Aberdeen Standard Investments is a leading global asset manager dedicated to creating long-term value for our clients. We offer a comprehensive range of investment capabilities, as well as the highest levels of service.
Overall, we manage worldwide assets worth $971 billion* on behalf of clients in 80 countries. We employ over 1000 investment professionals and provide client support from 50 client relationship offices globally. This ensures we are close to our clients and the markets in which they invest. The Aberdeen Standard Investments brand was created as a result of the merger of Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life on August 14, 2017, to form Standard Life Aberdeen. Standard Life Aberdeen’s headquarters are in Scotland. It has about 1.2 million shareholders and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Website | www.aberdeenstandard.com
CFM is a global investment manager whose strategy is based on a quantitative and scientific approach to financial markets, supported by state-of-the-art IT infrastructure and experienced risk management. Our research team develops strategies that rely on fundamental and in-depth statistical analysis of data. These signals are systematically integrated and deployed through a global implementation infrastructure, taking into account risk, capacity, correlation and execution costs. CFM, founded in 1991, is based in Paris, with offices in London, New York and Tokyo, and manages US$8.5 billion ($11.1 billion) in assets for institutional investors.
Website | www.cfm.fr
Twitter | @CFM_AM
LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/company/capital-fund-management
Legg Mason is one of the world’s largest funds management groups, with a history that dates to 1899. Global funds under management are $975 billion. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, in the US, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. It employs about 3400 in 40 offices worldwide. Legg Mason provides a global platform and centralised business and distribution support for its nine affiliated fund managers: Brandywine Global, Clarion Partners, ClearBridge Investments, EnTrustPermal, Martin Currie, RARE Infrastructure, Royce & Associates, QS Investors and Western Asset. Each affiliate operates independently under its own brand and investment process. Legg Mason offers a diverse set of investment solutions across institutional, wealth-management and direct-investor channels, covering a range of asset classes, including Australian equities, global equities, fixed income, real assets, income, alternatives, emerging markets, direct lending and multi-asset products. Legg Mason Australia was established in 1954 and has offices in Melbourne and Sydney.
Website | www.leggmason.com.au
Macquarie Investment Management is part of Macquarie Group. It is a conviction-based, long-term global asset manager with offices throughout Australia, Asia, Europe and the US. It offers strategies across a range of asset classes, including listed equities, fixed interest and liquid alternatives, which are managed both by specialist in-house Macquarie investment teams and Macquarie Professional Series managers. The firm manages more than $300 billion on behalf of clients.
Website | www.macquarie.com.au
Chair, Macquarie Group and Macquarie Bank
Warne has more than 30 years of experience in financial services and investment banking, including serving in a number of roles at Bankers Trust Australia over 18 years, such as head of its financial markets group from 1988 to 1999. Warne has been a director of ASX Limited since 2006 and a director of New South Wales Treasury Corporation (TCorp) since 2012. Warne previously served as chairman of ALE Property Group from 2003-17 and OFX Group (formerly OzForex) from 2013 to 2016.
Tuesday 1:10pm Learning from ASX-listed chairs
Wednesday 9:30am Leadership in a time of uncertainty
Milestone Group is a leading technology solutions partner to the global investments industry, operating across five continents. Our aspiration is to use technology-enabled innovation to help a broader demographic access lower investment and administration fees and benefit from more aligned products in terms of risk and return, by taking a more institutional approach to retirement funds. Milestone is committed to creating innovative solutions supporting evolving investment products that create, unlock and deliver better retirement outcomes.
Website | www.milestonegroup.com.au
LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/company-beta/19829/
Through our wealth business, NAB Wealth, we seek to provide superannuation, advice, investment and insurance solutions to retail, corporate and institutional clients, supported by a number of brands, including MLC, JBWere, JANA, Plum and investment brands under NAB Asset Management.
PIMCO is one of the world’s premier fixed income investment managers. Launched in 1971 in Newport Beach, California, PIMCO has offices across the globe and 2200 professionals. PIMCO believes performance starts with preparation. We conduct exhaustive research and analysis to continuously evaluate the world’s changing risks and opportunities, from broad economic trends to individual securities. Our distinctive top-down, bottom-up investment process has been tested in every market environment. PIMCO believes there is nothing more important than the partnership with our clients. Markets don’t stand still and neither do we, innovating to build solutions to meet investors’ evolving needs.
Website | www.pimco.com.au
Siguler Guff & Company is a multi-strategy private equity investment firm that, together with its affiliates, has more than $12 billion of assets under management. With more than 20 years of experience investing in the private markets, Siguler Guff seeks to generate strong, risk-adjusted returns by focusing opportunistically on market niches. Investment products include multi-manager funds, direct investment funds and customised separate accounts targeting specific areas of compelling opportunity. Core investment strategies include distressed and special situations, distressed real estate, small business and emerging markets. Siguler Guff is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in Boston, London, Moscow, Mumbai, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Sugar Land, TX.
Website | www.sigulerguff.com
For nearly four decades, State Street Global Advisors has been committed to helping financial professionals and those who rely on them achieve their investment objectives. We partner with institutions and financial professionals to help them reach their goals through a rigorous, research-driven process spanning both active and index disciplines. We work closely with our clients to develop precise investment strategies, including our family of SPDR ETFs. With trillions* in assets under management, our scale and global footprint provide unrivalled access to markets and asset classes, and allow us to deliver expert insights and investment solutions. State Street Global Advisors is the investment management arm of State Street Corporation.
Website | www.ssga.com
Senior managing director and global head of DC proposition and strategy, State Street Global Advisors
Aston is the global head of defined contribution proposition and strategy. He helps define the strategic direction of the global defined contribution franchise and leads a team focusing on research, product, public policy, marketing and client engagement. He is a frequent commentator on long-term saving and investment issues, and a regular speaker at conferences and in the media. He is also a key company liaison with industry, government and regulatory bodies. Aston has extensive experience in leading distribution and marketing teams and driving proposition design. He has been involved with workplace investment products his whole career and is passionate about helping savers have a more confident retirement. Prior to joining SSGA, Aston worked at large enterprises such as Standard Life, where he was head of defined contribution proposition, and AXA, where he was investment strategy director. He was also a director at a start-up robo-adviser focused on understanding investor behaviour and outcomes through data analytics.
Wednesday 11:15am What retirement? What a 100-year life expectancy means for retirement plans
TAL is Australia’s life insurance specialist, and for more than 140 years, we’ve been protecting people, not things. Today, we insure more than 3.7 million Australians. In 2015, we reached a milestone – paying more than $1 billion in claims. We have 1600 team members across six offices around Australia and we partner with financial advisers and super funds with one shared goal: to protect the lives of Australians and give them choices when they need them most.
Website | www.tal.com.au
LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/company-beta/2352935/
Twitter | www.twitter.com/TALaustralia @TALAustralia
With more than $5.9 trillion in assets under management, including more than $1 trillion in ETFs, Vanguard is one of the world’s largest global investment management companies. In Australia, Vanguard has been serving financial advisers, retail clients and institutional investors for more than 20 years.
Website | www.vanguardinvestments.com.au
LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/company/vanguard-australia/
Twitter | www.twitter.com/vanguard_au @vanguard_au
Head of investments, Vanguard Asia-Pacific, Vanguard Investments
Reyes has been in his current role since October 2017. He is a principal, based in Melbourne. In this role, he leads Vanguard’s experienced team of investment management and strategy professionals in Australia and Asia. Prior to this, he was based in the Malvern, Pennsylvania, office in the investment strategy group, with responsibility for the team’s support of Vanguard’s advised solutions. Reyes joined Vanguard in 2004 and has held several roles, spanning Vanguard Institutional Advisory Services, the fixed income portfolio management group, human resources, the retail division and the education savings business. Before joining Vanguard, he worked for Towers Perrin in its executive compensation consulting practice. Reyes has earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in economics with concentrations in finance and management from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He is a CFA charterholder.
Tuesday 11:10am The implications of the weight of passive