AIC to host first investment company showcase
Book your place via the AIC’s website using promotional code SHOWCASE22.
The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) will hold its first ever Investment Company Showcase on Friday 28 October 2022.
Open to all, this in-person event will be held at Novotel London West, Hammersmith from 10am to 4pm and is an opportunity for investors to hear directly from more than 30 leading investment company fund managers. There will also be the chance to find out how investment companies work and how investors can build a portfolio of investment companies to help meet their financial goals.
The Showcase will cover a wide range of topics from property to private equity, from emerging markets to emerging technologies, and from renewable energy to broad UK and global equity markets. Speakers will review how to beat inflation and generate consistent income from portfolios in uncertain times, as well as giving their thoughts on the economic outlook.
Leading the line-up of experienced fund managers and investment experts are:
- Jason Baggaley – abrdn Property Income
- Andrew Bell – Witan
- Emma Bird – Head of Investment Trust Research, Winterflood Securities
- Mark Boggett – Seraphim Space
- Michael Bonte-Freidheim – NextEnergy Solar
- Nick Brind – Polar Capital Global Financials
- Georgina Brittain – JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies and JPMorgan MidCap
- Kyle Caldwell – interactive investor
- Myrto Charamis – Co-Head of Investment Companies and Head of Research, Berenberg
- John Citron – JPMorgan Emerging Markets
- Mary Anne Cordeiro – Non-Executive Director, Albion Technology & General VCT
- David Cornell – India Capital Growth
- Job Curtis – City of London
- Luke Finch – HgCapital Trust
- Emily Fletcher and Sam Vecht – BlackRock Frontiers
- Andrew Hampson – Tufton Oceanic Assets
- James Harries – Securities Trust of Scotland
- James Henderson – Lowland, Henderson Opportunities Trust and Law Debenture Corporation
- Peter Hewitt – CT Global Managed Portfolio
- Aidan Lisser – Non-Executive Director, JPMorgan Emerging Markets, Henderson International Income
- Kenneth MacKenzie – Target Healthcare REIT
- Paul Niven – F&C Investment Trust
- Sue Noffke – Schroder Income Growth
- Zehrid Osmani – Martin Currie Global Portfolio
- Iain Pyle – Shires Income
- Ben Rogoff – Polar Capital Technology
- Peter Spiller – Capital Gearing Trust
- Helen Steers – Pantheon International
- Bruce Stout and Martin Connaghan – Murray International
- Steven Tredget – Oakley Capital Investments
The event offers investors the flexibility to pick and choose between sessions that are most relevant to them. A full line-up and programme can be found on the AIC’s website.
The Showcase is free to attend with the use of promotional code SHOWCASE22 here.
Richard Stone, Chief Executive of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC), said: “This is a not-to-be-missed event for any investor currently holding investment companies in their portfolio, thinking of investing or just wanting to learn more about investment companies.
“It’s a unique opportunity to hear from a very wide range of investment company managers across many exciting investment sectors, all under one roof.”
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- The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) was founded in 1932 to represent the interests of the investment trust industry – the oldest form of collective investment. Today, the AIC represents a broad range of closed-ended investment companies, incorporating investment trusts and other closed-ended investment companies and VCTs. The AIC’s members believe that the industry is best served if it is united and speaks with one voice. The AIC’s vision is for closed-ended investment companies to be considered by every investor. The AIC has 357 members and the industry has total assets of approximately £269 billion.
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