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Speakers
Brian Hamburger
Brian is an entrepreneur, attorney, consultant, speaker, columnist and outspoken industry advocate for independent investment advisers and wealth management firms. For more than 24 years, he has served at the helm of the MarketCounsel companies and the Hamburger Law Firm.
Elizabeth Nesvold
Liz serves as Chair of Emigrant Partners and Vice Chair of Emigrant Bank. In her dual roles, Liz works closely with all units of the bank that provide solutions to the wealth management industry, including Emigrant Partners, New York Private Trust, Sarasota Private Trust, Cleveland Private Trust, Summitas and Personal Risk Management Solutions Liz has 30 years of experience as a passionate advisor, investment banker, and executive. Over her career, she has specialized in mergers and acquisitions, capital planning and fundraising, succession and liquidity planning, strategic advisory, compensation structuring, deep dive financial and business analysis, and organic growth consulting. Liz began her investment banking career providing M&A and strategic advisory services to asset managers and securities firms in 1991 at Berkshire Capital. She co founded the industry's first ever specialist M&A practice serving wealth management firms in 1996. In 2007, Liz launched Silver Lane, a boutique investment bank that routinely ranked as the #1 or #2 most active M&A advisor to the industry. Liz and her partners sold Silver Lane to a Fortune 500 company in 2019, and she transitioned from investment banking four years later to joining the wealth management industry.
Speakers
Kevin Barry
Kevin Barry is the chief investment officer at Cantata Wealth. He was recruited in 2004 to lead the US Fixed Income Investment Team for a large Swiss bank. From 2008 – 2014, he managed portfolios for a Global Macro Hedge Fund in New York where he earned a partnership. More recently, he was recruited as chief investment officer to lead a rapidly growing RIA with hundreds of financial advisors and assets under management (AUM) of $60 billion, Endowment & Foundation and Pension assets under advisement (AUA) of $550 billion, and an investment team of thirty-two. In addition to his direct experience as an alternative investment portfolio manager, he has assembled a curated menu of alternative investments for both large endowments and high/ultra-high net worth investors. He has conducted due diligence on many investment firms (including public equity and fixed income), managed investment portfolios comprised of individual stocks and bonds, and ETFs and funds, and incorporated institutional-quality hedge fund risk management techniques.
Michael Rose
Michael Rose is the chief investment officer at Rose Capital Advisors. He has been providing strategic investment advice and wealth management services for over 27 years. He started the firm to create a culture unlike the typical financial advisor tradition. Michael prioritizes core values above all: a collaborative team-based approach, a client-first focus, and a commitment to a work / life balance, including taking part in high-impact community projects that benefit both the people around him and the clients he serves.
Joe Raieta
Joe Raieta is a partner and managing director at Snowden Lane Partners. Joe is responsible for Snowden Lane’s investment products and securities platform, trading, and research. Previously, Joseph was senior director and head of product management at Icon Investment Group where he managed key functions of a $5.5 billion, multi-product, alternative investments platform. Prior to that role, Joseph held investment team and capital raising roles at Icon Capital, BlackRock and AIG.
Benjamin Alamar
Benjamin Alamar has been a leader and innovator in the data science and sports analytics space for over 20 years. He’s known as the Former Director of Sports Analytics at ESPN, and Author of Sports Analytics: A Guide for Coaches Managers and Other Decision Makers. He has developed cutting edge analytic tools and built analytics teams for numerous organizations including ESPN, the Oklahoma City Thunder, Cleveland Cavaliers, and StubHub. His work includes innovative models that have informed decisions on both the sport and business side of organizations, building high performing teams that work in partnership with decision makers, and working with top level executives to effectively incorporate data and analytics into the decision making process. He also has a distinguished teaching career that includes courses at Columbia, MIT, Rice, UMass, University of San Francisco, and Menlo College. He has published numerous research studies in sports analytics and has written on sports analytics for outlets such as ESPN, Analytics Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. Additionally, he is the founding editor of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports and the author of Sports Analytics: A Guide for Coaches Managers and Other Decision Makers.
Workshops
Workshops
Buffering the Downside: ETFs that manage risk in portfolios and keep clients invested
Despite signs that inflation is cooling and as economic uncertainty persists, an increasing number of Americans want financial products that help mitigate market risks. How can investment professionals thrive amidst the ambiguity? Allianz Investment Management LLC’s suite of risk-managed investment strategies can equip investors’ portfolios with an added layer of risk mitigation during these unpredictable times. The ETFs seek to provide a level of protection against market drops with either a buffer or floor, while allowing investors to participate in the upside potential of the S&P 500® with capped or uncapped options. AllianzIM explains how these ETFs are designed to perform within client portfolios across a range of market scenarios and their behavior relative to other risk managed, volatility strategies.
Workshop Objective:
Help clients feel more confident amid market volatility and inflation with ETFs that seek to provide a level of protection against market drops with either a buffer or floor from AllianzIM.
Company Profile:
Allianz Investment Management LLC (AllianzIM) is a registered investment adviser and wholly-owned subsidiary of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America. Both are part of the Allianz Group, one of the world’s strongest financial communities in asset management and insurance. Founded over 130 years ago, more than 122 million clients in 70 countries rely on the knowledge, financial strength, and solidity of the Allianz Group. Driven by nearly a century of growth and the globalization of financial markets, the Allianz Group established the global Allianz Investment Management network in 2007 to steer the investment of premiums generated by Allianz insurance companies worldwide, serving as the bridge between the insurance and capital markets for the Allianz Group.
Speakers
Jason Zawalich
ETF Regional Vice President
Great Lakes
As the ETF Regional Vice President for the Great Lakes, Jason Zawalich is responsible for working directly with advisors to continually educate on the AllianzIM ETF offerings and assist with implementation. Over the last 11 years he has been in the industry, Jason has worked with various ETFs & mutual funds across different asset classes & strategies, covering IDB, RIA, and Wirehouse channels. Prior to Allianz, Jason worked at Touchstone Investments.
Jason, his wife and two children reside in Cincinnati, OH.
Representatives
Ross Rotatori
Head of National Accounts | ETFs
Ross has over 13 years of experience in the asset management industry focused specifically on ETF strategy and distribution. As the Head of ETF National Accounts, Ross drives ETF opportunities through strategic deals, investment platforms, managed portfolios, manager research, field sales strategy, and event sponsorship. Prior to Allianz, Ross had spent the majority of his career with State Street Global Advisors within the Global SPDR ETF Business.
Ross, with his wife and son, reside in Boston, MA.
Ryan Kero
Senior Associate | ETFs
As a Senior Associate, Ryan specializes in ET Distribution. With over four years of industry experience, he supports ETF leaders and the sales team in achieving productivity and sales goals. Ryan collaborates closely with National Accounts and Strategic Planning to enhance business development efforts. Based in Minneapolis, he represents AllianzIM products, driving development, establishing connections, and building relationships with partners.
Consider Low or Uncorrelated Allocations with CAT Bonds and ILS
The presentation will provide a comprehensive overview of insurance-linked securities, including investment types and characteristics.
We’ll review the ILS market and look closely at how these asset classes, whose performance is driven by outcomes associated with low-frequency, high-severity events, such as earthquakes and hurricanes, can help diversify an investment portfolio.
We believe ILS may fit well within the fixed income or alternative asset class portion of an investor’s allocation.
Workshop Objective:
- Help asset allocators pursue lower portfolio correlations and attractive risk-adjusted returns.
- Educate about CAT Bonds & Insurance-Linked Securities
- Explore opportunities to improve portfolio resiliency in an environment of potential rate volatility
Company Profile:
Amundi US is the US business of Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager by assets under management with $2.31 trillion* and ranked among the ten largest globally. Amundi US offers a broad range of fixed-income, equity, and multi-asset investment solutions in close partnership with wealth management firms, distribution platforms, and institutional investors across the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
*As of June 30, 2024
Speakers
Chin Liu
Managing Director, Director of Insurance-Linked Securities, Director of Fixed Income Solutions, Portfolio Manager
As Director of Insurance Linked Securities Chin’s day-to-day responsibilities include the management of dedicated ILS strategies and leading the investment efforts of the team. He is also responsible for structuring and implementing custom Insurance-Linked Securities strategies for diversified fixed income portfolios. As Director of Fixed Income Solutions, Chin leads a team that develops customized investment solutions, fixed income ESG/Responsible Investing research and high-quality, proprietary analytics.
Representatives
Matt Zorumski
Senior Vice President, Regional Wholesaler
As Senior Vice President with Amundi US, Matt is responsible for the Sales, Marketing and Distribution of Pioneer Funds and Separately Managed Accounts throughout Southeast Florida, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Matt believes that understanding the specific needs and business goals of each financial professional is paramount. He feels strongly that being an integral component of a financial professional’s success is the ultimate foundation for lasting business relationships.
Thomas Hughes, CFA®
Senior Vice President, Portfolio Consultant
Thomas Hughes is a Senior Vice President, Portfolio Consultant for Amundi US. Supporting US Business Development & Client Strategy, Tom is responsible for the competitive positioning of the Firm’s investment strategies to intermediary clients and prospects, including home office research analysts as well as model portfolio management teams.
Fund Group Workshop
Company Profile:
Ariel Investments is an independent money management firm founded in 1983 and built on a philosophy of patient, long-term investing. In addition to managing separate accounts for corporate, public, union, and non-profit organizations, we serve as the investment adviser for Ariel Investment Trust—comprising five no-load, publicly traded mutual funds, which are available to institutional and individual investors, financial intermediaries and defined contribution plans. We exist to transform the lives of those who entrust us with their financial futures from all walks of life.
At Ariel, we believe good outcomes take time. While we are patient, we are never static.
Speakers
Danan Kirby, CFA®
Vice President, Client Portfolio Manager
Danan is an ambassador for Ariel’s domestic equity strategies and key client relationships. He serves on the investment committee and covers financial services and infrastructure companies. Danan is a combat veteran of the U.S. Army. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of New Mexico’s Anderson School of Management with a BBA, concentrating in finance and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Chicago.
Representatives
Josean Fernandez, CAIA
Vice President, Director of National Accounts
Josean oversees and manages Ariel’s relationships with financial intermediaries and other third parties across the wealth management industry. He was named to the Crain’s New York business list of notable Hispanic leaders. Josean earned a BS in finance from Bloomfield College and dual MBA degrees from Columbia Business School and the London Business School.
Second Order Effects of Artificial Intelligence
Workshop Objectives:
Company Profile:
Speakers
Brian Blongastainer, CFA, CMT
Representatives
Michael Hurley
Senior Investment Consultant
Michael Hurley is a Senior Investment Consultant for BNY Investments. He is responsible for the overall sales and revenue growth in the South Florida market for BNY Investments’ investment solutions in the private wealth, RIA, retail and 401K businesses. Before covering the South Florida market Mike covered the Northern New England and New York market for BNY for eight years. Mike first worked for BNY covering independent broker dealers and regional broker dealers across all of the Northeast. Prior to joining BNY in 2012, Mike spent multiple years at the start of his career with Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Currently Mike lives in Naples with his wife Jess and their three kids.
Cynthia Chamberlayne
Senior Vice President, Regional Investment Consultant
Cynthia Chamberlayne is the Senior Vice President, Regional Investment Consultant for Bank of New York Mellon Investment Management. In this role, Cynthia focuses on partnering with high net worth and ultra-high net worth financial advisors in north Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. She provides perspective on financial markets, asset allocation, portfolio implementation and risk management. Cynthia leverages the firm’s multi manager model to identify opportunities and risks across the global capital markets landscape. She provides insight to multiple investment solutions including SMA’s, alternative investment strategies and mutual funds. Mrs. Chamberlayne has over twenty-five years of experience in the financial services industry at both the retail and institutional level. Prior to this role, she was the National Director and Portfolio Specialist for Davis Advisors. There she managed Davis’ team of Regional Directors and was also responsible for delivering timely, thought-provoking presentations. In addition, Cynthia worked closely with the Davis Research Team to gain first hand knowledge of buy/sell decisions, and portfolio positioning.
Direct Lending to Lower-Middle Market, Non-Sponsor Borrowers (including US Legal Cannabis Sector)
The prevalence of non-sponsor-backed firms struggling to access traditional capital sources creates compelling senior-secured private debt investment opportunities, offering the potential for unlevered, risk-adjusted returns that outperform conventional direct lending strategies.
Chicago Atlantic prioritizes capital preservation and the steady generation of high income, with the potential for equity upside in select opportunities. By steering clear of highly competitive, sponsor-driven deals, the firm focuses on niche markets where it leverages competitive advantages, such as pricing power and information asymmetries.
Target borrowers fall into five primary categories:
1. Esoteric Industries: Specialized sectors with unique capital needs.
2. Liquidity Solutions: Companies seeking flexible financing options for operational or strategic purposes.
3. Growth and Technology: Emerging businesses with high growth potential but limited access to traditional funding sources.
4. Specialty Asset-Based Loans: Opportunities tied to specific assets, offering enhanced security and return profiles.
5. US legal cannabis industry: Established operators primarily in limited license states.
Chicago Atlantic is a leading senior-secured lender to the fast-evolving U.S. cannabis industry. The firm’s platform includes a sector-focused evergreen fund with a proven 4+ year track record, alongside a Nasdaq-listed REIT and the only publicly traded BDC (Nasdaq) dedicated to providing capital to the sector’s most established operators.
Workshop Objective:
Provide insight into Chicago Atlantic’s target sectors and borrower types, including actual senior-secured transactions with strong credit metrics and unlevered net returns in the mid-teens.
Company Profile:
Launched in 2018, Chicago Atlantic is a private markets alternatives investment manager that seeks to capitalize on North American investment opportunities that are time-sensitive, complex, or in dislocated markets.
We focus primarily on non-sponsor-related companies and industries with limited access to traditional sources of capital, creating opportunities for fundamentally mispriced risk.
Our platform includes two private, high-income evergreen funds (cannabis- and non-cannabis focused), a digital mining fund, a publicly traded commercial mortgage REIT (NASDAQ: REFI), and the only publicly traded BDC (NASDAQ: LIEN) focused primarily on lending to cannabis companies.
The two direct lending, high-income strategies focus on capital preservation and consistent attractive risk-adjusted income distributions quarterly, with periodic equity kickers.
The Chicago Atlantic team is comprised of more than 80+ investment and central functions professionals in New York, Chicago and Miami.
Speakers
Andreas Bodmeier, Ph.D.
Co-Founding Partner
Andreas is a Partner and Co-founder of Chicago Atlantic and serves as the CEO of Chicago Atlantic BDC, Inc. (LIEN) and President of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. (REFI). Previously, Andreas co-founded a boutique technology and consulting firm focused on FX and commodity risk management. He was also a co-founder of an SEC-registered online investment adviser for 401(k) or 403(b) retirement accounts. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance and MBA from The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.
Jack Flaherty
Managing Director, Chicago Atlantic Credit Opportunities III, LP
Jack is a Managing Director focused on credit. Previously he was at GAM as the Investment Director and co-head of credit strategies firmwide and was co-manager of GAM’s unconstrained/absolute return bond strategy. He was previously global co-head of credit fixed income and global head of emerging markets at UBS. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Illinois and his MBA in Finance and Accounting from The University of Chicago.
Representatives
Bill Healy, CAIA®
Partner, Capital Formation
Bill is a Partner at Chicago Atlantic and a member of the Capital Formation team. Before joining Chicago Atlantic, Bill co-founded Silver Spike Capital, an alternative credit manager focused on the cannabis industry and was previously President of Pantera Capital Management, one of the longest-established Blockchain investment managers focused on digital currencies and applications.
Beforehand, Bill spent twenty-eight years at Deutsche Bank, ING Barings, and Chase Manhattan Bank in various banking, asset management, and institutional sales roles.
Bill is a CAIA® chartered member and earned his bachelor’s degree in international business and finance from George Washington University.
Opportunities in a repriced private real estate market
A generational reset in commercial real estate prices is in full swing, with conditions pointing to further declines. This market shift presents a unique buying opportunity, offering strong vintage-year return potential for private funds with fresh capital.
Workshop Objective:
Uncover why now is the optimal time to invest in private real estate, positioning investors for strong vintage-year returns by capitalizing on market dislocations and attractive entry points.
Company Profile:
Cohen & Steers Income Opportunities REIT, Inc. is a perpetual-life, non-listed REIT formed to invest primarily in high quality, income-focused, stabilized properties within the United States. CNSREIT is externally managed by Cohen & Steers. Cohen & Steers has been at the forefront of real estate investing for more than 35 years as one of the first investment advisors to focus on real estate securities. Our dedication and drive for excellence have allowed us to build a foundation designed to provide sustainable outperformance relative to our peers.
Speakers
James Corl
Head of Private Real Estate Group
James Corl, EVP, is Head of the Private Real Estate Group. Mr. Corl rejoined Cohen & Steers in 2020, having previously served as Chief Investment Officer—Real Estate from 2004 to 2008. More recently, he was head of real estate at Siguler Guff & Company. Mr. Corl held roles at Heitman Capital Management and Credit Suisse First Boston. He has an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Stanford University.
Representatives
Ron Pucillo
Senior Vice President, Senior RIA Consultant
Ron Pucillo, Senior Vice President, Senior RIA Consultant, covers the Eastern Region. He has 25 years of experience. Prior to joining the firm in 2005, Mr. Pucillo represented U.S. Trust Company in the RIA / Broker-Dealer channel. Prior to that, Mr. Pucillo held similar sales and marketing roles at Morgan Stanley. Ron earned his BA from the University of Pittsburgh and is based in Pennsylvania.
John T. Moore
Senior Vice President
John T. Moore, Senior Vice President, is Head of Private Wealth Solutions, with more than 30 years of experience. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Moore was SVP and Director of Platform Alternatives at Franklin Templeton. John began his career at Merrill Lynch, moved to Smith Barney, where he was co-Head of Banking and Lending, then joined Citigroup Alternative Investments. Mr. Moore has a BA from Columbia University.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning: It’s still about the data
The recent excitement around generative AI applications like ChatGPT has led to many questions about AI and its application in investment management. In this session, we will discuss:
The generative AI revolution and its application in investment management
The contrast between generative AI and the machine learning practices we undertake at MDT
Our views of the current generative AI models and the next horizon
Workshop Objective:
The objective of this workshop is to educate attendees on the current landscape of generative AI and considerations for its use in investment management.
Company Profile:
Federated Hermes, Inc. is a global leader in active, responsible investing, with $782.7 billion in assets under management, as of June 30, 2024. Guided by our conviction that responsible investing is the best way to create wealth over the long term, our products span more than 170 equity, fixed-income, alternative/private markets, multi-asset and liquidity management strategies. Providing world-class investment management and engagement services to 11,000 institutions and intermediaries, our clients include corporations, government entities, insurance companies, foundations and endowments, banks and broker/dealers. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, our more than 2,000 employees include those in London, New York, Boston and offices worldwide.
Speakers
Scott Conlon, CFA
Vice President, Institutional Client Portfolio Manager MDT Advisers, a Federated Advisory Company
Scott is responsible for articulating the strategy, process, positioning and performance of MDT Adviser’s quantitative equity strategies. He has more than 20 years of investment experience.
Prior to joining Federated Hermes, Scott was a Senior Equity Investment Specialist at Abrdn and VP and Portfolio Strategist at State Street Global Advisors.
Scott earned his bachelor’s degree in Finance from Bentley College and master’s degree in Finance from Boston College.
Representatives
Ryan Jones, CFA
Senior Vice President, Manager Research Consultant
Ryan is responsible for managing relationships with home office research teams for many of the Federated Hermes’ largest broker-dealer clients.
Prior to joining Federated Hermes in 2016, he held roles at Franklin Templeton in various capacities. In his most recent role, he was a Senior Vice President in the Investment Platform Division at Franklin Templeton.
Ryan graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.
Patrick D. Miley, CFA, CTP
Liquidity Specialist, Liquidity Management Division
Patrick Miley is a sales consultant with national coverage in the Liquidity Management Division, responsible for distribution of Federated Hermes' money market, short-term fixed income, and other liquidity solutions to the RIA market. Patrick joined Federated Hermes in 2015. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Allegheny College and is a CFA®charterholder.
Franklin BSP Private Credit Interval Fund
The presentation provides an overview of the BSP-Alcentra platform, highlighting the firm's extensive experience and investment capabilities across the credit spectrum. Additionally, the presentation delves deeper into BSP’s differentiated investment approach, benefits of an interval fund structure and current private credit market environment.
Workshop Objective:
To provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of the BSP-Alcentra platform, its investment approach, the benefits of the interval fund structure, and the current private credit market.
Company Profile:
Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) is a global investment management organization with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton and serving clients in over 150 countries. Franklin Templeton’s mission is to help clients achieve better outcomes through investment management expertise, wealth management and technology solutions. Through its specialist investment managers, the Company offers specialization on a global scale, bringing extensive capabilities in equity, fixed income, alternatives and multi-asset solutions. With more than 1,500 investment professionals, and offices in major financial markets around the world, the California-based company has over 75 years of investment experience and over $1.6 trillion in AUM as of September 30, 2024.
Speaker
Anant Kumar
Managing Director and Head of Research, Benefit Street Partners
Anant Kumar is a managing director and head of research with Benefit Street Partners, based in our West Palm Beach office. Prior to joining BSP in 2015, Mr. Kumar worked in the capital markets advisory group at Lazard Frères and the leveraged finance group at Deutsche Bank. Mr. Kumar received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago, a Master of Science from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University in India.
Representatives
Drew Kehnast
Vice President - Private Wealth Director
Drew Kehnast began his career in financial services in 2006 and joined Franklin Templeton in 2021. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, worked as an Vice President and External Consultant at Lord Abbott, Heitman, and Oppenheimer Funds. As an advisor to Registered Investment Advisors, Drew provides a valuable perspective in the areas of market insights, practice management, and portfolio construction. Steve’s has a wealth of industry knowledge and a deep understanding of Franklin Templeton investment solutions including mutual funds, ETFs, separately managed accounts, and Alternatives. Drew earned a Bachelor of Arts in business administration from Colorado State University. He holds a FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses and the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Designation.Drew currently resides in Atlanta, GA with his wife, Emily, and three children; Saylor, Harvey, and Isla. In his free time, he enjoys working on his hobby farm, mountain biking, trail running, and playing soccer.
Mike Dobkowski
Director, Alternative Investments
Mike began his career in 1999 on the institutional sales and trading desk in New York, NY with Robert Stephens Investment Bank working with venture capital and private equity GPs and LPs. Over his early professional years, he held various trading and sales roles at Morgan Stanley, Ayco, LP (an RIA arm of Goldman Sachs) and Cayuga Venture Fund before settling at Barings for 12 years, fundraising traditional and alternative funds for institutional and private wealth investors. He has seen the evolution of accessibility and investment structures across private credit, real assets and private equity strategies.In his current role, Director of Alternative Investments at Franklin Templeton, he leads the alternative fundraising efforts for RIAs, MFOs & Bank Trusts in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, supporting strategies at Franklin Templeton’s wholly owned subsidiaries: Benefit Street Partners (private debt & credit), Clarion Partners (real estate), Lexington Partners (secondary PE and co-investing) and K2 (hedged strategies & FOFs).
Mike graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University with a concentration in Behavioral Sciences and Economics. He currently holds the FINRA Series 7, 3, SIE, and 63.
Mike lives in St Simons Island, GA with his wife, two daughters and their Airedale Terrier. He enjoys spending time with his family at the beach, on bike trails or in the backyard. In the fall of 2020, he recorded his first hole-in-one at his home course.
Non-Sponsored Lending & Private Capital Solutions with HPS
Hosted by Chris Hunter, the goal of the session is to educate investment professionals on current trends in the private markets and how HPS differentiates our platform - specifically in private credit. Within private credit, we aim to educate investors on capturing different parts of the market including non-sponsored investment opportunities and the HPS process including sourcing, diligence, and structuring of the underlying investments. Investors will learn how the HPS platform and specialization ultimately fits into the broader ecosystem of private credit as well as the private markets allocations of client portfolios.
Workshop Objective:
The sessions are designed to educate investors on the HPS platform and our suite of offerings across direct lending and private capital solutions.
Company Profile:
HPS Investment Partners is a leading global investment firm that seeks to provide creative capital solutions and generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for our clients. We manage various strategies across the capital structure, including privately negotiated senior debt; privately negotiated junior capital solutions in debt, preferred and equity formats; liquid credit including syndicated leveraged loans, collateralized loan obligations and high yield bonds; asset-based finance and real estate. The scale and breadth of our platform offers the flexibility to invest in companies large and small, through standard or customized solutions. At our core, we share a common thread of intellectual rigor and discipline that enables us to create value for our clients, who have entrusted us with approximately $148 billion of assets under management as of September 2024.
Speakers
Christopher Hunter, CAIA
Managing Director and the Head of Private Wealth Solutions
Mr. Hunter is a Managing Director and the Head of Private Wealth Solutions at HPS Investment Partners. Prior to joining HPS in 2021, Mr. Hunter was a Vice President in the Alternative Investment Solutions Group at Goldman Sachs, where he was responsible for managing the firm’s RIA and broker dealer client relationships. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Hunter was a Principal at The Blackstone Group, where he was responsible for managing the firm’s wealth management relationships across each of the four business units: private equity, private credit, real estate, and hedge fund solutions. Prior to Blackstone, Mr. Hunter was a Regional Director for Hatteras Funds. Mr. Hunter is a CAIA charterholder and holds a BA in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Representatives
Dimitri Loupakos, CAIA
Executive Director
Mr. Loupakos is an Executive Director at HPS Investment Partners. Prior to joining HPS in 2022, Mr. Loupakos spent 13 years as a Vice President at Guggenheim Partners, where he was responsible for Guggenheim’s public and private investment funds’ capital raising efforts from RIA, bank and trust entities. Prior to Guggenheim, Mr. Loupakos was an Associate at John Hancock Retirement Plans Services. Mr. Loupakos is a CAIA charterholder and holds a BS in Business Economics & Public Policy from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
Pat Doherty
Regional Consultant
Tax Deferral Strategies for Real Estate
Invesco Real Estate manages $91B+ across the globe and has been in the industry for 40+ years. This session will dive into Invesco’s real estate platforms robust investment capabilities and specific tax-deferral strategies. The 1031/721 exchange solution provides investors the opportunity to potentially exchange, on a tax-deferred basis, an active investment in real estate for a passive investment in an institutionally managed portfolio of high-quality, diversified commercial real estate. The speakers will provide an update on the 1031/721 exchange requirements, discuss client scenarios for deferring taxes on appreciated real estate, and give an overview of the key benefits and reasons to consider syndicated DST programs. These programs are designed to seamlessly merge illiquid real estate into a framework that is compatible with the wealth management business.
Workshop Objective:
• Provide a broad overview of the 1031 exchange landscape
• Simplify and breakdown the phases in the 1031/721 exchange process
• Give advisors the ability to discuss the benefits of 1031 exchanges with clients to help emphasize the importance of tax and estate planning
Company Profile:
Invesco Ltd. is a global independent investment management firm dedicated to delivering an investment experience that helps people get more out of life. Our distinctive investment teams deliver a comprehensive range of active, passive, and alternative investment capabilities. With offices in more than 20 countries, Invesco managed $1.66 trillion in assets on behalf of clients worldwide as of March 31, 2024. For more information, visit www.invesco.com.
Speakers
Samuel Franklin
Private Markets Specialist
Representatives
Sabrina Lall
Market Consultant
Sabrina Lall is a Market Consultant covering the South Florida market for Invesco. She is based in Miami Beach after relocating from New York City. Prior to Invesco, Sabrina worked at Carlyle and Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management.
Colin McCarthy
Market Leader
Technology is the new wrapper: unlocking operational alpha with Multi-Asset Direct Indexing
Personalization and tax loss harvesting are the new alphas that improve client outcomes, but they come at a significant cost for RIAs. Boosting operational efficiency -- or operational alpha -- is the key to scaling growth for today's advisors. While direct indexing has been the solution for enabling greater personalization and tax-efficiency in equities -- making it the fastest growing segment of the SMA market -- we have taken a step further by extending the concept of direct indexing to fixed income assets as well. Technology is the new wrapper that is now empowering advisors to scale across all public markets. Hear from Brooklyn's CEO, Erkko Etula, to explore how AI can power advisors -- ranging from custom index creation and thematic investment interests to boosting operational efficiencies, and take a look behind the curtain to understand how the digital era can unlock client engagement and growth.
Workshop Objectives:
-Understand how multi- asset direct indexing can eliminate workflows associated with rebalancing and managing cash flows
-Explore how AI can power custom index creation, catering to thematic investment interests
-Add value in trade execution through algorithmic trading
-Automate concentrated position management to diversify out of concentrated risks, in a tax aware way
-How to evaluate technology, platforms, and develops to obtain the scale necessary to support your business
Company Profile:
Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA, offers a comprehensive range of outcome-focused investment solutions designed to secure the long-term financial goals of institutional and individual investors. Nuveen has $1.2 trillion in assets under management as of 30 June 2024 and operations in 27 countries. Its investment specialists offer deep expertise across a comprehensive range of traditional and alternative investments through a wide array of vehicles and customized strategies. For more information, please visit www.nuveen.com.
Speakers
Markus Aakko, CFA
Chief Revenue Officer
Markus is the Chief Revenue Officer of Brooklyn Investment Group. Prior to joining Brooklyn, he was an Executive Vice President at PIMCO, with senior roles including Global Head of Strategy, Global Head of Transformation and Co-Head of the US Corporate Channel.
Before PIMCO, Markus spent ten years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management as Managing Director and Portfolio Manager within the Global Portfolio Solutions business and worked as a Financial Officer at the International Finance Corporation.
Representatives
Katie Salvaterra
MD, Head of SMA Sales
Katie is Head of SMA Sales at Nuveen. In her role, she works closely with Nuveen’s RIA, Family Office, Wires, and Institutional clients to deliver personalized SMA solutions.Prior to joining Nuveen, Katie spent 16 years at Aperio in various roles, most recently heading up Aperio’s West Region Client Relationship Management team.Katie received her BA in International Studies and Spanish from the State University of New York (SUNY) Brockport and her MBA from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Julie McGuire
VP, Enterprise Wealth Relationship Manager
Julie is an Enterprise RIA Relationship Manager at Nuveen. Julie is responsible for driving sales, partnership, and client service for Nuveen’s active, index and alternative solutions with Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) across the United States.Julie has partnered locally and nationally with RIAs for over 13 years while at Nuveen. In previous roles Julie was a Wealth Advisor Consultant at Nuveen in Chicago. Prior to joining Nuveen, Julie spent 5 years at Ibbotson Associates/Morningstar as a Senior Analyst.
Yield Advantage: Strength in Munis Amid Rate Cuts
With a yield advantage over high-quality taxable fixed income, munis are attractive on both a relative and absolute basis. Hear PIMCO’s constructive outlook on the muni market and the strategies we’re taking advantage of now.
Workshop Objective:
This workshop will provide an overview of PIMCO’s market outlook, as well as our municipal bond management capabilities which spans across mutual funds, interval funds, and separately managed accounts.
Company Profile:
PIMCO is a global leader in active fixed income with deep expertise across public and private markets. We invest our clients’ capital in income and credit opportunities that span the liquidity spectrum, leveraging our decades of experience navigating complex debt markets. Our flexible capital base and deep relationships with issuers have helped us become one of the world’s largest providers of traditional and alternative investment solutions and a valued financing partner.
Speakers
Kenneth Meyer
Vice President, Fixed Income Strategist
Mr. Clayton is an executive vice president and strategist in the Newport Beach office. He leads PIMCO’s global wealth alternatives product strategy team, providing strategic oversight, product development, fundraising and servicing support to PIMCO’s global wealth management channels across alternative strategies. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2014, he worked in the investment banking division at Citigroup in Hong Kong. He holds an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and a master’s degree in East Asian Studies from Columbia University. Mr. Clayton received an undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University.
Representatives
Sean Byrd
Senior Vice President and Private Wealth Director
Mr. Byrd is a senior vice president and private wealth director focusing on advisor relationships across Florida. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2023, he was an executive director at Morgan Stanley, responsible for all advisory sales in South Florida. Previously, he was a vice president at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, responsible for all managed accounts in the South Florida market. He has 16 years of investment experience and holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Florida.
A new Multipolar World signals an inflection point for emerging markets
Jorry Nøddekær, lead manager of the Polar Capital Emerging Market Stars Fund will explain how global growth is being recalibrated under a new Multipolar World. Old sources of leadership and legacy relationships are shifting and signalling an inflection point. Future opportunities will be found in what is a new era for emerging markets. The objective is for delegates to understand why the team believe that emerging markets are now reaching an inflection point, what the opportunity set looks like and how the team are putting together a diversified yet high conviction portfolio of exciting companies.
Workshop Objective:
He will also discuss how the Polar Capital Emerging Market Stars Fund is able to harness this growth through high conviction and differentiated positioning.
Company Profile:
Polar Capital is an experienced, investment-led, active fund manager
The company prides itself on its collegiate and meritocratic culture. Since incorporation in 2001, we have steadily grown our range of autonomous investment teams. The business is structured to allow teams to focus on their portfolios while a best-in-class operational structure works on everything else. Headquartered in London and listed on the UK stock market, Polar Capital has a global presence, including offices in New York, Connecticut and Georgia.
Speakers
Jorry Nøddekær
Lead Portfolio Manager
Jorry joined Polar Capital in June 2018 to set up the Polar Capital emerging markets growth franchise. Prior to joining Polar Capital, Jorry worked at various firms including Nordea Investment Management, Danske Capital, F&C Investment Management, New Star Asset Management and Bank Invest Asset Management.
Representatives
Alastair Barrie
Managing Director, North America
Alastair joined Polar Capital in June 2019 to lead the company’s business development in North America. He has over 25 years of experience in asset management distribution in both wholesale and institutional markets. For the previous 10 years he worked with Martin Currie and has been based in New York since 2014. Prior to Martin Currie, he had a year as Director of Institutional Distribution at RBS Asset Management and spent the previous 13 years at Henderson Global Investors where he originally worked with the founders of Polar Capital. He started his career in 1992 working for Friends Provident, a UK-based life assurer.
David Smithwick
Director, Business Development
David joined Polar Capital in January 2024 to manage the company’s business development activities in the southeastern United States. He has over 20 years of institutional investment experience, most recently as Co-Head of Distribution for Advisory Research Investment Management. Prior to this, he spent six years as a Director at Allianz Global Investors, working predominantly in consultant relations, before which he was a Principal at Mercer Investment Consulting where he worked in Equity Manager Research for eight years.
Investing in Late-Stage Private Companies
Join Liberty Street Advisors and The Private Shares Group in a discussion about investing in the private innovation economy through late-stage ventured backed, growth orientated companies. We will cover several topics on this subject including our Private Shares Fund. A 1940 act interval fund that looks to democratize access to private markets by removing the cumbersome barriers to entry typically associated with investing in alternatives. Meaning:
o No Subscription Documents
o No Accreditation Requirements
o No Performance Fees
o Daily NAV
o $2,500 Minimum
o 1099 Tax Reporting
o Quarterly Repurchase Program of 5% of Fund’s outstanding shares at NAV
Workshop Objectives:
Learn how Liberty Street Advisor’s suite of solutions & capabilities can help navigate the current market environment including accessing late-stage private companies.
Company Profile:
The Private Shares Group relates to the investment team that manages investment strategies focusing on private innovation companies with a strong bias to the late-stage venture and growth phases of development. The investment team is associated with SEC registered investment advisers Liberty Street Advisors, Inc. and Pearl Lane Advisors, LLC, with offices in New York and Silicon Valley.
HRC Group, founded in 2003, is responsible for the marketing for the private shares fund and other strategies where Liberty Street Advisors, Inc is an advisor.
Speakers
Christian Munafo
Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager
Christian has over 24 years of experience in finance, with the last 19 years focused on secondary investments involving venture-backed and growth equity-oriented companies and funds. During this time, he has also served on the boards of many of these companies and funds. Previously, Christian was Global Co-Head of Secondaries at HQ Capital overseeing all investment related functions. Prior to that, Christian was Head of Secondaries at Thomas Weisel Global Growth Partners. In aggregate, Christian has helped raise more than $2 billion globally from institutional investors, corporations, pensions, endowments and family offices, and has completed or overseen the completion of more than 200 secondary transactions representing over $2 billion in capital commitments. Christian received his BA from Rutgers College.
Representatives
Tim Reick
CEO and Co-Head of Sales for HRC Group and Liberty Street Advisors
Tim Reick is the CEO and a founding member of the HRC Group companies. Tim’s expertise focuses on institutional consultants, platform sponsors, and financial advisors. Since 2001, he has been responsible for raising over $15 billion in a separate account and mutual fund assets for the third-party managers and affiliates HRC represents. In 2007, he co-founded Liberty Street Advisors, a registered investment advisor responsible for the Liberty Street Family of Funds. In 2013, Mr. Reick spearheaded HRC Fund Associates’ first marketing effort in the closed-end fund arena with the Center Coast MLP & Infrastructure Fund, which raised over $300 million in the initial offering. Prior to co-founding HRC, Tim was responsible for actively working with and introducing more than a dozen third-party research originators to the institutional community for Institutional Research Services, Inc. Mr. Reick earned a bachelor’s degree in international finance and marketing from the University of Miami in 1996.
Brandon Laczkowski
Managing Director, Sales
Brandon has over 14 years of experience working in the financial services industry, bringing value-added solutions to financial intermediaries. He joined HRC Group, an affiliate of Liberty Street Advisors, in 2024 focusing on the distribution of HRC’s investment solutions including their suite of alternative investments. Prior to joining HRC Group, he spent 8 years with Goldman Sachs in various roles with the most recent being in an equity derivatives sales & trading role. There he customized solutions for RIAs & Family Offices that included structured notes, hedging/monetization solutions for concentrated stock positions and other derivative related strategies. Brandon received his BA from Michigan State University.
Tax Managed Investing
Investors with growing wealth demand more—more customization, more tax efficiency. Discover how our cutting-edge tax-managed investing solutions—including mutual funds, direct indexing and tax overlay services—can help you exceed their expectations and drive your business growth.
Workshop Objective:
ACCELERATE YOUR BUSINESS GROWTH WITH TAX-MANAGED INVESTING
Company Profile:
Russell Investments is a leading global investment partner providing tailored solutions and services to institutions and individuals through financial intermediaries. Russell Investments is dedicated to improving people’s financial security, leveraging an 85+ years of client-centric heritage rooted in investment innovation. Since 1985, with the launch of our first tax-exempt bond fund, we’ve been helping investors grow after-tax wealth. Our approach incorporates in-depth manager research to select some of the world’s leading institutional investment managers and strategies, offering the best ideas of each manager within well-diversified mutual funds, model strategies, and separately managed accounts.
Speakers
Jon Eggins, CFA
Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Management
Jon Eggins is the Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Management, overseeing the teams responsible for managing multi-asset, fixed income and equity portfolios. This team is accountable for all aspects of portfolio management, performance and client communications, as well as asset allocation, manager selection, portfolio construction, and continuous monitoring. Jon also has portfolio management responsibilities for global equities. Prior to this role, Jon was the head of global equities, where he was responsible for the firm’s global equity funds and separate accounts. Before this, Jon was a senior portfolio manager, managing the firm’s U.S. Small Cap funds. Before his portfolio management roles, Jon was a senior research analyst on RI’s Investment Practice team, where he designed tools, analytics, and investment forums that drive the investment process. During this time, Jon integrated strategist inputs into the portfolio management process and developed proprietary portfolio management and risk analysis tools. Jon joined the firm in Sydney, Australia in 2003 as a research associate and moved to the firm’s Seattle headquarters in 2008 as a research analyst. In this role, Jon evaluated and ranked U.S. market-oriented equity managers and global tactical asset allocation strategies. Jon has a strong history in academia, having taught economics and econometrics at the University of New South Wales. He has worked with academics globally on research papers relating to stock-market index construction and investment manager performance evaluation, and this research has been published in practitioner and academic journals. Jon also lectured in quantitative techniques at the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA), where he was named the Outstanding Lecturer in a Post-graduate Program for 2007.
Representatives
John Roche
Head of RIA Distribution, North America Advisor & Intermediary Solutions
Gold Outlook For The Next 6-18 Months
Join George Milling-Stanley, Chief Gold Strategist at State Street Global Advisors, to discuss gold’s:
Economic outlook - Soft landing, “extended period of below trend growth”, or recession?
Geopolitics - Actual: Ukraine, Israel and broader middle East. Possible: Increasing China aggression, ugly US election.
How will gold react? Demand outlook, especially jewelry, investment, and central banks. Supply outlook, including mine production and recycling.
Gold’s role in a portfolio.
Outlook for the gold price.
Workshop Objective:
Company Profile:
For four decades, State Street Global Advisors has served the world’s governments, institutions and financial advisors. With a rigorous, risk-aware approach built on research, analysis and market-tested experience, we build from a breadth of index and active strategies to create cost-effective solutions. As stewards, we help portfolio companies see that what is fair for people and sustainable for the planet can deliver long-term performance. And, as pioneers in index, ETF, and ESG investing, we are always inventing new ways to invest. As a result, we have become the world’s fourth-largest asset manager* with US $3.48 trillion† under our care. *Pensions & Investments Research Center, as of 12/31/21. †This figure is presented as June 30, 2022 and includes approximately $66.43 billion of assets with respect to SPDR products for which State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC (SSGA FD) acts solely as the marketing agent. SSGA FD and State Street Global Advisors are affiliated. *Pensions & Investments Research Center, as of 12/31/21.
Speakers
George Milling-Stanley
Chief Gold Strategist, State Street Global Advisors SPDR
George Milling-Stanley is Chief Gold Strategist with State Street Global Advisors SPDR. He joined SPDR as a Vice President and Head of Gold Strategy in November 2014. Before joining SPDR, George ran the independent consultancy George Milling-Stanley on Gold, LLC. He retired from the World Gold Council in 2011 after a 15-year career there. Most recently he had been responsible for all programs involving central banks, governments, and regulatory authorities. Before that, he was a key member of the small team that pioneered the development of gold-backed Exchange Traded Funds. His earlier career included six years on the precious metals trading desk of Lehman Brothers. Previously he worked for Consolidated Gold Fields in London, and before that spent 10 years as a reporter and columnist with the Financial Times.
Representatives
Todd Page
Regional Consultant RIA Southeast
Todd Page is a VP, Senior Advisor Consultant with State Street Global Advisors SPDR ETFs serving the RIA/Multifamily Offices within the Southeast. In this role, he works to help discretionary high net worth clients incorporate SSGA ETFs into their portfolios and discusses thought leadership/business development needs. Prior to joining the firm, he was in similar roles with INVESCO and Transamerica Capital, consulting on ETFs, direct indexing, SMAs and Alternatives.
John Penney
Vice President and Regional Consultant
John is a Vice President and Regional Consultant with State Street Global Advisors, where he collaborates with independent wealth managers on their investment portfolios and business development needs throughout the New York and New Jersey region.Prior to joining State Street Global Advisors, John spent seven years at Invesco, the last three as a Market Leader in the RIA group. He has over 15 years of experience in the ETF industry, spanning asset management, wealth management, and investment banking.
John holds a BS in Business Administration from Boston University School of Management. He earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of New York.