Mr Peter Ryan-Kane,

Head of Portfolio Advisory, Asia Pacific

Towers Watson, Hong Kong

With increasing difficulties and challenges to risk mitigation and portfolio construction, an alternative approach is imperative in addressing global economic influences and recent fundamental changes to capital market dynamics.

This session will equip institutional investors and asset managers with the theoretical and practical aspects of:

• Translating good strategy decisions into top class portfolio construction
• Revisiting asset allocation, risk budgets and the investment universe in building a lucid and compelling portfolio
• Evaluating portfolio construction methodologies in both traditional and alternative asset classes
• Institutional portfolio positions, biases and strategies – Active versus passive management and the degree of reliance on alpha in contrast to beta structures

Country versus sector allocation - Which way now given the implications of market risks and yield spreads?

Disclaimer: Arguments and opinions delivered by the speakers will solely support their assigned side and therefore do not necessarily represent the views of their organisations. Debate proceedings are entirely off the record.