Latest Webinars
European Stress: Managing Currency Risk and Currency Investment Opportunities
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
The turmoil experienced in 2010 and 2011, triggered by non-core countries’ budget crises and since spilling over into a greater European stress environment, is threatening the fabric of the Maastricht Treaty and the future of the European common currency as we know it today. Under all possible scenarios, volatility will be persistent justifying currency hedging considerations and tactical opportunities to exploit currency hedges and direct currency investments. Record Currency Management would like to invite you to join a web seminar discussing these scenarios, their impacts on European foreign investments and potential profit opportunities.
The Risks and Rewards of Investing in the Senior Secured Loan Market
Originally Aired: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
For many investors, the senior secured loan market can help both meet their returns objectives and, importantly, help them avoid losses when rates go up. Register to hear an expert panel walk you through the risks and rewards of investing in the senior secured loan market.
2012 Russell Investments Market Outlook: In a low-return environment, every basis point counts
Originally Aired: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Join Russell Investments’ Chief Economist, Mike Dueker, Erik Ogard, Director, Multi-Strategy Solutions, and Mark Soupiset, Director, Communications, for a discussion about the current state of the economy and markets, our expectations for 2012 and the impact that politics as well as global volatility may have on your portfolio.
Global Fixed Income Review and Outlook
Originally Aired: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
The events unfolding in Europe have had tremendous implications on the assumption of risk across the fixed income markets. But in the wake of uncertain global growth and the sovereign debt crisis there are areas of opportunity.Join Jamie Stuttard, Global Bond Portfolio Manager and Chris Pariseault, Institutional Portfolio Manager as they discuss the issues impacting the fixed income market and how to navigate through the current investment landscape.
Risk
Originally Aired: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Prior to 2008, investors thought they understood risk – that they could manage risk simply by implementing a sound asset allocation strategy. Since 2008, however, investors have come to realize that risk management must be applied at the portfolio level and perhaps even more deliberately at the asset allocation level. Many traditional risk management techniques failed to fully protect investors in recent years. Facing heavy losses coupled with the global pension crisis, institutional investors are now dealing with an increasingly challenging investing environment. This webinar will address how risk has changed in the past decade, as well as key new and proven risk management methods for investors.
Through the Cycle: Senior Secured Loans Poised to Perform
Originally Aired: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
The past thirty years, with interest rates falling from double digits to near zero, have been very generous to bond investors. But now, with interest rates at all-time lows, institutional investors face a dilemma. How can they achieve the returns they will need going forward, with coupons so low and interest rates poised to rise, if not in the near term than most likely thereafter? One solution that institutional investors are looking at more closely than ever is corporate loans, an asset class that many strategists believe may possess the ideal attributes for the current investment climate. This web seminar will explore what’s been happening in the loan market recently, why loans are uniquely suited to today’s market conditions, and how to manage loans throughout the cycle.
The real cost and issues of moving pension risk
Originally Aired: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Significant financial market disruptions as well as regulatory, accounting, and funding reforms have increased pressure on defined benefit (DB) pension plan sponsors. The need for flexible de-risking solutions has become increasingly important. This informative web seminar will explore different strategies to manage and transfer risk including pension buy-out and pension buy-in, a new solution in the US market that is appropriate for plan sponsors who seek to reduce their risk, but not the size, of their plan.
Low Volatility Investing
Originally Aired: Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Returns have been up and down; markets remain volatile. Pension managers need the contribution that equity returns provide to their overall portfolio, but can't count on it. So where can they find consistent returns? Investment professionals suggest looking to low volatility investing strategies which seek to build resilient portfolios that deliver returns in a variety of market environments. Our panelists will discuss the advantages that low volatility investing offers over other solutions aimed at boosting returns. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to address your own questions regarding low volatility investing to our panel of experts.
Trends in DC
Originally Aired: Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Defined contribution plans continue to evolve, thanks to changing market conditions, and new regulatory initiatives and product offerings. Plan sponsors are always seeking better ways to meet their plan goals – helping their participants to secure a good retirement. Today, that means considering a number of new andold issues. This webinar will help plan sponsors to understand the current trends in DC plans and make the right choices for their plan and their participants.
Retirement Income Solutions
Originally Aired: Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
In recent years the focus of DC plan sponsors has been on improving participation rates and creating attractive default alternatives. Helped by a creative investment industry and new government regulations, DC plan sponsors are largely succeeding in solving the problems of the accumulation phase of the retirement equation. But what happens when DC plan participants retire and how do plan sponsors ensure that their participants live well in retirement? This web seminar, a continuation of P&I's Retirement Income Solutions Summit, will provide plan sponsors with the information needed to arm their participants with lifetime income.
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