Start Date:10/5/2022
Start Time:1:00 PM EDT
Duration:60 minutes
SUMMARY:
Financial opportunities and challenges can change quickly depending on global events. In this webinar, Marc-Andre Lewis, EVP and Head of Investment Management will conduct an interview with Drummond Brodeur, SVP and Global Strategist, Geof Marshall, SVP and Senior Portfolio Manager and Matthew Strauss, SVP and Portfolio Manager, will discuss global inflation and monetary policy response, China and emerging markets, and the risks and opportunities presented in each asset class.
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Speakers
Marc-André Lewis Executive Vice-President, Co-Head and Chief Investment Officer CI Global Asset Management Mr. Lewis leads a team of more than 100 investment professionals at CI Global Asset Management and oversees the continued development of the firm’s integrated global investment platform.
Mr. Lewis has over 20 years of global investing experience and has held senior leadership positions at several organizations, including two of the world’s largest institutional investors. His diverse experience spans asset allocation, portfolio construction, risk management, public and private markets, and fundamental and quantitative strategies.
Prior to joining CI GAM in September 2021, Mr. Lewis was Head of Portfolio Construction at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. His responsibilities included strategic asset allocation, quantitative research and alternative indexing activities, as well as sitting on the executive and tactical asset allocation committees for its Strategy and Planning Department.
Prior to ADIA, Mr. Lewis was Senior Vice-President and Deputy Chief Risk Officer at Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), where he led a team that analyzed and monitored the risks of both public and private investments in the CDPQ portfolio. He was also a member of the CDPQ asset allocation committee.
Mr. Lewis’s previous positions also included Senior Vice-President, Risk Management – Fixed Income and Overlay Strategies at CDPQ and Senior Vice-President, Fixed Income at Natcan Investment Management, where he oversaw a team managing $16 billion in Canadian and global fixed-income assets.
He holds a PhD in theoretical physics from Pierre and Marie Curie University (now Sorbonne University), and an M.Sc. in theoretical physics and a B.Sc. in mathematics and physics from Université de Montréal.
Drummond Brodeur., MBA, CFA SVP, Co-Head of Macroeconomic & FX Strategy CI Global Asset Management Drummond Brodeur has been in the investment industry since 1989 and joined CI Global Asset Management in 2007. He has a strong background focused on China and the Pacific Basin. Prior to joining CI, Drummond's experience included overseeing international portfolios at KBSH Capital Management, being a senior analyst with Caisse de Depot, and being a Portfolio Manager at Bankers Trust Australia. Drummond holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Western Ontario and two Master's degrees from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Geof Marshall, CFA SVP, Head of Fixed Income & Lead - Private Markets CI Global Asset Management Geof Marshall, SVP, Head of Fixed Income & Lead – Private Markets, joined CI GAM in 2006 and leads the fixed income team and private markets group. Geof is also the lead manager on CI GAM’s income strategies and co-manages the private markets and income & growth funds as well as a number of multi-asset fixed income portfolios. He brings over 25 years of valued industry experience to his role at CI GAM, especially in asset allocation and analyzing, managing, and trading corporate bonds, leveraged loans, and private credit. Prior to CI GAM, Geof was a portfolio manager at Manulife Financial. Geof is a CFA charterholder with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario. He is also a member of the CFA Society Toronto and chairs the Investment Committee at the Royal Ontario Museum where he also serves on the Board of Governors.
Matthew Strauss CFA, Vice-President, Portfolio Management and Portfolio Manager Signature Global Asset Management Matthew Strauss, Vice-President, Portfolio Management and Portfolio Manager, has been in the investment industry since 1994. Mr. Strauss provides a macroeconomic strategy on the foreign exchange and emerging market components of the Signature mandates and is a member of the Signature asset allocation committee. He has extensive international experience in currency and fixed-income markets, having worked as chief strategist at the largest retail bank in Africa and as a senior fixed income and currency strategist at RBC Capital Markets. Mr. Strauss holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Arts in economics from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Jennifer Sinopoli, MBA CI Global Asset Management EVP, Head of Distribution Jennifer Sinopoli, has 16 years of investment industry experience and began her career in client service at CI Global Asset Management (CI GAM) in 2006. She transitioned to a sales role in 2007 and from 2008 to 2020, Jennifer was Vice President, Sales and Marketing, where her role included educating and supporting retail investment advisors about CI GAM's products such as mutual funds, ETFs, alternative strategies as well as portfolio positioning, market outlook and practice management. In 2020, she was promoted to her current role, in which she leads the largest sales team in the country both in personnel and AUM. Her role includes leading the ETF business and IIROC distribution strategy, while contributing to and executing on the overall sales strategy. She is also responsible for collaborating across the organization with key decision markers to execute on the firm's strategic priorities and help drive growth for CI. Jennifer's experience also includes a management position at RBC Dominion Securities and she holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) and also a Masters of Business Administration (MBA).
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