Aberdeen Standard Investments Diversified Growth & Diversified Income Strategies

Update and outlook

Listen to an update from Gerry Fowler, Investment Director of Global Multi-Asset Strategies, discuss the key themes within the Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) portfolio, how the fund has performed during the quarter and provides a summary of the current positions and outlook for the remainder of Q1 2021.

Market update and outlook

Global Corporate Bond Fund Q4 Update with Craig MacDonald

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.

Please join us to hear an update from Emma Scott, Investment Manager, and Scott Kay, Senior Investment Specialist, covering key themes within the strategies and a summary of current positions and outlook.

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

0800 368 0707 - UK Toll Free
PIN: 9975 890#

For international dial in details please look in attachments.

Market update and outlook

Listen to an update from Gerry Fowler, Investment Director of Global Multi-Asset Strategies, discuss the key themes within the Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) portfolio, how the fund has performed during the quarter and provide a summary of our current positions as we prepare for a cold and harsh winter.

Market update and outlook

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

As a result of the Covid crisis, levels of market volatility are expected to remain high for some time. How can pension schemes best manage liability hedges whilst still creating opportunities for growth to help improve funding levels?

The UK Bulk Purchase Annuity ('BPA') market hit record levels in excess of £40 billion in 2019*, and this trend is expected to continue.

As schemes approach full funding, pension scheme trustees and sponsors are increasingly choosing to pass their pension scheme risks to insurers specialising in pension scheme buy-ins and buy-outs. Indeed, some insurers are choosing to divest their capital-heavy annuity businesses by transferring them to these specialist BPA providers.

At this roundtable event on 24th September at 10am, hosted by Bruce Porteous, Global Insurance Investment Director at Aberdeen Standard Investments, you will hear from Justin Grainger, Head of Bulk Purchase Annuities at Phoenix Group, an established player in the UK BPA Market, Neo Mooki and Daniel McKernan, Client Director and Fixed Income Director respectively at Aberdeen Standard Investments, a leading manager of BPA assets.

Justin will discuss the practical aspects of how Phoenix approaches BPA business, Neo the client management aspects of BPA business, whilst Daniel will cover issues involved in constructing efficient insurance asset portfolios to back BPA liabilities.

*Source: Reuters

Eva Cairns and Jeremy Lawson discuss how climate change is changing in investing. Climate change still remains a top priority, so how can investments affect this?

What is the current outlook for the global credit market? How can you generate a better return by matching your liability cashflows with credit? How can you effectively integrate ESG into credit investing?

Please join us for the third event in our Institutional Investor Forum series, where ASI's experts will address these questions and more.

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.

Market update and outlook

Please join us to hear an update from Kenneth McMillan, Investment Manager, 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.

0800 368 0707 - UK Toll Free
PIN: 9975 890#

For international dial in details please look in attachments.

Market review and outlook