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Passive fixed income: more ‘active’ than you think?

Passive fixed income solutions

Passive investing is often more active than one thinks. Focussing on fixed income, Richard will demystify the basis of indexation and look at how tracking errors can be efficiently minimised. He will take a closer look at the biggest challenges passive managers face and how they navigate the latest customisation trends.

Richard Patterson
Head of fixed income index solutions
abrdn Investments

Richard is the head of fixed income index solutions within the quantitative index solutions team, overseeing the management of fixed income index mandates. His research focuses on fixed income ESG investing, quantitative fixed income factors, and portfolio construction and monitoring. Richard joined abrdn Investments in 2008.

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Lombard Odier Investment Managers

LO Funds – Fallen Angels Recovery

Ashton Parker
Head of credit research and senior portfolio manager, fixed income
Lombard Odier Investment Managers

Ashton is senior portfolio manager and head of the credit research team at LOIM. He joined the company in March 2011. Prior to joining, Ashton was a senior credit analyst covering industrials, infrastructure, transport and utilities at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

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A high income solution with limited interest rate risk: why short duration high yield and why now

Lord Abbett Short Duration High Yield

A supportive macro environment, good fundamentals in the high yield market, low distress levels, as well as a higher credit quality mix, represent an opportunity to invest in credit, both tactically and strategically. The Lord Abbett team sees compelling opportunities in short duration high yield that can be used in portfolios to either reduce equity risk while still achieving comparable returns, or, as a higher income and return solution in fixed income, particularly compared to investment grade. With a deep and experienced team, with more than 50 years experience of high yield credit investing, and approximately $30bn AUM in high yield assets invested across its fixed income platform, Lord Abbett is very well positioned to lead in this attractive area of the high yield market.

Christopher Gizzo
Partner, deputy director, leveraged credit portfolio manager
Lord Abbett

Christopher is a portfolio manager of high yield funds and a multi-sector income fund. He joined Lord Abbett in 2008 and was named partner in 2022. Prior to his current role, he worked as a research analyst for the credit research team, which supports all Lord Abbett’s fixed income capabilities.

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TwentyFour Asset Management

TwentyFour Asset Backed Opportunities Fund / TwentyFour Income Fund

Elena Rinaldi
Portfolio manager
TwentyFour Asset Management

Elena joined TwentyFour’s asset-backed securities team in 2015. Her primary responsibilities involve assisting in the management and day-to-day activities of the team, focusing on underwriting and modelling of ABS/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) / Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) and Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLOs)s for the teams ABS funds.

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