Aberdeen Standard Investments Diversified Growth & Diversified Income Strategies

European Corporate Bond Fund Q4 Update with Felix Freund and Josef Helmes

Join ASI for a live hedge fund review and outlook. Duncan Moir will recap hedge fund and liquid alternative benchmark performance in the third quarter. Darren Wolf, ASI’s alternatives global head of investments will discuss the resurgence in stock picking and provide some insight into the team’s hedge fund outlook for 2021.

Join us live as we discuss the results of the US election. Our Chief Economist, Jeremy Lawson and our Senior Global Economist, James McCann will be joined by a panel of experts across Multi-Asset, US Equities and Emerging Markets to talk you through the impacts of the presidential election result. Our panel will share research and discuss their thoughts to help provide you with insight during these unprecedented times. Find out what the implications are for investors and ask your questions to our panel of experts.

Find out the latest political scenarios, polling developments, voter demographics, and the hopes and fears driving this election. Our panel of experts from the ASI Research Institute will give insight into:
-Why this election matters
-The most likely political scenarios
-Fiscal policy
-Live Q&A

With an unparalleled emphasis on sustainable investing these days, it appears that we, as an industry, are at a juncture where it is no longer a question of “why” or “when” to do it. The question is “how” to do it, measure it and report on it, in both liquid and illiquid asset classes.

During this seminar we looked to explore and debate the practicalities related to some of the major challenges the world is facing (climate change, the social inequality gap, unsustainable production and consumption to name a few) with attention centred on implementation. In order to shed light on and debate these topics, we invited a number of highly respected guest speakers to share their experiences and views.

The growth of e-commerce over recent years has weighed heavily on retail real estate. A pandemic and the unprecedented locking down of consumers have provided the strongest possible push factor towards even greater adoption of e-commerce. For many previously reticent consumers, a psychological barrier has been breached. And for many retail assets around the world, the process of price discovery to reflect the impact of this structural change is only just beginning.

Our panel of experts discuss this topic and address investors’ concerns:

Anne Breen, Global Head of Real Estate Investment Process & Strategy
Graham Porter, Head of UK Real Estate Investment Research
Kerri Hunter, Fund Manager

Join us for episode 14 of our live webinars series with:

Robert Gilhooly - Senior Emerging Markets Research Economist, Research Institute
Sree Kochugovindan - Senior Research Economist, Research Institute
Luke Bartholomew - Investment Strategist, Research Institute

The global economy has begun to bounce back from the coronavirus shock. But how much more recovery can we expect and what are the risks to the outlook? And how should investors incorporate long-term structural trends that have been amplified by the shock?

A review of hedge fund and liquid alternative performance over Q2 including AUM flow over the year. An overview of our hedge fund outlook and focus on the opportunity set for stock picking hedge funds.

We believe the COVID-19 crisis has mostly accelerated trends that were already underway prior to the pandemic, with flexibility being the key focus - 1) flexible work arrangements, and 2) flexible workspace solutions.

Listen to our panel of experts discuss the office market, what we expect over the long-term, competition for tenants and the why investor would benefit from value-add services to differentiate.

Speakers:
Anne Breen, Head of Investment Strategy (Real Estate)
Min-Chow Sai, Head of Asia & N.America Real Estate Investment Strategy
Jason Baggaley, Real Estate Fund Manager

As the world tentatively emerges from Covid-19 lockdown, we start to look to the future. There are many questions to answer: what will be the economic fallout from the crisis? What are the pandemic’s inflationary consequences? Will the crisis strengthen or weaken countries’ willingness to work together? Is this the final nail in the coffin for globalisation? And what does all this mean for investors?

Please join us for our mid-year events, where our panel experts will address these questions and more.

Agenda:
• Responsible Investment and Covid-19 - Amanda Young, Global Head of Responsible Investment
• ASI Research Institute: Inequality gone viral - Stephanie Kelly, Senior Political Economist
• Economic Infrastructure: Robust performance in challenging times - Roger Pim, Senior Investment Director, Infrastructure
• Having a real impact as a landlord - Anne Breen, Global Head of Investment Process & Strategy (Real Estate)

As the world tentatively emerges from Covid-19 lockdown, we start to look to the future. There are many questions to answer: what will be the economic fallout from the crisis? What are the pandemic’s inflationary consequences? Will the crisis strengthen or weaken countries’ willingness to work together? Is this the final nail in the coffin for globalisation? And what does all this mean for investors?

Please join us for our mid-year events, where our panel experts will address these questions and more.

Agenda:
• The long-term economic and political ramifications of the Coronavirus Crisis - Paul Diggle, Senior Economist
• European equities: A stock pickers market - Ben Ritchie, Head of European Equities
• EMD following the Covid-19 shock - Brett Diment, Head of Global Emerging Market Debt
• The rise of China: Part 2 - Donald Amstad, COO – APAC Distribution & Head of Investment Specialists – APAC

Join us live where our expert panel - ASI’s Duncan Moir and senior members of the alternatives strategies research team Joe Mizzoni and Jennifer Lau – will discuss how hedge funds and liquid alternatives coped during March. Also covered will be strategy performance, merger arb spreads and troubles in credit-land.

Please join us to hear an update from Mike Brooks, Head of Diversified Assets, and Scott Kay, Senior Investment Specialist, covering key themes within the portfolio and a summary of current positions and outlook.

There will be an opportunity to submit questions during the webcast.

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Please join us to hear an update from Katy Forbes, Head of Absolute Return, Multi-Asset Solutions, discussing the key themes within the GARS portfolio and providing a summary of our current positions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

European Corporate Bond Fund Q1 Update with Felix Freund and Josef Helmes

Global Corporate Bond Fund Q1 Update with Craig MacDonald

Markets around the world have experienced huge disruption as COVID-19 spreads. This heightened uncertainty makes the search for opportunities increasingly challenging. Listen in to Nicholas Chui, China A Fund Manager and Ben Sheehan, Senior Investment Specialist where they will share with you how the China market has responded to the COVID-19 impact and why they believe it presents great opportunities.

Please join us to hear an update from Investment Director, Katy Forbes and William Martinez discussing the key themes within the portfolio and providing a summary of our current positions and outlook for Q1 2020.

Global Corporate Bond Fund Q4 Update with Craig MacDonald