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CloseMichael Yeung, CAIA, is a senior credit analyst for Russell Investments in Seattle, WA where he supports the short-term investments and derivatives trading teams. In this capacity, Michael is responsible for the credit selection, analysis and monitoring components of the investment process as well as overseeing Russell’s counterparty exposures.
Coming through the industry in the late 90s and early 2000s, I'm of a vintage of professionals who has seen the growth of alternative investments at close hand and was privileged to have some early first-hand experience. For instance, as a multi-asset strategist at BlackRock, I examined the impact of hedge funds on broader multi-asset portfolio construction. However, these initial exposures were from a whole portfolio perspective - I would not have considered myself an alternatives “expert”.
I first got to know CAIA when I led an HR consulting project to map the future skills needed for the fund management industry in Singapore. It became apparent to me that search for better returns was moving from public to private markets and that CAIA provided the knowledge necessary to address these challenges.
During this webcast we address the story beyond the numbers of the manager selection process both globally and within the African continent. The Africa Rising narrative has been phenomenal for Africa and has led to several transformational developments. Africa continues to attract foreign institutional investors as well as a burgeoning set of local asset owners to the continent. These institutional investors utilize a broad array of alternative investment strategies in order to meet their investment and developmental objectives.
I started in the financial industry on the defined contribution plan side and learned a great deal around marketable securities and how the operate in the USA. After leaving the industry for a brief period of time to obtain my MBA, I worked in the banking channel in Honolulu, HI for the investments division. This was a client-facing role providing financial and insurance planning services to our end clients.
Description: This session on analyzing cryptocurrency fund performance opens with a keynote presentation by Dr. Daniele Bianchi, during which he shares his findings from his latest paper. His presentation is followed by a panel discussion with Sui Chung, CEO of CF Benchmarks, Bastien Buchwalter, Associate Professor of Finance at SKEMA Business School, and Ken Odeluga, Head of Research and Content at CF Benchmarks. The panel shares insights on performance measurement, benchmarking, and portfolio considerations within the crypto asset space.
In 2013 Harvard Law School surveyed 124 lawyers at major law firms that indicated a knowledge base in finance and accounting is extremely important. The results indicated that the most important skill is the ability to analyze financial statements. Other skills that ranked near the top were understanding financial markets, business strategy, and industry analysis. Many law firms work intimately with large corporations and a strong business acumen allows a lawyer to effectively assist corporate clients with complex financial transactions.
Having now over 15 years experience, I began my career in the alternatives sector calculating net asset values for hedge funds in Dublin straight out of university. Since then, I’ve been fortunate enough to gain experience in defining facets of the financial industry such as a financial services vendor, in the buy-side and most recently sell-side firms. My career has taken me around the world to global conferences, speaking engagements, and both learning and teaching opportunities while being based out of Ireland, the UK and then South Africa.
Commodities may serve as an important element of an investment portfolio. In this presentation, Dr. Keith Black provides an overview of commodities as an asset class, explore the historical performance of commodities, and comment on their role in asset allocation and inflation protection. We compare the differences between commodities and financial assets. Various methods of obtaining exposure to commodities are evaluated, and we conclude with a discussion of futures based commodities investments.
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