Fixed Income Masterclass Lunch
Geneva | 11 March 2025
We are delighted to provide you with a complimentary invitation to our Fixed Income lunch in Geneva at the Mandarin Oriental on Tuesday, 11th March 2025.
This event will bring together leading experts, portfolio managers, and investors to delve into the intricacies of fixed income investment strategies.
Attendees will have the opportunity to gain insights into the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities within the fixed income landscape. The event will feature in-depth discussions on topics such as interest rate risk management, credit analysis, yield curve dynamics and forecasts for the asset class which has made a recent resurgence.
Fixed Income Masterclass Lunch 2025
We are delighted to provide you with a complimentary invitation to our Fixed Income lunch in Geneva at the Mandarin Oriental on Tuesday, 11th March 2025.
This event will bring together leading experts, portfolio managers, and investors to delve into the intricacies of fixed income investment strategies.
Attendees will have the opportunity to gain insights into the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities within the fixed income landscape. The event will feature in-depth discussions on topics such as interest rate risk management, credit analysis, yield curve dynamics and forecasts for the asset class which has made a recent resurgence.
Fixed Income Outlook

GAËL FICHAN
Head of Fixed Income
Banque Syz
Theme:
The Current Role of Fixed Income
in a Multi-Asset Portfolio
Fixed Income Investment Strategies

DARREN GOLDMAN
Managing Director & Business Leader
Artisan Partners
Theme:
Capturing Real Returns Through Emerging Markets Debt
The Artisan EM Debt Opportunities Strategy invests in a broad range of emerging market debt including sovereign and corporate credit, local rates, and currencies. The portfolio is constructed bottom-up and is not limited by the constraints of a benchmark.
The Artisan EM Local Opportunities Strategy invests primarily in local emerging markets fixed income securities and currencies. The Strategy seeks to outperform the J.P. Morgan GBI-EM Global Diversified Index while maintaining commensurate risk. The investment opportunity set is not defined by the benchmark, but seeks to deliver incremental returns by taking advantage of a wider opportunity set.
Darren Goldman is a managing director of Artisan Partners and a business leader for the EMsights Capital Group. Prior to this, Mr. Goldman was a managing director and client portfolio manager in the global sovereign debt and currencies group of Barings LLC where he was a key member of the team that launched emerging markets debt platform.

FRANK LIPOWSKI
Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of Fixed Income
Flossbach von Storch
Theme
Active Strategy with Proven Outperformance : Flossbach von Storch Bond Opportunities
Frank Lipowski has been a Senior Portfolio Manager at Flossbach von Storch since 2009 and Head of Fixed Income since 2023. Prior to this, he worked in Portfolio Management and the Execution Desk at Partners Group AG in Switzerland from 2007 to 2008.

NISHA THAKRAR
Product Specialist
Nedgroup Investments
Theme:
Global Core Bonds: Generating Yield and Returns Amid Volatility
The Nedgroup Investments Global Strategic Bond Fund is designed to navigate the complexities of the global core bond market with a focus on stability and value. Managed by multi decade investors, this strategy aims to deliver steady long-term returns through high quality bonds. Top down (through rates allocation) and bottom-up (through credit selection) asset allocation is very agile and proactive, capturing perspectives to offer investors a reliable income stream and portfolio diversification of returns, away from equity-related profiles.
Nisha Thakrar joined Nedgroup Investments in 2023. She was previously at Capital Group where she was an investment specialist for the multi-asset solutions business, senior manager of the product development team in Europe and held various other roles.
She holds a master’s degree with honours in electronic engineering with computer science from University College London. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.
Summary of Agenda
11.45 – Welcome
12.00 – Presentations & Lunch
14.00 – Close
There is no cost to attend and places are limited to professional investors and advisers influential in fund selection
‘‘Thank you for hosting this event which I found to be very useful’’
- Fund Analyst, Santander
‘‘I enjoyed the format. Nice to have the managers move around for a change’’
- Investment Specialist, SJP
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