Speakers

Travis Schoenleber

Managing director, Cambridge Associates

11:00am – 11:30amThe impact of APRA on allocations to hedge funds and alternatives

Matthew Andrews

Managing director, head of capital markets, CIFC

9:00am – 9:25amWord from the street: CLOs, distress and the real economy

David Bell

Executive director, Conexus Institute

11:00am – 11:30amThe impact of APRA on allocations to hedge funds and alternatives

Pablo Calderini

President and chief investment officer, Graham Capital Management

8:35am – 9:00amMacro investing in a world of de-globalisation

Guillaume Dupin

Partner and head of absolute return strategies, LFIS

4:15pm – 4:40pmDerivative strategies and non-linear payoffs

Jacki Ellis

Portfolio manager, retirement strategy, Aware Super (First State Super_

5:05pm – 5:30pmMember switching, early access, and tail risk

Anastassia Juventin

Portfolio manager, hedge funds and alternative strategies, AMP Capital

11:25am – 12:00pmManager partnerships, alternative strategies and absolute returns

Kathryn Kaminski

Chief research strategist and portfolio manager, AlphaSimplex

9:40am – 10:05amSystematic investing in a dislocated market

Sanjiv Kumar

Partner and co-founder, Fort LP

9:55am – 10:25amMachine learning and improving the investment decision making process

Panayiotis Lambropoulos

Portfolio manager, hedge funds, emerging managers, opportunistic credit, Employees Retirement System of Texas

9:25am – 9:55amRisk mitigation, portfolio construction and alpha seeking

Atul Lele

Portfolio strategist, Bridgewater Associates

8:35am – 9:05amRapid policy response and the unprecedented speed of asset reflation

Richard McKinney

Managing director, asset-backed strategies, D.E. Shaw

10:35am – 11:00amStructured credit, non-performing loans and the impact of banking regulations

Con Michalakis

Chief investment officer, Statewide Super

5:05pm – 5:30pmMember switching, early access, and tail risk

Huey Miin Lim

Portfolio manager, fixed interest and absolute returns, VFMC

9:05am – 9:40amAbsolute and total portfolio returns: views from Cbus and VFMC

Scott Pappas

Senior portfolio manager, absolute returns strategies, Cbus Super

9:05am – 9:40amAbsolute and total portfolio returns: views from Cbus and VFMC

Laurence Parker-Brown

Institutional content producer, Conexus Financial

8:30am – 8:35amWelcome day one morning

Gerard Parlevliet

chair, investment committee, Prime Super; La Trobe Financial

11:00am – 11:30amThe impact of APRA on allocations to hedge funds and alternatives

Aron Pataki

Portfolio manager, Newton Investment Management

3:15pm – 3:45pmInvesting by thematic: deciphering the trends

Alex Proimos

Head of institutional content, Investment Magazine

8:35am – 9:00amMacro investing in a world of de-globalisation

Sara Rejal

Senior director, investments, Willis Towers Watson

3:45pm – 4:15pmViews from the consultants: manager reviews, diversification and new ideas

Kevin Russell

Chief investment officer, UBS O'Connor

10:05am – 10:35amChina long-short equity: alpha and liquidity outpacing investor allocations

Erik Schiller

Managing director and head of liquidity, PGIM Fixed Income

10:25am – 10:55amStructural inefficiencies and relative value fixed income

Dwight Scott

Senior managing director and global head, GSO-Blackstone

10:55am – 11:25amFear and reality: separating the fact from the fiction in credit markets

Daniel Seiler

Chief investment officer, Vescore Solutions

4:40pm – 5:05pmMulti-asset and a basket of strategies

Lincoln Smith

Senior portfolio analyst, Albourne Partners

3:05pm – 3:15pmHedge funds and alternatives overview

Michael Sommers

Principal consultant, Frontier Advisors

3:45pm – 4:15pmViews from the consultants: manager reviews, diversification and new ideas

Colin Tate

Chief executive, Conexus Financial

3:15pm – 3:45pmInvesting by thematic: deciphering the trends

Bruce Tomlinson

Head of alternative strategies, Sunsuper

11:25am – 12:00pmManager partnerships, alternative strategies and absolute returns