You are invited to join chief investment officers, senior economists, portfolio managers and fund selectors at GIS Edinburgh for a private dialogue on how professional investors and advisers are positioning portfolios in today’s uncertain market environment.
GIS EDINBURGH
Professional Investor Forum & Roundtables
25 March 2026 | The Caledonian
You are invited to join chief investment officers, senior economists, portfolio managers and fund selectors at GIS Edinburgh for a private dialogue on how professional investors and advisers are positioning portfolios in today’s uncertain market environment.
There is no cost to attend, and places are exclusively reserved for professional fund buyers, advisers, and individuals who are responsible for, influence, or have direct access to investment decision-makers within their organisation.
SPEAKERS INCLUDE
MATTHEW BRENNAN
Head of Asset Allocation & Research
Scottish Widows
BRIAN COULTON
Chief Economist
Fitch Ratings
ROBERT FARAGO
Head of Strategic Asset Allocation
Hargreaves Lansdown
SANJAY RIJHSINGHANI
CIO
LGT Wealth Management
MELISSA DAVIES
Chief Economist, Managing Director
Rothschild & Co Redburn
PATRICK THOMAS
Director, Investment Solutions
Waystone
RORY MAGUIRE
Managing Director
Fundhouse
KATY FORBES
Chief Investment Officer
North Capital Management
ALASTAIR SMITH
Principal, UK Investments
Mercer
ANUSHA KRISHNAN
Senior Fund Analyst
Union Bancaire Privée
GARETH DONEGAN
Partner
Mercer
ANDREW HARRIS
Deputy Chief Economist
Fathom Financial Consulting
GEORGIA-RAE FRY
Head of Business Development
Fundhouse
LUKE BARTHOLOMEW
Deputy Chief Economist
Aberdeen
LACHLAN SMITH
Manager, Strategic Partnerships
Standard Life
PLENARY THEMES
- Financial Markets Outlook
- Portfolio Construction & Fund Selection
- Economic Trends & Geopolitics
ROUNDTABLE PRESENTERS
ADAM RILEY
Managing Director, Head of International Wealth
BlackRock Systematic
CHRISTOPHER JOYE
Founder, CIO
Pacific Coolabah Global Active Credit
MIKHAIL ZVEREV
Fund Manager
Amati Global Investors
KAMYAR VARZI
Head of Institutional Sales & Consultant Relations (TMAM London)
Tokio Marine Asset Management
ADRIAN BENDER
Head of Fixed Income Client Portfolio Management
Vontobel
TAYLOR DUFOUR
Portfolio Manager
BlackRock Systematic
ROUNDTABLE THEMES
- BlackRock: How Systematic and AI Innovation are Reshaping Portfolios
- Pacific Asset Management: Making Every Basis Point Count
- Amati Global Investors: A Different Approach to Innovation Investing
- Tokio Marine Asset Management: Beyond the Rising Sun: Japan's Modern Economic Renaissance
- Vontobel: Rethinking Fixed Income: The Role of Emerging Markets in your Portfolios
EVENT SPONSORS
There is no cost to attend, and places are exclusively reserved for professional fund buyers, advisers, and individuals who are responsible for, influence, or have direct access to investment decision-makers within their organisation.
EVENT LOCATION
The Caledonian, Edinburgh
25 March 2026
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