Fund Finder Saudi Arabia
November 18th, Four Seasons Hotel, Riyadh
Global Asset Management Groups will present on a variety of educational topics covering Equities and Fixed Income.
Fund Finder Saudi Arabia aims to help you efficiently select your Investment Strategies.
in partnership with
What can you expect from this event?
Format
A concise and targeted half day event in a pressure free, relaxed, and educational environment.
Speakers & Topics
A maximum of 5 selected sponsors present their strategies & products to fund selectors from across Saudi Arabia.
Audience
A specialized event designed to expose fund selectors to new Global Investment strategies whilst enabling them to exchange ideas and network with their peers from across the country.
Fast, efficient workshop format
To be confirmed
Neutral market experts moderate the workshops
2 rooms
5 sponsors
10-12 fund selectors per room
RICHARD SIMPSON
Speakers & Topics
Aaron Maskrey
Capital Director
Student Housing: A Resilient Asset Class Poised to Boom
GSA Group is the leader in global student housing, Aaron Maskrey, Capital Director
at GSA will explore the underlying strength of the sector’s fundamentals that will
continue to underpin resilient investor returns and how upcoming macro-economic
volatility will see a surge of growth within this asset class.
Presenter's profile
Aaron Maskrey is responsible for GSA Group capital raising across the EMEA and
Americas’ regions. With a comprehensive background within the student housing
sector, Aaron brings a holistic approach to capital raising and investment strategy,
leveraging his expertise in market research, business intelligence, new market entry,
sustainability, and investor relations. Previously, Aaron served as the Global Head of
Research at GSA Group for five years and has almost 20 years of experience in real
estate analysis.
Bregje Roosenboom
Global Head of EMD CPM
Emerging Market Debt: A Deep Dive into resilience and turbulence
Overview of how DM and EM compare, how both of them show both
resilience and turbulence, the benefit and opportunities of investing in EMD
and the different flavours it offers, and why the current macro environment is
conducive for an allocation.
Overview of GSAM’s Fixed Income/EMD platform and our offerings
(snapshot of the team, philosophy, investment opportunity, investment
strategy, key characteristics and differentiators, investments to date).
Presenter's profile
Bregje is Global Head of Client Portfolio Management on the Emerging Market Debt (EMD) team within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) and is based in The Hague. She joined Goldman Sachs as part of the firm's acquisition of NN Investment Partners in 2022. Bregje originally joined NN Investment Partners in 2005 and has held various roles at the firm, most recently as Client Portfolio Manager of the EMD franchise. In this position, which she held since 2018, she was responsible for the commercial strategy of the EMD franchise, new products and customized solutions and representing the franchise during client meetings and industry conferences.
Prior to that, she was Client Portfolio Manager for multi sector fixed income. She began her career in 2005 in the institutional clients department at ING IM. Bregje earned a Master of Science in International Economics and Finance from Tilburg University in 2004.
Maahir Jakoet
Portfolio Manager
Global Shariah Investment Strategies: Unlocking Sustainable Long-Term Returns
Portfolio Manager Maahir Jakoet will showcase our award-winning Shari’ah
global equity capability, where he will unpack the importance of
diversification, our data-driven approach and how we view risk as an
additional source of value to ensure we deliver on client outcomes.
This session will also give you the opportunity to understand why Shari’ah
equity is an important component of your investment portfolio. We would like to invite you to engage us on why you should consider Old Mutual Investment Group as your investment partner.
Presenter's profile
Maahir is a Portfolio Manager, responsible for the full suite of Shari’ah and ESG actively managed portfolios. He leads the Shari’ah Investment strategy and research on the Shari’ah investment portfolios. On his watch he was awarded the CityWire award for Best Portfolio Manager in the Global Equity Category.
Maahir specialises in listed local and global equity, and Islamic fixed income. Prior to joining Old Mutual Investment Group, he worked at JP Morgan Chase Investment Bank and Riscura Consulting.
He holds a BCom Honours (Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management) and MBA degrees.
Taurus Yang
Portfolio manager, Director of Investment Operations
Leveraging Hong Kong High-Dividend Stocks in Your China Playbook
Hong Kong's high-dividend stocks offer compelling income with attractive yields that
reduce portfolio volatility. Since 2020, they've shown secular bull market
characteristics, blending mature cash-generators with China's growth ecosystem.
E Fund, the largest mutual fund company in China, would share its investment
philosophy and insights in investing the Hong Kong high-dividend market.
Presenter's profile
With over a decade in finance, Taurus is a Director of Investment Operations
and Portfolio Manager at E Fund HK, while concurrently working as a
Portfolio Manager at E Fund Management Co., Ltd.
He joined the E Fund group in 2015 as an analyst and advanced to his current portfolio
management roles.
Gavin Marriott
Senior Investment Director, Global Equities
The Edge of chaos - where next for Global Equities. Strategy and positioning for Global Shariah Equity
Global equity markets are fraught with risk, but potentially also outsized
returns. Risk and returns are potentially more exaggerated for strategies
following market-cap weighted Shariah indices due, to a large extent, to the
heavy weighting of these indices to Information Technology. Gavin shares his
views on the outlook for Shariah equity returns and the importance stock
selection and risk management at this point in the investment cycle.
Presenter's profile
Gavin is the Senior Investment Director for Global and International Equities
at Schroders with client portfolio responsibility for Global and US equity
strategies. He joined Schroders in 2007, working initially in the Japanese and
Pan Pacific equity teams and was previously a Director at Merrill Lynch
Investment Managers from 1998 to 2007, in its high alpha UK Equities teams
and prior to that, managing institutional multi asset client portfolios. Gavin is a
CFA Charterholder and member of the CFA Society of the UK (CFA UK).
A hand-picked group of fund selectors
The Audience
Fund selectors and influencers from the capital arms of local banks, as well as other individuals involved in third party fund selection - notably for family offices
Invited fund selectors
Delegate passes will be issued on a strict invitation-only basis, where only key decision makers are able to attend.
Free flights
All delegates from outside of Riyadh are entitled to free flights.