rate environment and higher uncertainty context, investors need solutions to meet the challenge of rising rates while hunting yields. The Credit Continuum approach disrupts traditional practices and transcends silo organisations to deliver bespoke solutions with risk-adjusted yield targets.

The Credit Continuum solution enables investors to:
• Grasp the best credit opportunities including investment grade bonds, high yield bonds, secured assets and private debt;
• Benefit from a flexible allocation between listed credit and private debt assets;
• Take advantage of an innovative investment strategy featuring a cross fertilisation of ideas.

2018 Speakers

Jeff Boswell
Strategy Leader,Investec Asset Management

Jean-Marie Dumas
Head of Fixed Income Solutions, Amundi Asset Management

Rudyard Ekindi
Director Global Investment Solutions, Lyxor Asset Management

Desmond English
Senior Portfolio Manager & Head of European, Public Leveraged Loans
Amundi Asset Management

Alex Gitnik
Client Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income Team, Neuberger Berman

Garland Hansmann
Portf0lio Manager, Investec Asset Management

Andrew Jackson
Head of Fixed Income, Hermes Investment Management

Luis Olguin
Portfolio Manager, NN Investment Partners

Thierry Vallière
Global Head of Private Debt Group, Amundi Asset Management

Jens Vanbrabant
Head of European Bank Loans and High Yield Bonds , Wells Fargo Asset Management

2018 Sponsor

• Amundi Asset Management
• Lyxor Asset Management
• Wells Fargo