Diane Hsiung

Provides investment advice

Geode is a global systematic investment manager that uses a team-based approach across each of the firm’s investment disciplines, emphasizing a repeatable, risk-managed and collaborative investment process. Their systematic techniques draw from a wide variety of information sources, with a focus on liquidity and transparency.

MSIM’s investment strategies span the risk/return spectrum across geographies, investment styles and asset classes, including equity, fixed income, alternatives and private markets. When considering their clients’ unique investment profiles, the firm applies a holistic approach, with a goal of incorporating the different factors affecting investors’ investment decisions. The firm combines top-down country allocation with bottom-up stock selection and disciplined risk management.

Lombard UK's is an active, long-term manager that offers a broad range of high conviction and systematic investment strategies which aims to deliver risk-adjusted returns. The firm uses a top-down approach combined with quantitative analysis and technical skills to define the strategic focus which serves as a basis for the firm's asset management and is incorporated into investment decisions. Portfolio managers make asset allocation selections to suit each client's risk profile. Their investment process consists of multiple-factor analysis of bond markets and assessment of equilibrium yields, forecasting bond yield curves and calculating prospective returns over 12 months, determining optimal positioning on the yield curve, diversification in foreign markets and currency hedging strategies, selecting bond classes, sectors, and individual securities on a diversified basis and tactical management of durations and currencies.

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BFA uses various investment strategies and methods of analysis implemented by BlackRock’s Investment Group. The firm utilizes fixed-income strategies that are actively managed, model or index based. Their equity platform includes a broad range of products that vary according to investment style, market-cap, and geography. For cash management portfolios, the investment process emphasizes safety and liquidity over yield. Their alternative mandates focus on sourcing and managing high-alpha investments with lower correlation to public markets and developing a holistic approach to address client needs in alternatives investing. They also have Multi-Asset and Index mandates.

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