 Mr Peter Ryan-Kane,
Head of Portfolio Advisory, Asia Pacific Watson Wyatt Worldwide Peter Ryan-Kane is Watson Wyatt's Head of Portfolio Advisory for the Asia-Pacific region, based in Hong Kong. He is responsible for driving investment solutions for clients in Asia. He sits on the firms Global Investment Committee and chairs the regional Portfolio Construction Group. Peter has more than 20 years of experience in financial markets as an advisor, investor, borrower and risk manager. He rejoined Watson Wyatt in 2009 after two and half years at Credit Suisse, where he was responsible for Product Development, Investment Solutions and Institutional Coverage for Asia Pacific. Prior to that, Peter was a Principal Investment Consultant at Watson Wyatt where he worked with Watson Wyatt clients on a broad range of investment issues and contributed to strategic thinking and sector research. Prior to joining Watson Wyatt in late 2004, Peter was an Investment Consultant with Towers Perrins asset consulting business in Australia. Peter was responsible for research into Fixed Income, Commodities, Global Property and Capital Markets, together with general consulting work with clients. Before joining Towers Perrin, Peter was Head of Interest Rate Risk Management at National Australia Bank, with responsibility for all non-traded interest rate risk, management of the Asset and Liability Management (ALCO) process and global best practice. Prior to this, Peter spent nine years with INVESCO Asset Management, initially as Head of Australian Fixed Income and finally as Global Chief Investment Officer, Worldwide Fixed Income. Peter developed the fixed income investment process at INVESCO in Australia, a team of investment professionals, and a dynamic risk management system for client portfolios. As Global CIO, Peter worked in Louisville, Kentucky and London with global responsibility for process improvement, product quality, process engineering and risk. From 1986 to 1994, Peter worked for the South Australian Government, initially as a Financial Analyst and finally as Manager, Financial Markets at the South Australian Financing Authority. Peter received a Bachelor of Economics Degree from the University of Adelaide (1986), qualified for the Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia (1992), and received his CFA Charter in 2001.Appearing: Pre-Conference Masterclasses: Monday, 15 March 2010 10am Registration begins at 9.00am with the masterclasses commencing at 10.00am and ending at 3.00pm.
Networking luncheon is at 12.00pm with the session resuming at 1.00pm.
Running in parallel, both masterclasses are intended for greater delegate participation and a more interactive discussion. Led by ground experts chosen for their specialised expertise and experience, both sessions offer a premier learning platform for getting to grips with a particular aspect of your industry or responsibility.
Masterclass A
Translating portfolio construction techniques from theory to the real world
Portfolio construction is a core competency for any financial planner, investment advisor or asset manager and asset allocation is undoubtedly a key driver of quality portfolio construction and achieving superior results.
This Masterclass will address both the theoretical and practical aspects of the biggest challenges facing today’s investors, such as building a portfolio that delivers substantial returns, coping with stakeholder scrutiny, operating within an acceptable risk budget and maximising the effectiveness of available resources.
· Asset allocation – Getting to the right place, balancing competing objectives, dealing with inadequate data and decision-making
· Investment beliefs – Developing and staying consistent to a set of agreed philosophies and practices
· The fiduciary perspective – Managing the different needs and expectations of competing stakeholders
· Sifting the investment world – With numerous approaches, products and ideas on the investment landscape, what is a cogent and consistent framework for sifting and implementing them?
· Optimising resources – Resolving resource constraints on the competition for attention and tools for achieving the right balance between in-sourcing and outsourcing
Mr Peter Ryan-Kane, Head of Portfolio Advisory, Asia Pacific,
Watson Wyatt Worldwide Conference Day Two: Wednesday, 17 March 2010 9.15am Institutional Investors Conclave
Confronting manager selection, corporate governance, shareholder activism
and asset-liability mismatches in crafting scalable risk-return models for the
global flow of institutional money and asset allocation splits
Managing Director,
PCG International LLC Head of Investment,
Hermes Pensions Management Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Investments,
Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company Chief Global Strategist,
Ping An of China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Company Limited Mr Peter Ryan-Kane,
(Moderator) Head of Portfolio Advisory, Asia Pacific,
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Our speakers are offered an unrivalled opportunity to:
- Be seen as industry leaders at the most prestigious meeting place of the year
- Have exclusive access to the most senior decision-makers in the industry
- Meet the industry leaders, understand their needs better, and develop business relationships with them
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