Agenda

A Multi-Sector Perspective Brings Risk and Reward into Focus

Concerned that tight credit spreads limit upside potential and invite undue risk? Join PGIM Portfolio Specialist Gabriel Doz to learn how embracing the flexibility afforded by an active multi-sector approach can help fixed income investors maintain the right balance between risk and reward. Gabriel will draw on his experience to share insights on current conditions and related opportunities. Whether employed as an alpha generator or a diversified, all-in-one solution, find out how a multi-sector strategy positions investors to benefit from opportunistic credit selection and tactical risk management as conditions evolve.

Best Styles Man & Machine: What Does the Multi-Factor Equity Strategy Have in Common with Liverpool FC?

Liverpool FC’s return to the top of world football, ending a 30-year wait for the Premier League title in 2020, was driven by a disciplined, data-driven approach to building the right team. The Best Styles equity strategy applies the same philosophy to investing. Developed in 1999, it pioneered factor investing by translating academic research into a robust, real-world strategy.

Today, with around USD 90 billion in assets under management, Best Styles is trusted by investors for its consistent performance across market cycles. By combining systematic models and computing power (“machine”) with human judgment and oversight (“man”), Best Styles identifies and blends the most attractive equity factors for navigating changing market environments.

Fixed Income Opportunities, Risks and Hedging Techniques

Wherever you look, risk assets seem expensive, but small wonder, given the Fed seems determined to cut rates and the White House wants to see stock prices higher. Meanwhile, noise of rate hikes is growing in Europe at least, whilst the BoJ is actively hiking right now. Fraser Hedgley discusses the areas of fixed income markets that should deliver attractive returns in this environment, the risks of allocations to those areas, and details the hedges that Nomura’s Global Dynamic Bond Fund is employing to mitigate against potential volatility. 

Securitised Credit: The Asset Class for 2026 After a Robust 2025

Our global dynamic approach to Securitised Credit has resonated strongly with investors, helping our strategy AUM surpass USD10bn. Join Andrew Jackson, Head of Securitised Credit at HSBC Asset Management, to learn more about the opportunity set we select from.

Adding US and Australian exposure to a European portfolio brings diversification benefits and builds performance resilience, which could result in more stable and consistent returns over time. Andrew will cover the role Securitised Credit can play in client portfolios, explaining how the asset class offers a significant yield premium and low correlation when compared to traditional fixed income instruments.

Powering Tomorrow: The Future Minerals Fund

Discover the Future Minerals Fund, part of Aberdeen’s Future range targeting the megatrends reshaping global markets. Critical minerals have moved from the fringes to the frontline of geopolitics, technology and energy security. With demand accelerating and supply structurally constrained after years of underinvestment, a powerful longterm opportunity is emerging.   Our Future Minerals Fund is built to capture precisely this shift.

Our strategy invests in global stocks across the mineral value chain, providing access to an area of the market that remains significantly underrepresented in major global equity indices, offering investors valuable diversification in a world of heightened economic, geopolitical and supplychain risks.