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Description: Commodities may serve as an important element of an investment portfolio. In this presentation, Dr. Keith Black will provide 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.

Session 1: The State of Alternative Investments
Description: The world of alternative investments continues to grow and change. Nearly $10 trillion in assets have flowed into the alternative investment industry in the last fifteen years. Now alternative investments are starting to show up in mutual funds and ETFs. What might the future hold?
Panelists: Keith Black, PhD., CAIA, CFA, FDP, Managing Director of Content Strategy, CAIA Association, and moderated by Michelle Noyes, CAIA, Managing Director, AIMA

Description: The investment industry speaks about the “60/40” portfolio so much that it is largely assumed to be the “correct” portfolio for a large number of investors. However, it describes modern asset allocation about as well as Happy Days did the 1950s or Friends the 1990s. (Great shows both – but a bit detached from the real world.) To be fair, the 60/40 portfolio can be a useful starting point to illustrate the pros and cons of additional asset classes and/or alternate portfolio construction approaches.

Description: New research from CAIA Association suggests that investors place higher emphasis on qualitative factors when performing due diligence on private capital managers, a stark contrast to the quantitative factors typically emphasized with hedge funds and traditional investment managers. This panel answers the following questions: What are the most important questions to ask during the manager research process? What are the most important qualitative factors to consider?

Description: The future of sustainable investing is in the balance. It involves balancing financial and extra-financial considerations, balancing short-term and long-term goals, and balancing interests among stakeholders and over time, while seeking fair outcomes for all. How do investment professionals take the next step to apply these practices in their daily activities? How can investment organizations better align their culture and incentives around solving sustainability issues?

Description: Aaron Filbeck, Director, Global Content Development, CAIA Association will explore and review information about the CAIA Association and our flagship program, the CAIA Charter Designation program.

Panelists: Aaron Filbeck, CFA, CAIA, CIPM, FDP, Director, Global Content Development, CAIA Association

Description: What’s the best way to measure volatility of private equity? Perhaps simply assigning a leverage multiple isn’t enough. Moderated by Aaron Filbeck, CFA, CAIA, CIPM, FDP, Director, Global Content Development, CAIA Association, William Kinlaw, CFA, and Megan Czasonis of State Street Associates discuss some of the main takeaways of “Private Equity and the Leverage Myth.” This paper was published in the Winter 2021 edition of The Journal of Alternative Investments.

Description: Moderated by CAIA's CEO, Bill Kelly, this event features guest speaker Pulkit Sharma, Managing Director, Head of Alternatives Investment Strategy and Solutions at J.P. Morgan. Bill and Pulkit discuss the recent J.P. Morgan Long Term Capital Market Assumptions Report with a focus on the evolution and expansion of alternative investments over the next 10 – 15 years. Topics discussed include: the objectives that alternative investments meet, the framework in which to allocate, and the challenges that are intrinsic to alternative investments.

Description: Join Keith Black, Ph.D, CAIA, CFA, FDP, Managing Director, Content Strategy, CAIA Association as he explores CAIA Association and our flagship program, the CAIA Charter Designation program. Joining Dr.

Description: Private Equity is the largest alternative asset class with $4.42tn in AUM worldwide. The expectation is that Private Equity could more than double over the next five years. In this presentation, Aaron Filbeck, CAIA, CFA, CIPM, FDP, Director, Global Content Development, CAIA Association, covers a range of topics related to private equity investment, including the structure and life cycle of private equity funds and analyze the cash flows and fees that are characteristic of such funds.