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Kerry McInerney (née Mackereth)
As a Research Fellow at the eminent Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge, Dr. Kerry McInerney (formerly Mackereth)
plays a pivotal role in a leading €1.9 million AI ethics initiative. Kerry takes the helm of the Global Politics of AI project, a pioneering endeavor that delves into the impact of AI on international relations, specifically analyzing the dynamics of a US-China AI arms race through a linguistic lens.
Her articulate discourse spans an array of subjects, encompassing feminism and technology, AI's intersection with anti-Asian racism, the intricacies of AI-driven hiring software, fostering diversity and inclusion in the tech sector, scrutinizing race and racism in higher education, and the significance of authentic portrayals of AI scientists in media.
A compelling co-host of The Good Robot podcast, Kerry, alongside Dr. Eleanor Drage, draws over 40,000 listeners into dialogues with prominent global voices exploring the convergence of feminism and technology. Her resonant insights have graced renowned platforms, including BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking, The Guilty Feminist, BBC Cambridgeshire, the Colin McEnroe show, and the Radical AI Podcast.
Her groundbreaking work on AI-powered recruitment tools has garnered international recognition, with extensive coverage by esteemed media outlets such as the BBC, Forbes, the Register, and the Daily Mail. In parallel, her investigations into the portrayal of AI scientists on screen have sparked discussions in esteemed publications like The Guardian, the Telegraph, BBC Tech Tent, and a host of international platforms.
Workshops
Workshops
Concrete and Cables: The Foundations of our Digital Future
The transition from analogue to digital has been underway for some time, with this only set to continue. Supporting this digital revolution is critical physical infrastructure, the concrete and cables enabling our digital interactions.
From data centres to telecom towers, logistics warehouses supporting e-commerce, to fibre optic networks, Gravis will explore the opportunities for predictable long-term income that can be found by investing in the companies which own these physical infrastructure assets, vital to the transition to a digital world.
Workshop Objective: Investigate potential long-term investment prospects in companies that own and manage essential physical infrastructure assets crucial for facilitating the digital transformation from analogue technologies.
Company Profile: The Gravis approach to fund management is perfectly depicted by the company’s tortoise logo: slow, steady, and consistent. We specialise in Funds that do something a little different, providing investors with exposure to the more stable and predictable side of many of today’s exciting themes, resulting in reliable, long-term income from alternative sectors.
Speakers
Matthew Norris
Fund Adviser & Director of Real Estate Securities
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Matthew is responsible for the oversight of the VT Gravis UK Listed Property (PAIF) Fund and the VT Gravis Digital Infrastructure Income Fund.
Matthew has more than two decades investment management experience and has a specialist focus on real estate securities and digital infrastructure investments. He served as an Executive Director of Grosvenor Europe where he was responsible for global real estate securities strategies. He joined Grosvenor following roles managing equity funds at Fulcrum Asset Management and Buttonwood Capital Partners.
Matthew graduated with a degree in Economics and Politics from the University of York. He is a CFA charterholder and holds the Investment Management Certificate.
Representatives
Cameron Gardner
Director, Head of Distribution
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Cameron is a Director at Gravis and is Head of Distribution. She is a member of the Responsible Investment Committee.She joined Gravis in April 2019 from Neptune Investment Management, where she was responsible for covering the Southwest, Midlands and Wales. Prior to that, Cameron worked at Ardevora Asset Management where she supported the Head of Institutional clients.
Cameron graduated with a degree in Geography from the University of Cambridge and holds the Investment Management Certificate.
Jason Anderson
Head of Sales, Gravis
Jason is the head of London sales at Gravis.
Jason has vast experience covering intermediaries and wealth managers across London and the South of England.
After starting his career at Fidelity, Jason moved to Threadneedle where he spent 7 years covering the intermediary market in London and the South East. Jason then returned to Fidelity before he moved to Thames River Capital to help launch the retail Multi-Asset business. Following the acquisition by F&C and then BMO, Jason headed up the Southern Sales Team.
Jason has a degree in Economics and Geography from the University of Portsmouth. He also holds the Investment Management Certificate.
Cutting through the noise – smoothing returns across the cycle
Investing in private markets requires a considered, long-term approach. HarbourVest Partners has a strong long term track record of managing private equity investments and has managed HVPE since 2007, when the fund launched.
HVPE provides a complete solution for investors by investing throughout market cycles. Our multi-layered investment approach creates diversification across vintage, stage, geography and strategy, helping to spread risk, and produces an attractive portfolio that no individual investor can replicate
Workshop Objective:
Understanding the benefits of investing in private markets through the market cycles
Company Profile:
HarbourVest Global Private Equity “HVPE” is a listed investment company that provides investors with access to private company investments. We invest exclusively in funds managed by HarbourVest Partners, an independent and global private markets asset manager with 40+ years of experience. Launched in December 2007 on the Euronext Amsterdam, today HVPE is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (tickers: £ HVPE | $ HVPD). It sits in the FTSE 250 and has net assets of $4 billion and a market capitalisation of approximately £1.8 billion as at 31 January 2024.
Speakers
Richard Hickman
Managing Director
Richard is responsible for the day-to-day management of HVPE. Richard works closely with HarbourVest’s investment team to manage HVPE’s asset allocation and exposures in line with the strategic direction set by the HVPE Board. Richard joined HarbourVest in 2014 after seven years with 3i plc. His experience also includes working as a manager in Deloitte’s finance and operations management team in London.
Representatives
Stephanie Hocking
Head of Investor Relations and Communications HVPE
Stephanie Hocking is the Head of Investor Relations and Communications at HVPE. Having joined in 2024, Stephanie is responsible for HVPE's investor relations function, and in addition oversees the wider marketing, public relations, and communications efforts for HVPE.Prior to joining HVPE, Stephanie was a Director, Investors Relations and Sales at abrdn, and a Vice President at Allianz Global Investors. Stephanie holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC).
Tom Perrins
Portfolio Associate
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What are Corporate Hybrid Bonds and how do they fit into a fixed income portfolio?
The size of the market for Corporate Hybrid Bonds has grown from close to zero in 2012 to over 200 billion dollars – equivalent - today. The issuers are mainly very high quality, ‘household name’ non-financial companies – such as SSE and National Grid – and the structure is relatively investor-friendly. Furthermore, Corporate Hybrid bonds are becoming an increasingly significant part of the major Investment Grade bond indices. Yet, many investors have little understanding of these bonds’ characteristics and often mistake them for ‘Coco’s’. This session will look to explain what corporate hybrid bonds are, why they are currently attractive and discuss how they can enhance the risk-adjusted returns of a fixed income portfolio.
Workshop Objectives:
Understand what Corporate Hybrid bonds are, why they are attractive and how they fit into a fixed income portfolio.
Company Profile:
The Nomura Asset Management Group is a leading global investment manager. Headquartered in Tokyo, Nomura has additional investment offices throughout the world including London, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei, Frankfurt and New York. With a global workforce of 1,365 employees, it has been operating in Europe for more than 30 years. Today Nomura Asset Management provides its clients with a wide range of innovative investment strategies including global, regional and single country equities, high yield bonds and global fixed income strategies.
Speakers
Julian Marks
Managing Director, Head of Corporate Hybrid Bonds
Joined NAM in January 2023 to launch the Corporate Hybrids Strategy. Previously, Julian was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Neuberger Berman for 15 years, where he initiated and led the corporate hybrid strategy from inception in 2015 until his departure, by which time dedicated assets were over $4bn. Julian joined the investment industry in 1999 and held a range of portfolio management and analyst roles at Commerzbank, Barclays Global Investors and Mercury Asset Management.
Representatives
Jon Nash
Head of UK and Ireland Wholesale Distribution
Jon joined Nomura Asset Management in March 2017 with over 28 years of experience in the asset management industry. Jon is the Head of UK Wholesale Distribution and focuses on developing the fund distribution strategy for the company’s product solutions to UK and Ireland wealth investors including discretionary fund managers, global private banks, advisors and family offices.
Ben Sackitey
Business Development Director
Ben joined Nomura Asset Management in June 2019 as Business Development Director, developing its market share, predominantly with wealth managers, fund-of-funds, family offices and other financial institutions. This also includes developing the market share of American Century Investments with UK investors. Prior to Nomura Asset Management, Ben spent 7 years at Jupiter Asset Management.
Small Cap Equity Index Strategies with ESG and Low Carbon
We will assess the benefit of a core small cap allocation in the current environment for UK wealth investors. An increasing climate change awareness amongst the younger generation requires solutions that integrate such objectives, furthermore, attention to costs following the persistent inflation experienced, requires cost-effective solutions. The current offering in small cap, we believe, is predominantly active, high conviction, and heavily thematic.
Hence, we propose to explore a solution that instead is based on an innovative bespoke index that, at index fund fees, takes exposure to a well-diversified portfolio of world small cap stocks, integrates ESG screens for an ethical universe, uses specific small cap governance screens as well as both negative and positive low carbon tilts.
Workshop Objective:
The workshop assesses the case for a core small cap allocation and explores a solution to access this in a cost-effective manner that also aligns with ethical and low-carbon goals.
Company Profile:
Northern Trust Asset Management is a global investment manager that helps investors navigate changing market environments in efforts to realize their long-term objectives. Entrusted with $1.2 trillion in assets under management as of June 30, 2024, we understand that investing ultimately serves a greater purpose and believe investors should be compensated for the risks they take — in all market environments and any investment strategy. That’s why we combine robust capital markets research, expert portfolio construction and comprehensive risk management in an effort to craft innovative and efficient solutions that seek to deliver targeted investment outcomes.
Website link: https://www.northerntrust.com/united-kingdom/what-we-do/investment-management
Linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/northern-trust-asset-management/
Speakers
Nick Dymond
Head of International Index Equity Portfolio Management, EMEA
Nick Dymond, Head of International Index Equity Portfolio Management for EMEA at Northern Trust Asset Management, is responsible for the management of a variety of index equity portfolios for large institutional clients, sub-advisory clients, and index funds, as well as joint responsibility for the management of several global enhanced equity mandates.
He is also part of the Executive Management Team and a voting member across a number of committees, including the EMEA Business Risk Committee and
Valeria Dinershteyn
Director of Sustainable Investing Client Engagement for EMEA
Valeria Dinershteyn, CFA, Director of Sustainable Investing Client Engagement for EMEA at Northern Trust Asset Management, is responsible for education and innovation in the firm’s sustainable investing capabilities. Within her role, she helps clients in developing new strategies incorporating ESG and climate considerations in their portfolios and investment philosophies.
Next to Valeria's passion for sustainability issues, she is interested in languages and speaks fluent English, Russian, and Dutch, and studied German, Hebrew and Korean. Valeria is a CFA charterholder.
Representatives
Alessia Borile
Sr. Sales Representative for UK & Ireland
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Alessia Borile, Sr Sales Executive, leads the business development for UK and Ireland at Northern Trust Asset Management. Her coverage spans across pension schemes, insurance companies, intermediaries, and wealth managers. Alessia is also a Director for the Northern Trust (UK) Pension Plan.
Alessia joined Northern Trust in 2019 from BlackRock, where she was covering large institutional investors across EMEA. Prior to BlackRock, Alessia was cross asset structured product sales for Italian financial institutions at Barclays Investment Bank. Alessia is fluent in English, Italian, and Spanish.
Bence Kardos
Sales Representative for UK & Ireland
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Bence is a Sales Representative at Northern Trust Asset Management, EMEA, focusing on developing business, growing market share, and building long-term relationships with clients based in the UK and Ireland.
Prior to joining Northern Trust in 2024, Bence used to work at BlackRock, managing relationships with European insurance companies and designing bespoke investment solutions. During this time, Bence also specialised in structuring Infrastructure Debt funds and undertook a secondment as a portfolio manager in BlackRock’s European Infrastructure Debt team.