Complimentary risk mitigation seminar

AllenbridgeEpic Investment Advisers and Kames Capital are pleased to announce that registration for our Risk Mitigation Seminar on 27th September at the London Stock Exchange, 10 Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7LS is NOW OPEN.

Comprising industry presentations, Panel sessions and networking time, this practical seminar will provide pension fund representatives with a forum to share concerns about risk mitigation and to debate the best strategies for dealing with this pressing issue. To book your COMPLIMENTARY place today - please CLICK HERE

Early booking is recommended as capacity is strictly limited.

Anatole is best known as an economic commentator for The Times and, prior to that, on the Financial Times. In 1999, after twenty years as one of the world's leading economic journalists, Anatole joined Charles and Louis Gave to launch GaveKal.

Anatole has been an adviser to multinational companies and financial institutions in Europe, America and Asia, as well as a sought-after public speaker. His insights on macro-economic and financial trends, central bank dynamics and political developments are respected by investors worldwide. Anatole still writes a weekly column for The Times.

Anatole is married and has three children. He speaks French, English and Russian and lives in London.

Scott is Head of Multi-Asset Investing and is responsible for managing the multi-asset team and developing Kames Capital's range of structured product.

He joined Kames Capital in 2007 from Hymans Robertson where he was an investment consultant, and has 26 years’ industry experience.

Scott studied Mathematics at the University of Strathclyde, has a PhD in Numerical Analysis and is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

In his 20+ years in the public sector, Alan has worked for both large and small councils. Alan is currently the service director responsible for financial management at Islington Council. His responsibilities cover corporate accounting, financial strategy, financial systems, treasury management and the pension fund.

Martin is the Director of Pensions Finance and Risk for the GSK UK Pension Schemes and Secretary to the Trustee for the GSK Common Investment Fund. The UK pension schemes have combined assets of £7 billion and a total membership of 79,000.

Martin is a UK Chartered Accountant, a member of the NAPF Investment Council and will become the Chair of the Investment Council from 21 October. His role at GSK covers risk management, vendor management, trustee financial reporting, tax and regulatory compliance.

Martin is also Chair of the T-Charter. He is a regular speaker at industry events on topics such as defined contribution provision and custody.

Ian is a Director and Senior Adviser of AllenbridgeEpic Investment Advisers, Chairman of Allenbridge Hedgeinfo, the hedge fund rating and consultancy company, and director of Wentworth Hall, a consulting and Private Equity company, among many other non-exec positions held.

Ian was founding Chairman of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA). More recently he was CEO at DDO, a leading Fund of Funds, and Chairman of Corazon Capital.

An economics graduate of the LSE, Ian has published numerous articles, including comment pieces for the FT and Times, Morley’s Laws of Fund Management, and has lectured throughout the world on derivatives and alternative investments. He works closely with a number of trade and regulatory organisations and has advised the Bank of England, the Central Bank of Ireland, the OECD, the EU and other international institutions about the managed derivatives and Hedge Fund industry.

Peter is a Senior Adviser with AllenbridgeEpic Investment Advisers and for over 14 years held senior executive positions within the UK pensions industry. These included the position of Chief Executive of the Railways Pension Trustee Co Ltd and Executive Chairman of Railways Pensions Management and Railpen Investments Ltd. He also chaired the Investment Committee of the Trustee Board which had responsibility for the investment of total assets of £20 billion.

Prior to that Peter served on the Investment Committee of the Unilever Superannuation Fund (assets circa £4 billion). He is a past Chairman and former member of the Council of the NAPF and currently serves on the Investment Committees of three UK pension funds.

Alan is currently an investment consultant, advising pension funds on behalf of AllenbridgeEpic while also advising private clients and charities at Allenbridge Ltd, where he Chairs the Investment Committee.

Alan is currently the independent adviser to Dorset County Council pension fund and chairs the Investment Committee of Hays Group plc pension fund where he is a trustee. He is also an independent trustee of the ICL Fujitsu pension fund. Outside the world of pension funds, he is Chairman of the JP Morgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust and sits on the Client Board of ING Real Estate Asset Management.

In a varied career in the financial markets and international industry, Alan has been a stockbroker and partner in Simon & Coates, Chief Economist of Royal Dutch Shell, Investment Director at Lazards and a Managing Director at UBS, responsible for international private clients.

Peter is a chartered public accountant with over 40 years’ experience in local government finance, 20 of these within pensions. He has built a governance advisory capability with AllenbridgeEpic and currently works with three pension funds, two in local government and one in the private sector.

Within the wider pensions industry, Peter maintains a role in seeking to develop good practice on investment governance through association with Communities and Local Government and the CIPFA Pensions Panel. He was a member of the Investment Governance Group – LGPS Sub Group until it was disbanded and was, until recently, pensions policy adviser to the Local Government Association. Peter advises on conference programmes and chairs events. He also chairs the Pension Fund Service and the Marathon Club, is chairman of trustees of the Scout Association Pension Fund, and a trustee of the Life Academy and the Occupational Pensions Trust.

Until December 2006, Peter was Chief Executive of the London Pensions Fund Authority, administering a scheme valued at £3.5 billion and with over 73,000 members. This included leading the restructuring of investment strategy, the introduction of SIPS, funding strategy statements and the practical application of the Myners principles for local government pension schemes.

Karen has over 25 years’ professional investment experience. She started her career at County Natwest Investment Management, specialising in quantitative fixed income and derivatives fund management for pension funds. She later introduced currency dynamic hedging, tactical asset allocation, quantitative added value products and option writing strategies. She was also responsible for client servicing, marketing and business strategy in the UK, USA and Japan. In 1991 Karen joined BZW Investment Management, heading up the Client Service Team within the Quantitative Investment Group. Her responsibilities included client relationships, marketing and trustee training.

Karen became an Independent Consultant in 1995 providing a range of services including trustee training with a particular focus on hedge funds and quantitative strategies. She carries out market intelligence research for pensions’ providers and, over the years, has discussed a range of topics with more than 650 institutional and high net worth investors. She is the independent investment adviser for the London Borough of Islington and London Borough of Hounslow pension schemes and in 2010 became AllenbridgeEpic’s Chief Executive.

Alick is a Senior Adviser with AllenbridgeEpic and has worked with a variety of public and private sector pension funds over the last few years, including the Imerys Pension Fund, the London Borough of Newham where he was the Independent Investment Adviser and the Hypovereinsbank (UK) Retirement Scheme.

Prior to joining AllenbridgeEpic, he was Director of Investments at the Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund from which he retired in September 2008. Previous to MNOPF, Alick ran his consulting business between 1998 and 2002, specialising in interim treasury management services and, before that, was Treasurer (EMEA) with Nortel Networks (UK) Limited for nearly fifteen years. He was appointed a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers in 1991. Between 1985 and 1998 Alick was a Trustee of several Nortel Pension Schemes and a Trustee Director of ICAN, the national charity for young people with speech and language handicaps between 1996 and 2001.

Alick is a member of the NAPF Investment Council, sits on the T-Charter Steering Group and is a regular speaker on the pension fund circuit.

Simon is currently a trustee of two pension schemes and, as well as over 20 years in manufacturing and marketing businesses, has experience in the aerospace and defence sector, and the public sector with the NHS.

Prior to becoming Vice President of International HR at ACCO Brands, a role he has held since 1997, Simon was HR Manager at the Womens and Childrens Service of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. he was previously HR Manager at Lucas Aerospace.

Simon is a graduate of Dundee University with an MA Hons in Political Science.

Philip currently acts as an independent investment adviser to pension schemes and charitable and endowment funds in both the public and private sectors. Philip spent 25 years at Phillips & Drew/UBS, during which time he concentrated in particular on global bond markets and, latterly, was Head of Debt Derivative Products. In this regard, he formed a department drawing on wide resources within Phillips & Drew and UBS Securities to deliver interest rate and currency swaps, asset swaps, OTC options and exchange traded futures.

From 1993 to 1999, Philip was Deputy Managing Director at Cantrade Investment Management/ Chiswell Associates and was Chair of the Risk Committee in a non-executive capacity. Philip advises a wide range of clients on strategic asset allocation and investment manager selection and monitoring across all markets.