Workshops
The Fundamental Case for Crypto in a Diversified Portfolio
Private Market Investing with Blackstone
Quality vs. Quantity in Small Cap Equities
Compelling Opportunities in the Middle Market - Now and Through the Cycle
Investment Strategies to Help Navigate Market Volatility
Being good investors may not be in our human nature, that’s why it’s in our process
Why Secondaries Should Come First
Tackling Taxes with Custom Fixed Income and Direct Indexing SMAs by Invesco
The Rise of GP-Led Secondaries: Focus on Single Asset Continuation Vehicles
Investing in Resilience: There’s Never Been a Better Opportunity
Private equity and private credit - access the new traditional asset class
Royce Small-Cap Total Return: Investing at the Intersection of Quality and Value
Bonds are back!
Fixed Income Investing Off the Zero Bound
Workshops
The Fundamental Case for Crypto in a Diversified Portfolio
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum get big headlines and breathless media coverage. Is there real potential in the digital assets, and if so, how do you capitalize on it?
We will take an institutional investor’s look at what cryptocurrencies are, what drives their fundamental value and how it can add value to a client's portfolios. This session will examine both the risks and the opportunities, and explore how a carefully managed, targeted allocation to crypto can dramatically improve a portfolio’s risk-adjusted returns. Topics include:
● Crypto 101: How it all works and what makes it special
● Blockchain vs. Bitcoin: Different investments, different outcomes
● The Right Allocation: The true role of crypto in an institutional portfolio
Workshop Objectives: Gain a basic understanding of crypto, the ideal allocation and role in a portfolio
Company Profile: Bitwise is one of the largest and fastest-growing crypto asset managers. The firm is known for managing the world’s largest crypto index fund (OTCQX: BITW) and pioneering products spanning Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, and crypto-focused equity indexes. Bitwise partners with financial advisors and investment professionals to provide quality education and research.
Speakers
Alyssa Choo
Research - Crypto Equities Specialist
Alyssa Choo is a Research Analyst with a focus on crypto equities at Bitwise Asset Management, the world’s largest provider of cryptocurrency index funds. She supports the production of fundamental research and is a member of the Bitwise Equity Classification Committee. Previously, she was an equity research analyst at Bank of America Securities, where she covered financial stocks, including asset managers, brokers, exchanges and banks. She graduated cum laude from Barnard College of Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with minors in English Literature and History.
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Alimamy Kabia
Regional Director
Alimamy (Al) Kabia is a Regional Director at Bitwise who supports hundreds of advisors (financial professionals) looking to understand the role of crypto in portfolios. Prior to Bitwise, Al held a variety of sales roles at leading financial institutions including J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Goldman Sachs, and State Street Global Advisors. Bitwise consults with institutions, family offices, financial advisors, and high-net-worth individuals nationwide to determine the most compelling opportunities in crypto.
Stephen Degnan
Regional Director
Stephen Degnan leads relationship management with large, national RIAs and multi-family offices across Bitwise’s growing client base of over 1,500 firms. Stephen is considered a leader in helping top advisors evaluate the novel risks and opportunities of the fast-evolving crypto asset class. Prior to Bitwise, Stephen spent over two decades in a variety of senior RIA consultant roles including at BlackRock, OppenheimerFunds, and Invesco, where he served as RIA Market Leader.
Private Market Investing with Blackstone
The session will review the features, advantages and trade-offs of private market investing. Topics will include alternatives in a portfolio construction context and how alternatives can drive value creation. We will review Blackstone offerings including Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (BREIT), Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED) as well as our illiquid offerings available to you.
Workshop Objective: Private Markets Education
Company Profile: Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $991 billion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions group provides Blackstone’s partners with the support they need to invest beyond traditional asset classes and unlock differentiated opportunities.
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Speakers
Courtney Janssen
Principal
Courtney Janssen is a Principal in the Private Wealth Solutions group, working with independent wealth managers in the Mid-Atlantic region. Before joining Blackstone in 2017, Courtney spent 10 years at Wells Fargo Asset Management and has spent over 21 years in the investment management industry. Courtney is a graduate of Rutgers University and received her MBA from Boston College-Carroll School of Management.
Brandon Pues
Vice President
Brandon Pues is a Vice President in Blackstone Private Wealth Solutions based in New York. His team covers relationships with Registered Investment Advisors and Independent Broker Dealers in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia, and West Virginia. He previously worked in a similar capacity at The Bank of New York Mellon Investment Management. He holds a BA from Villanova University and is a CAIA Charterholder.
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Quality vs. Quantity in Small Cap Equities
We look forward to providing an introduction to Cambiar Investors, our people and investment culture. We will also provide an overview of our three-pronged investment approach that we term QPD – Quality/Price/Discipline.
We will discuss how we apply this opportunistic investment philosophy in the small/smid asset classes, and why a quality-first discipline is critical to generating strong risk-adjusted returns in this segment of the equity market. While we believe a portfolio skew towards companies that possess strong balance sheets and persistent returns/free cashflow is a sound all-weather approach, a bias towards these attributes should be even more consequential to success in a period of tightening liquidity conditions.
Workshop Objectives: Engage in discussion regarding current opportunities within the small-mid cap equity market, and how Cambiar’s QPD approach results in an outsized focus on down capture – which we view to be an essential input to generating long-term wealth creation.
Company Profile: Cambiar Investors is a Denver-based investment management firm, founded in 1973. Our firm is 100% employee-owned, which helps to provide a strong alignment of interests. Anchored by a tenured investment team, Cambiar utilizes a fundamental, price-sensitive investment approach that is best categorized as relative value. Cambiar’s QPD approach is implemented across a select number of domestic and international offerings. We believe that our proven investment approach, coupled with a culture that is based on collaboration and accountability, results in a compelling value proposition that seeks to exceed client expectations.
Speakers
Colin Dunn, CFA
Investment Principal & Co-Portfolio Manager
Colin Dunn is an Investment Principal at Cambiar Investors. In addition to his research responsibilities, Mr. Dunn also serves as Co-Portfolio Manager of the Cambiar Small Cap Value and Small-Mid Value strategies. Prior to joining Cambiar in 2011, Colin worked at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) in the Investment Banking and Equity Research Departments. Mr. Dunn received a BS in Finance and International Business from Georgetown University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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Kevin Fitzpatrick, CFA
Director of Institutional Sales/Client Service
Kevin Fitzpatrick is Director of Institutional Sales and Client Service. Prior to joining Cambiar in 2006, Kevin was a First Vice President within Smith Barney’s Consulting Group, where he was a Manager on the Global Equity Research Team. Mr. Fitzpatrick received an MBA from Villanova University, a BS in Finance from Pennsylvania State University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Jamie Goldfarb, CFA
SVP, Sales & Client Service
Jamie Goldfarb is a SVP of Sales and Client Service, responsible for new business development and client service in the Mid-Atlantic. Jamie previously was as an Associate on the Portfolio Management team with Arrowstreet Capital. Jamie also worked as a Senior Client Advisor with a Boston-based Registered Investment Advisor. Mr. Goldfarb received a BS in Business Administration from the University of Richmond and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Compelling Opportunities in the Middle Market - Now and Through the Cycle
Churchill Asset Management, an investment affiliate of Nuveen, is a leading platform in the world of private capital. As investors have broadened their search for yield and are increasingly seeking to invest in private markets, Nuveen Churchill has several offerings available that take advantage of the Churchill team’s expertise within senior secured lending, junior capital, and private equity co-investments. Churchill has access to proprietary deal flow through their parent company, TIAA, and was named the #1 most active U.S. private equity lender by PitchBook in 2022. Dating back to Churchill’s start in 2006, the team has maintained rigorous underwriting standards, which has led to strong performance through market cycles.
Workshop Objectives: Deeper understanding of Private Capital landscape with a focus on middle market, and a clear understanding of Churchill’s competitive advantage in the space as they evaluate managers and opportunities.
Company Profile: Churchill Asset Management is a leading provider of flexible financing solutions to private equity sponsor-owned companies. As a majority-owned affiliate of Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA, Churchill benefits from the institutional infrastructure of a $1.1T diversified asset manager with $89B invested in private capital.
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Alona Gornick
Managing Director, Senior Investment Strategist, Churchill Asset Management
Alona Gornick serves as a Managing Director, Senior Investment Strategist, and Co-Head of the Chicago Office for Churchill Asset Management. In her role, Alona provides meaningful investment insights across the private capital spectrum to the investment community, with a particular emphasis on the Private Wealth and Retail channel. She works closely with Nuveen’s global distribution team to deepen relationships with and educate Churchill’s investors and partners.
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Lauren Hogan
Assistant Vice President, Alternative Investments, Nuveen
Lauren works in the alternative investments business development group at Nuveen. She is responsible for partnering with the Nuveen distribution team to provide support and consultation to their clients interested in alternative investments. She also partners with sales leaders, providing strategy expertise, product and private market insight, and direct advisor support for alternative investments including: real assets, real estate, and private capital market investments.
Investment Strategies to Help Navigate Market Volatility
Direxion is a powerful ally for both strategic and tactical allocators seeking to differentiate their practices with clients. Our firm specializes in strategies that are geared for those advisors that are looking for ways to invest/trade beyond traditional style box investing. We have roughly $26B in AUM ranking us among the top 20 of ETF providers in terms of assets.
Direxion has tools that both active traders and strategic asset allocators can employ to take advantage of market volatility regardless of direction.
We will explore various strategies that can be utilized in a number of different capacities which include:
• Generating additional sources of returns outside of stocks and bonds
• Ability to use leverage or shorting in an ETF wrapper
• Potential to hedge equity or fixed income portfolios
• Non-correlated investment options within a traditional portfolio.
Workshop Objectives: Learn the mechanisms of how leveraged and inverse ETFs work, and how they can be powerful trading vehicles to express short term views in a tactical manner with clients.
In addition, we will discuss our thematic ETFs investment strategies, which can potentially provide additional diversification and sources of returns within an overall portfolio allocation.
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Edward Egilinsky
Managing Director, Head of Sales and Distribution, Head of Alternative Investments
As Head of Sales and Distribution Ed focuses on global product implementation within the institutional and tactical client segments as well as promoting ETF education and strategy throughout the financial industry. Ed is also responsible for managing the Direxion ETF sales team. As Head of Alternative Investments, Ed’s focus is to drive the firm's product development initiatives, internal and external product messaging, training and support of product delivery.
Prior to joining Direxion, he served as Managing Director of Business Development at Price Asset Management where his focus was on expanding the company's distribution network and diversifying its product line. Ed was also Managing Director and head of Alternative Strategies at Rydex Investments where he provided leadership to the sales team for alternative strategy initiatives, expanded distribution channels, and effectively branded Rydex, as well, as a recognized provider of alternative investment. Earlier in his career, Ed was Head of US Sales and Marketing for Kenmar Advisory Corporation where he drove domestic asset growth among high net worth and institutional clients.
Ed graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the State University of New York in Albany. He also holds Series 3, 7, 24, and 63 Licenses.
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Being good investors may not be in our human nature, that’s why it’s in our process
For 33 years, Harding Loevner’s sole focus has been to invest globally in high-quality growing companies at a reasonable price. In addition to our work building equity portfolios, our firm is well-known for our work in the area of Behavioral Finance. This discipline is the intersection between economics and psychology, and we have long been students of the academic work in the area. Our investment leadership has pioneered many innovations in investment process and decision-making.
Co-Deputy Director of Research, Timothy Kubarych, will discuss the steps taken to prevent behavioral biases from negatively impacting decision-making and Portfolio Specialist, Apurva Schwartz, will offer perspectives on investing in quality growth equities across the globe.
Workshop Objective: To share Harding Loevner’s current perspectives on high quality growing international companies and investing in their shares.
Company Profile: Harding Loevner is a global equity manager founded by Dan Harding and David Loevner in 1989. Our staff of 43 investment professionals has an average 20 years investment experience and 10 years with the firm. Harding Loevner manages over $50 billion in assets across all strategies, including International Equity, International Small Companies, International Developed Markets, International Carbon Transition, Emerging Markets, Emerging Markets ex-China, and Chinese Equity. Employing a fundamental, bottom-up stock picking approach, we build portfolios of high-quality growth stocks. Our clients are both tax-exempt and taxable and include major foundations, endowments, pension and retirement plans, and individuals.
Speakers
Timothy Kubarych, CFA
Co-Deputy Director of Research
Timothy Kubarych serves as Harding Loevner’s Co-Deputy Director of Research. Timothy is a partner of the firm. He has spent the entirety of his professional career at Harding Loevner, previously serving as sole Deputy Director of Research, a special projects analyst, and a research associate. He holds a BA in mathematics from Hamilton College. He is a CFA Charterholder.
Apurva Schwartz
Portfolio Specialist
Apurva Schwartz is a portfolio specialist for Harding Loevner. Before joining Harding Loevner in 2020, Apurva was a principal at Goldman Sachs. Previously, she held senior equity analyst positions at NGM Asset Management and Citadel Investment Group and was a vice president at Institutional Capital Corporation. Apurva is a graduate of the University of Michigan, with a BA in political science.
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Katie George, CFA
Manager, Institutional Business Development
Katie George serves as Manager of Institutional Business Development at Harding Loevner. She joined the firm in 2022. Katie has over 18 years of industry experience, previously serving as Client Portfolio Manager at MissionSquare Retirement, Adjunct Professor at American University, and Product Manager at Calvert Investments. She holds a BA in Business Administration from John Cabot University and a Master’s in Applied Economics from Johns Hopkins University.
Why Secondaries Should Come First
The global secondary market has grown rapidly in recent years, primarily as a result of the increased supply of capital committed to private investment funds, the trend towards more active management of these commitments, the desire among select investors for earlier liquidity, and the expansion of the sponsor-led opportunity set. Secondary deal volume reached record annual highs in excess of $100 billion in 2021 and 2022 as liquidity pressures, overallocation to private equity, and macroeconomic uncertainty continue to drive secondary market activity. Lexington believes the secondary market is poised for continued growth and is currently undercapitalized for the expected opportunities ahead.
Workshop Objectives: This session will examine the key drivers of the secondary market, the impact of macro volatility on secondary transaction volume, and the benefits of a secondary strategy for investors.
Company Profile: From large institutions to individual investors, each of our clients wants the same thing. To achieve their financial goals. And for more than 75 years, we’ve helped them do exactly that. Everything we do at Franklin Templeton is focused on delivering our clients better outcomes. And that’s why millions of clients in more than 155 countries have entrusted us with their investments, making us one of the world’s largest independent asset managers. With $1.3T in total assets under management and more than $225 billion* of those assets dedicated to real estate, private equity, private credit and more, we offer a comprehensive range of alternatives solutions.
* Source: Franklin Templeton. As of September 30, 2022. Alternative AUM does not include the acquisition of Alcentra, which closed on November 1, 2022. As of September 30, 2022, Alcentra had approximately $35 billion of AUM.
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Peter Grape
Principal
Peter Grape is a Principal of Lexington Partners primarily engaged in the evaluation of secondary purchases of private equity and alternative investments. Prior to joining Lexington in 2013, Mr. Grape was an associate in private equity at AlpInvest Partners and prior to that he was an analyst in corporate banking at Citigroup. Mr. Grape graduated from Duke University with a BS in economics and a BA in history.
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Michael Dobkowski
Director, US Alternative Investments
Mike began his career in 1999 and has held various trading and sales roles at Morgan Stanley, Ayco, LP and Cayuga Venture Fund before settling at Barings for 12 years. 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).
Daniel Rodriguez
Private Wealth Director
Daniel began his career in financial services in 2010 and joined Franklin Templeton in 2018. Prior to joining Franklin, he held position as Senior Portfolio Advisor at Merrill Lynch and Associate at Goldman Sachs.
As Director of the Mid Atlantic, Daniel acts as product liaison and leads distribution efforts in Eastern PA, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C..His focus is purely in the RIA, Family Office and Bank Trust channel.
Tackling Taxes with Custom Fixed Income and Direct Indexing SMAs by Invesco
Curating your client’s personalized wealth journey and maximizing the portion of returns they get to keep after taxes involves choosing the right partner. Custom SMAs by Invesco empower you to unlock new ways to construct portfolios that are tailored to your client’s unique objectives, values, and needs, while also addressing many clients’ foremost concern – taxes. We’ll cover unique innovations like active tax loss harvesting in fixed income SMAs, and also touch on a long/short direct indexing strategy that can accelerate loss harvesting potential; these features are available from Invesco today and address common pitfalls of popular SMAs like laddered bond portfolios and traditional direct indexing. Join us to explore how offering client’s access to Custom SMAs by Invesco can lead to better net of tax and net of fee outcomes.
Workshop Objectives: The objective of the session is to identify actionable practice management ideas as follows:
• Articulating benefits of active tax loss harvesting in fixed income SMAs
• identifying applications for long-short direct indexing
• Avoiding common pitfall of popular traditional SMAs
Company Profile: Invesco 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 $1.4 trillion in assets on behalf of clients worldwide as of December 31, 2022. For more information, visit invesco.com/corporate.
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Patrick Mullins
Head of SMA Specialists
Patrick Mullins is Head of SMA Specialists at Invesco and leads a team of 4 regional sales / support leaders focused on SMA business development. He has worked in various senior roles related to SMA product management and business development since 2002. Prior to joining Invesco, he served as Head of Separately Managed Account (SMA) business at Columbia Threadneedle Investments since 2017. Prior to Columbia, Patrick was Senior Vice President at Bank of America (BofA) leading SMA platform initiatives at both U.S. Trust and Merrill Lynch. Before joining BofA in 2006, he introduced SMAs at Citizens Bank's Wealth Management division and held various roles within Fidelity and Bank of Boston. Mr. Mullins received a B.S. in Management from Suffolk University and an MBA from Bentley University. He is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) and is co-chair of the NICSA SMA sub-committee, which is an industry round table.
Josh Rogers
Client Portfolio Manager, Custom Equity SMAs
Josh Rogers is the Lead Client Portfolio Manager for the Custom Equity platform based in New York. In this role, he serves as an expert on the firm’s platform of systematically implemented separately managed accounts (“SMAs”), which provide both tax optimization and customization capabilities. Mr. Rogers joined Invesco in 2022. Prior to joining Invesco, he served as a Senior Investment Specialist for the Advisory and Beta Solutions group within J.P. Morgan Asset Management, supporting both quantitative and core beta ETFs, along with direct indexing strategies. Before that, Mr. Rogers spent a decade at BlackRock in various roles related to the iShares and Blackrock Funds businesses. Most recently, he was a factor investing strategist dedicated to commercializing long-only factor ETFs with both retail and institutional clients. Mr. Rogers earned a bachelor’s degree in business management and economics from Gettysburg College.
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Chad Morgan
Regional Director
Chad Morgan is a Market Leader and Senior Advisor Consultant for the Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) Division at Invesco. In this role, he works with registered investment advisors, institutions, family offices, and asset managers with the goal of helping them meet their investment objectives.Mr. Morgan joined Invesco in 2014. Prior to joining the firm, he was a managing director in the custom index and index licensing division of Nasdaq OMX. Before that, he was a business development officer in the registered investment advisor and exchange-traded fund (ETF) asset management divisions for iShares by Blackrock. Mr. Morgan was also a regional vice president at PowerShares Capital Management, which he joined before the launch of the firm's first ETF in 2003. Mr. Morgan earned a BA degree from Westmont College and an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) charterholder and member of the CFA Society of Washington, DC. He earned a certificate in blockchain and digital assets from the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals. Mr. Morgan serves on the board of directors of The House DC and the Classical Christian Conservatory of Alexandria.
The Rise of GP-Led Secondaries: Focus on Single Asset Continuation Vehicles
GP-Led secondaries have experienced significant growth in the past few years, now representing ~50% of the overall secondaries market. This has been driven by the rise of single-asset continuation vehicles (“SACVs”), as private equity managers are increasingly utilizing this technology as a tool to deliver liquidity in their portfolios and hold onto their best performing assets. This asset class offers compelling risk-adjusted returns with “PE-like” money multiples but shorter hold periods vs. traditional buyouts, while mitigating risk through positive selection bias for assets with a proven track record of performance under the ownership of the incumbent GP. Current market conditions, which have slowed traditional PE exits, serve as a tailwind for SACVs as GPs are actively seeking alternative avenues for liquidity. In our view, SACVs will continue to experience strong growth in the coming years, supported by the large and growing addressable universe for quality buyout assets combined with the low levels of penetration seen today.
Workshop Objectives: In this workshop, we will discuss the benefits of single-asset continuation vehicles for all stakeholders and how ICG Strategic Equity, as a leading pure-play GP-led specialist of scale, approaches this rapidly evolving market
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Michael Park
Principal
Michael joined ICG in 2019 and is a Principal in the Strategic Equity investment team. He focuses on GP-led fund restructuring, recapitalization, and private equity transactions in North America and Europe. Prior to joining ICG, he was a Vice President at Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., a lower middle-market private equity firm in New York, where he worked for eight years. He started his career at Credit Suisse, working in the Retail and Consumer Products group of the Investment Banking division. Michael graduated from the University of Rochester with a BA in Economics and History.
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Ned Mulcahy
Managing Director
Investing in Resilience: There’s Never Been a Better Opportunity
Sustainable innovation is well positioned to be the top returning venture theme over the next decade, driven by a confluence of new technologies, improving unit economics, shareholder pressure, government regulation and consumer preferences. Private markets are beginning to recognize the growth opportunity that sustainable investments and renewable, resource-centric business models offer, but they have yet to price in the full system-level change we expect to see over the coming decade. We believe traditional portfolio returns will soon fall short of return expectations, and investors could miss an opportunity comparable to that of software in the early 2000’s, if climate-tech and climate-aware business models aren’t integrated into allocation decisions – and quickly.
Workshop Objective: In this presentation, we’ll walk you through the innovations and tailwinds that are driving alpha in today’s market and share our unique fund structure that allows diversified, low-fee access to top-tier sustainable funds and direct investments.
Company Profile: Overlay Capital operates at the intersection of private markets and sustainability, creating custom strategies that span the spectrum from innovation to infrastructure and reflect the evolving needs of today’s investors. Our funds over advisors, family offices, and institutional investors access to some of the market’s most sough-after portfolio companies and infrastructure projects, all with a commitment to superior risk-adjusted returns.
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Chadd Evans, CFA, CAIA
CEO, CIO
Chadd Evans is the Founder, CEO and CIO of Overlay Capital with primary responsibility for the firm's day-to-day corporate operations and its investment business. He is a member of Overlay’s investment committee. Prior to Overlay, Chadd was the Co-Founder, CEO and Managing Director of Altera Investments, an investment firm focused on private investments in the lower middle markets. Prior to starting Altera, Chadd was Principal of Field Equity, a boutique private equity investment firm focused on the lower-middle market, where he was responsible for executing over $1 billion in transactions. Prior to Field Equity, Chadd was the Senior Vice President of Investments for Ackermann & Co., a commercial real estate investment firm located in the Southeast. Chadd is a CAIA and CFA Charter holder and has a degree in economics from The University of Georgia
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Ben Schmidt, CFA
Senior Associate, Investments
Ben Schmidt serves as Senior Associate at Overlay Capital, leading origination, diligence, and analysis of investment opportunities. Ben is a member of the investment committee. Prior to joining Overlay Capital, Ben was Assistant Vice President and Equity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler, covering enterprise infrastructure software and cybersecurity. Prior to joining Piper, Ben held finance and strategy roles in private equity and e-commerce. Ben started his career in investment banking where he led sell-side M&A transactions in industries including energy, construction, manufacturing and building products. Ben is a CFA® Charterholder and holds a degree in economics from the University of Michigan.
Brett Wayman
Managing Partner
Brett Wayman serves as Managing Partner at Overlay Capital, an investment firm focused on investing at the intersection of private markets and sustainability. He is responsible for the strategic growth of the firm, oversees the firm’s operations and partnerships, and sits on the firm’s Investment Committee. Prior to joining Overlay, Brett served as Principal Director and Head of Sustainable Investing at Envestnet (NYSE:ENV), where he oversaw the firm’s ESG and impact investing platform and led the development of the group’s education, technology, and investment products. Prior to joining Envestnet, Brett spent 10 years in research and leadership roles with family offices in New York, Princeton, and Atlanta. Brett has a degree in economics from Emory University and holds the Chartered SRI Counselor® designation.
Private equity and private credit - access the new traditional asset class
How private and public markets have changed roles in financing the real economy and what this means for building diversified, robust portfolios
Company Profile: Partners Group is a global private markets investment manager with over $135 billion in assets under management. The company employs more than 1,800 employees based in 20 offices around the globe, representing 60 nationalities.
Partners Group is a global leader in evergreen private markets solutions. Partners Group Private Equity (Master Fund), LLC (“PGPE”) is the first private equity tender offer fund ever launched (2009 inception) and was purpose-built for RIAs.
PGPE was designed to offer private wealth advisors (and the clients they serve) a simple, easy to use institutional quality private equity portfolio.
PGPE is used by over 250 individual RIAs, 15 private banks and wirehouses, and over 30 institutional investors.
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Robert Collins
Partner and Portfolio Manager
Robert Collins is Co-Head of Private Wealth, Head of Partners Group's New York Office and a member of the Global Executive Board. He leads Partners Group's US private wealth and defined contribution practice and is President, Portfolio Manager and Member of the Board of Managers of Partners Group Private Equity (Master Fund), LLC. He also chairs Partners Group (USA) Inc.'s Investment Committee.
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Sam Patsy
Client Solutions
Sam Patsy is a member of Partners Group’s US Private Wealth business unit with responsibility for managing RIA relationships in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Before joining Partners Group in 2019, Sam was a Regional Advisor Consultant with OppenheimerFunds.
Zachary Tax
Client Solutions
Zach Tax is a member of Partners Group’s US Private Wealth business unit with responsibility for national accounts. Before joining Partners Group, Zach was part of the private wealth team at Bridge Investment Group.
Royce Small-Cap Total Return: Investing at the Intersection of Quality and Value
Small-cap equities have had an anomalous period since the GFC. Normally a long-term outperformer of their large-cap brethren, small-caps have lagged. Currently, relative valuations for small vs. large are at 20-year lows, with small-cap value being the most undervalued equity asset class based on 25-year averages. To us, this represents a historic opportunity for investors as we enter a new paradigm of higher interest rates, persistent inflation, and elevated cost of capital…all conditions that should benefit active quality investing in the small-cap space.
Our quality-value approach seeks to buy high-quality small-cap businesses that are out of favor for transitory reasons. We seek companies with a history of returning capital to investors, something that is highly unique within the small cap space. This approach has historically produced excess returns with a fraction of the volatility of the index and peers.
Workshop Objectives: We look forward to showcasing Royce Total Return’s rigorous and repeatable process that marries the risk aversion of a credit investor with the growth orientation of a long-term business owner.
Company Profile: Royce Investment Partners, is a small-cap equity specialist founded in 1972, offering distinctive investment approaches to address a variety of investment goals. The firm has been managing U.S., global, and international small-cap strategies for over 50 years.
Royce’s investment philosophy centers on fundamentally based, bottom-up stock selection, with an emphasis on discipline and risk management. Royce believes that its strategies are well suited for small-cap investing due to the inherent inefficiencies of the asset class. Critical thinking and a contrarian orientation remain crucial attributes of the thought process, ensuring that investment teams are always looking in corners of the market that others are neglecting while avoiding more crowded or speculative areas. Royce has a seasoned staff of more than 30 investment professionals with a long tenure at Royce and the asset class. Each portfolio manager is encouraged to have significant investments in the strategies they manage ensuring alignment with the clients we serve.
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Miles Lewis, CFA®
Portfolio Manager, Principal Royce Small-Cap Quality-Value
Miles Lewis, CFA®, is a Portfolio Manager, Principal for Royce Investment Partners. He manages portfolios that use the firm’s Small-Cap Quality strategy. Prior to joining the firm in 2020, he was a portfolio manager (2014-2020) and investment analyst (2010-2014) for the Small-Cap Value Fund and Strategy at American Century Investments. Prior to that, he worked on debt restructurings at MBIA Insurance Corp. (2006-2008) and Chanin Capital Partners (2003-2006). Mr. Lewis holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from The College of William and Mary and a Master of Business Administration from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.
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Francis Gannon
Co-CIO, Managing Director
Francis D. Gannon is Co-Chief Investment Officer, Managing Director for Royce Investment Partners. He has 30 years of investment industry experience.
Prior to joining the firm in 2006, Frank was Chief Investment Strategist and Portfolio Manager with AIG SunAmerica Asset Management. In 2001, SunAmerica Growth and Income Fund, under his portfolio management, was listed in the fourth edition of Gene Walden's book The 100 Best Mutual Funds to Own in America. He was a regular panelist with Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street for several years.
Mr. Gannon holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from Boston College.
Michael Kaufmann, CFA®
Institutional Portfolio Specialist
Michael Kaufmann, CFA®, is an Institutional Portfolio Specialist focusing on institutional sales within the east coast region.
Michael was previously on the U.S. Institutional Business Development team at Aberdeen, where he was responsible for growing the firm’s institutional client base across public and private investment strategies (2014-2020). Previously, he worked as a Vice President of Institutional Client Service at Cohen & Steers Capital Management (2007-2014), an AVP for the Relationship Management Group at Robeco Investment Management (2004-2007), and an Account Manager at IDEAglobal (2002-2004). Mr. Kaufmann holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College.
Bonds are back!
Five key themes for 2023 and five areas we need to get right. This presentation will cover how fixed income fits in, focusing on stock bond correlations, the importance of yield curve and duration management, the composition of the market, as well as the interaction of global monetary and fiscal policy and geopolitics.
Workshop Objectives:
1) Better understanding of fixed income markets
2) Not all fixed income is created equal
3) Managing risk in fixed income through defensive, neutral and opportunistic positioning
Company Profile: SS&C ALPS Advisors, with $19.2 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2022, is an open architecture boutique investment manager offering portfolio building blocks, active insight, and an unwavering drive to guide clients to investment outcomes across sustainable income, thematic and alternative growth strategies.
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Speakers
Eric Bernum, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Eric is an investor at Smith Capital Investors, a position he has held since May 2018. Prior to joining the team, he served as Executive Director, Senior Portfolio Manager at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. In that position, Mr. Bernum was a part of the Portfolio Management team, managing assets across various fixed income institutional portfolios and mutual funds. Before his time at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Eric was at Janus Capital Management LLC in a multitude of roles across the trading, fundamental analysis, and portfolio management functions—culminating in Eric’s role as the Co-Head of Fixed Income Trading and Assistant Portfolio Manager. In these roles, Eric managed a global team of 7 traders and contributed to portfolio management decisions across all major fixed income strategies ranging from Intermediate/Core, High Yield, Credit only, Money Markets, Limited Duration, and Liability Driven/Long Duration strategies. Eric was also active in asset raising, client servicing, and compliance and systems build out and function across the fixed income platform.
Eric Bernum is a Registered Representative of ALPS Distributors, Inc.
Representatives
Lindsey Gerard
Strategic Investment Partnerships
Lindsey joined SS&C ALPS Advisors in 2014 and currently serves as a member of the Strategic Investment Partnerships Team. In this role she is responsible for representing the ALPS Advised ETF and Mutual Fund product lineup and overseeing several of the firms key strategic account relationships. Lindsey has 15 years of experience working in the financial industry and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, VT.
Lindsey Gerard is a Registered representative of ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc. and ALPS Distributors, Inc., affiliated entities, FINRA Members.
Kevin Ireland
Sr. Vice President, Strategic Investment Partnerships
Kevin Ireland is a member of the Strategic Investment Partnerships team where he is responsible for home office relationships as well as sales and distribution to asset managers and RIA’s. Prior to joining ALPS, Mr. Ireland managed the Exchange Traded Fund marketing department at the American Stock Exchange.
Kevin Ireland is a Registered representative of ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc. and ALPS Distributors, Inc., affiliated entities, FINRA Members.
Ryan Duffy, CIMA®
Co-Head of Business Development , Smith Capital Investors
Ryan Duffy is the Co-Head of the Smith Capital Investors’ Business Development team. Before joining the team, Ryan served 12 years at Principal Global Investors (PGI), with his most recent role as a Senior Market Director in Intermediary Sales. In total, Ryan has 19 years of industry experience. Ryan earned a Bachelor of Arts in religious studies from St. Lawrence University. Additionally, he holds a Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) designation. Ryan enjoys spending time with his wife, three children, and their dog. He is passionate about coaching his kid’s sports teams, health & fitness, and golf.
Fixed Income Investing Off the Zero Bound
Since 2007, fixed income markets have suffered from low yields. A succession of financial crises-including the Global Financial Crisis, the European sovereign debt crisis, a global savings glut and the pandemic, have since forced the Federal Reserve to maintain loose monetary policy for more than a decade. Now, the re-opening from COVID, geopolitical pressures, and shifting demand have caused rising prices and an aggressive tightening cycle, disrupting the way that investors have leveraged fixed income over the last 15 years. How should investors allocate to fixed income now that they no longer need to reach for yield? Does it make sense to go back to the same old vehicle to access bond markets, or is there a better way?
Workshop Objective: Exploring new approaches to fixed income investing in a higher rate environment. What is the optimal approach moving forward and what is the optimal vehicle?
Company Profile: Victory Capital is a diversified global asset management firm with $157.7 billion in assets under management as of February 28, 2023. The Company operates a next-generation business model that combines boutique investment qualities with the benefits of a fully integrated, centralized operating and distribution platform.
Our differentiated model is composed of 12 autonomous investment franchises, each with an independent culture and investment approach. Additionally, we offer a Solutions Platform, featuring our VictoryShares ETF brand.
Victory Capital provides specialized investment strategies to institutions, intermediaries, retirement platforms and individual investors. We offer a diverse array of independent investment approaches and innovative investment vehicles designed to drive better investor outcomes. This includes actively managed mutual funds, active and rules-based ETFs, separately managed accounts, alternative investments, third-party ETF model strategies, private funds, and a 529 Education Savings Plan.
We are headquartered in San Antonio, TX, with offices in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Rocky River, OH; San Francisco, CA; Denver, CO; Birmingham, MI; New York, NY; Boston, MA; Des Moines, IA, Norwalk, CT, Hanover, NH and Charlotte, NC. Additionally, we have investment professionals in London, Hong Kong and Singapore.
1 Total AUM includes both discretionary and non-discretionary client assets.
Carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. To obtain a prospectus or summary prospectus containing this and other important information, visit www.vcm.com/prospectus. Read it carefully before investing. All investing involves risk, including the potential loss of principal. Distributed by Foreside Fund Services LLC.
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James Jackson
Chief Investment Officer-Victory Income Investors
Jim Jackson is Co-Chief Investment Officer and Head of Fixed Income Portfolio Management for the USAA Investments franchise. USAA Investments was acquired by Victory Capital in July 2019 and is a Victory Capital Investment Franchise.
Prior to Joining Victory, Mr. Jackson was a co-manager on the USAA Life Insurance portfolios. Mr. Jackson joined USAA in 2009. Prior to joining USAA, he spent nine years with HIMCO, Barings and Cigna Investment Management. Prior to entering the investment business, Jim served in the United States Marine Corps.
Mr. Jackson holds a B.S. in Economics from the United States Naval Academy and an M.B.A from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan in 2001. He is a CFA® charterholder.
Representatives
Josh Gilbert, CFP®, CIMA®
Senior Regional DirectorRIA, Bank Trust, & Multi-Family Office-East
Josh Gilbert is responsible for expanding the distribution of Victory’s solutions with RIAs, Multi-family offices, and Bank-Trust firms along the East Coast. He joined the firm in 2020.
Prior to joining Victory, Josh was the Director-Regional Sales at BMO Global Asset Management, and before joining BMO, Josh served as an Investment Relationship Manager at Northern Trust.
Josh holds an M.B.A. in Finance from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, as well as a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan. Josh also holds the CIMA® designation and is a CFP® certificant.
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Speakers
Aaron Brodt
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Tim Feehan
Director Of Business Development
Tim is director of Business Development for Amplify. He has spent over 28 years in thefinancial services industry helping advisors manage their businesses across technology,
operational, and investment solutions. After being a top sales consultant for over a
decade, he founded, grew, and ultimately sold his own technology platform company.
Prior to becoming a Director of Business Development at Amplify in 2022, Tim was
Executive Vice President at Folio Dynamix. He was a founder and the Chief Executive
Officer of Summit Advisor Solutions and also one of the original sales consultants at
AssetMark Investment Services.
Tim has a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New
Jersey, where he was a co-captain and MVP varsity tennis player. He is also an avid
golfer and hockey player. Tim currently resides in Scottdale, Arizona.
Representatives
Practifi is the performance optimization platform purpose-built for the wealth management industry. Built on Salesforce, our platform empowers teams to automate workflows, create rich client records and access advanced analytics in a unified experience. With comprehensive APIs, a range of specialist wealth industry integrations and an ecosystem of hundreds of integrated apps, our platform centralizes data and gives greater visibility across organizations. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with offices in Sydney, Australia, Practifi enables organizations across the globe to deepen loyalty with their clients and pioneer the future of wealth management.
Speakers
Tim Highland
Head of Product Strategy
Tim is the Head of Product at Practifi. After successfully starting and selling an investment advisory firm, Tim transitioned into the corporate world in wealth management and has over 35 years of deepening client partnerships and enabling client and advisor success. Tim believes aligning client needs and the right technology outcomes is key to business success. Tim is responsible for product strategy, positioning Practifi’s product innovation and development to meet the needs of the industry and drive it forward.
Vlad Anghel
Account Executive
Vlad Anghel is an Account Executive at Practifi. Vlad has been a leader in sales and product roles for over 10 years, partnering with firms throughout the financial services industry to achieve desired business outcomes. He is passionate about helping advisory firms better serve their clients with solutions that meet their ever-evolving needs, allowing them to grow and scale their businesses.
vlad.anghel@practifi.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladanghel/
Representatives
SMArtX Advisory Solutions is an award-winning unified managed accounts technology provider and manages SMArtX, a turnkey asset management platform (‘TAMP’). SMArtX’s API-first, cloud-native technology operates within a modular, micro-services architecture, providing clients a tailored solution catered to their unique specifications. SMArtX is available as an off-the-shelf TAMP for advisors seeking wider selection of investment product and ease of use, while automating the investment processes and simplifying the everyday tasks of managing client accounts. SMArtX also licenses its proprietary technology to enterprise firms looking to create, customize, or upgrade their existing managed accounts technology as a standalone or fully integrated solution. SMArtX is the managed account technology and TAMP platform of choice for multiple RIAs, broker-dealers, and asset managers. Learn more at www.smartxadvisory.com
Speakers
Representatives
Joe Fiori
VP of Sales
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-fiori-cima%C2%AE-85035a10/
Brad Haag
Head of Manager Solutions
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradhaag/
Speakers
Aoifinn Devitt
As the Moneta Group's first female Chief Investment Officer, Aoifinn Devitt works to align the firm's investment programs with broader firm goals while also overseeing the research, evaluation, and selection of asset classes and investment vehicles.
Devitt joined Moneta in 2021 with extensive experience working with institutional clients and alternative investments as well as overall portfolio oversight functions. Originally from Ireland, Devitt spent her early career working in London as an investment banking associate at Goldman Sachs International and as a specialist consultant at Cambridge Associates Limited. Devitt also founded Clontarf Capital, a pan-alternatives research and consulting firm. More recently, she served as CIO for the Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago and Head of Investment for Ireland at Hermes Fund Managers Ireland Limited.
Devitt is also a licensed attorney who has been a member of the New York Bar since 1996. She earned her law degrees from Trinity College Dublin and Oxford University. She also earned her MBA from INSEAD in France and MSc in Applied Neuroscience from Kings College London.
Allan Boomer
Allan Boomer is the Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Momentum Advisors — a certified minority-owned investment management and financial planning firm in New York City with over $330 million in assets under management. Additionally, he is the co-host of “The Momentum Advisors Show,” a weekly podcast which educates the public about building wealth through investments, financial literacy and entrepreneurship. Allan holds an MBA in Finance from the NYU Stern School of Business, where he was a Robert A. Toigo Fellow, and a BS in Marketing from Morgan State University.
David Romhilt, CFA®
David Romhilt is a Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Summit Trail Advisors. As Chief Investment Officer, David’s industry-recognized work on asset allocation and manager selection guides Summit Trail’s centralized advice team. Prior to founding Summit Trail, David was a Managing Director at Barclays Wealth. There he was Global Head of Alternatives, Head of Manager Due Diligence, and the Chief Investment Officer of Barclays Wealth Trustees, N.A. He began his career at Cambridge Associates LLC focusing on performance reporting and manager selection for many well-known foundations and endowments. David is a CFA® Charterholder and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.
Speakers
Erika Cheung
Executive Director of Ethics in Entrepreneurship
Erika Cheung is the Executive Director of Ethics in Entrepreneurship, a non-profit organization with the mission to embed ethical questioning, culture, and systems in start-up ecosystems worldwide.
Erika began her career working as a medical researcher in the biotechnology industry and is most famously known for being a key whistle-blower reporting the medical-diagnostic company Theranos to health regulators.
Erika went on to help launch a technology accelerator in Hong Kong supporting early-stage technology investments across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. She continues to advise and support the development of biotechnology and healthcare initiatives across the APAC region.
Mark Zinder
Mark Zinder is a leading financial expert, trend forecaster, and seasoned keynote speaker.
He has travelled the globe delivering more than 2,500 presentations to hundreds of thousands of people around the world. He is also a regular guest on Fox Business and CNBC, sharing his expertise and positive outlook while tackling tough questions on the economy.
Mark’s extensive background spans 39 years and includes being the National Spokesman for Franklin Templeton. During that time, he worked side-by-side with Sir John Templeton, Dr. Mark Mobius, and Mr. Michael Price to hone his ability to spot trends before they become obvious.
Mark has a unique gift for simplifying complicated concepts and shares those insights and many more that are key to being successful in today’s constantly changing word. He has engaged audiences both small and large, including financial institutions, universities, insurance agencies, and NASA, with his breadth of content and motivational style.
Speakers
Neil Dutta
Neil Dutta is Head of Economics at Renaissance Macro Research. In this role, he analyzes global economic and cross-asset market themes, providing leading-edge forecasts for institutional clients. Before his current role, Neil was a Senior Economist at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch covering both the US and Canada.
Daniel P. Wiener
Dan is a former journalist (Fortune, U.S. News & World Report) who has launched two nationally-recognized financial publications and co-founded registered investment adviser, Adviser Investments, in 1994. Adviser Investments currently manages over $7 billion in assets for individual and corporate clients. As founding editor of the Independent Adviser for Vanguard Investors newsletter and co-founder of its successor online service, the Independent Vanguard Adviser, www.independentvanguardadviser.com he is considered one of the foremost authorities on the Vanguard Group and its funds and ETFs. He was also the author, then co-author of the definitive text on investing with Vanguard, the annual Independent Guide to the Vanguard Funds which was published annually from 1991 to 2022.
Dan also sits on the board of a short-line railroad in Texas, serves on the finance committee for a Brooklyn arts and education organization and voluntarily manages the pension for a Brooklyn food cooperative.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Tufts University. An avid cyclist, skier and grandfather, he and his wife split their time between Brooklyn, NY and Redwood City, CA.
Workshops
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CEO, Barclays
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