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Alternatives/Absolute Return Masterclass Lunch
Geneva | 18th June 2025

We are pleased to share details of our upcoming Alternatives & Absolute Return Lunch at the Mandarin Oriental in Geneva on Wednesday, 18th June 2025.

With market volatility and macroeconomic uncertainty continuing to shape the investment landscape, alternative and absolute return strategies have taken center stage for allocators seeking diversification and downside protection.

This event is designed specifically for professionals involved in fund selection, manager research, due diligence, portfolio construction, and investment advisory roles. It offers a unique opportunity to engage with leading fund managers and strategists as they share their insights into navigating today’s complex environment through innovative, risk-adjusted approaches.

Gain firsthand access to the people behind some of the most compelling strategies in alternatives—from liquid absolute return funds to niche diversifiers—and explore how they are positioning portfolios for the second half of the year.

Alternatives/Absolute Return Masterclass Lunch 2025

 

We are pleased to share details of our upcoming Alternatives & Absolute Return Lunch at the Mandarin Oriental in Geneva on Wednesday, 18th June 2025.

 

With market volatility and macroeconomic uncertainty continuing to shape the investment landscape, alternative and absolute return strategies have taken center stage for allocators seeking diversification and downside protection.

 

This event is designed specifically for professionals involved in fund selection, manager research, due diligence, portfolio construction, and investment advisory roles. It offers a unique opportunity to engage with leading fund managers and strategists as they share their insights into navigating today’s complex environment through innovative, risk-adjusted approaches.

 

Gain firsthand access to the people behind some of the most compelling strategies in alternatives—from liquid absolute return funds to niche diversifiers—and explore how they are positioning portfolios for the second half of the year.

Alternatives/Absolute Return Outlook

Frederic Sonney

FREDERIC SONNEY
Senior Investment Manager, BCV & Professor of Finance, University of Neuchâtel


Alternatives/Absolute Return Investment Strategies

Meaghan Mahoney

MEAGHAN MAHONEY
Managing Director & Business Leader
Artisan Credit Team


Theme:
 Hidden Gems: Seeking Value in Today’s Credit Markets

Meaghan K. Mahoney is a managing director of Artisan Partners and a business leader for the firm’s Credit team. Prior to joining Artisan Partners, Ms. Mahoney was a senior relationship manager with Polen Capital Credit (formerly known as DDJ Capital Management), a leveraged corporate credit manager. Before that, she was a senior vice president with Great Elm Capital Management, Inc. where she was responsible for investor relations for two publicly traded micro-cap companies. Earlier in her career, she worked in various roles in marketing, investor relations and business development with investment management firms on the East Coast. Ms. Mahoney holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University.
 
The Artisan Credit Opportunities Fund is an opportunistic strategy that seeks to generate equity-like returns with a lower level of volatility over a full market cycle, through long and short investments across all points in the capital structure. The team manages a differentiated, high-conviction portfolio built upon bottom-up, fundamental credit analysis. As active managers with high degrees of freedom, we believe the disciplined execution of our process leads to a portfolio of idiosyncratic investment ideas that can deliver alpha regardless of the market environment.
GREG ADAMS

GREG ADAMS
Director of Quantitative & Risk Management and Portfolio Manager
Alger


Theme:
 Alger's Equity Long/Short Strategy, Dynamic Opportunities.

Gregory Adams is Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager of the Alger Dynamic Opportunities, Alger Responsible Investing and Alger Growth & Income Strategies, and is Director of Quantitative & Risk Management. Greg joined Alger in 2006 and has 38 years of investment experience. Previously, he was Director of Quantitative Research at Lord Abbett & Co., and was responsible for portfolio construction simulation and quantitative stock selection. Over the course of his career, Greg was Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Deutsche Asset Management and The Chase Manhattan Bank. At Deutsche, where he managed over $10 billion in assets, he was the lead Portfolio Manager for the U.S. Large Cap Core Funds, including Scudder’s flagship Growth & Income Fund. Greg began his tenure at Chase in 1987 as an equity analyst and was promoted to Co-Manager of the Chase Vista Balanced Fund and the Chase Vista Growth & Income Fund, managing over $2 billion during his tenure. In 1994, Greg was named Manager of the Chase Vista Large Cap Equity Fund. Greg earned a B.A. in American History from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts & Sciences and a B.S. in Economics and Finance from The Wharton School. Greg is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute.

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