Alternative Investments

Agenda

Day One
7:30 am to 8:00 am Full Breakfast
8:00 am to 8:30 am Introduction and Welcome Remarks
8:30 am to 9:45 am Review of the Asset Management Process
From assessing the current situation to implementation and monitoring.
9:45 am to 10:00 am Break
10:00 am to 11:45 am Introducing Alternatives - Rationale, Pros, and Cons
Private Equity
Hedge Funds
Real Estate
11:45 am to 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm to 2:30 pm Private Equity - Procedural Due Diligence
Program design, implementation, monitoring, and control
2:30 pm to 3:45 pm Hedge Funds - Procedural Due Diligence
A guide to Hedge Fund investing - managing the implementation process, investment outlook, regulatory outlook, trends, and best practices.
3:45 pm to 4:00 pm Break
4:00 pm to 5:15 pm Real Estate - Procedural Due Diligence
A Guide to Real Estate investments - managing the implementation process, investment outlook, trends, and best practices.
5:15 pm Wrap up and adjourn
6:00 pm Dinner
Day Two
7:30 am to 8:00 am Full Breakfast
8:00 am to 8:45 am Introducing Real Returns
An introduction to the portfolio characteristics, benefits and considerations for structuring a real return portfolio including indentifying various strategies and implementation options.
8:45 am to 10:00 am Real Returns - Session One
Explores unique characteristics of the strategies typically included in a real return portfolio.
Strategies:
  • Infrastructure
  • Timber
  • Agriculture
10:00 am to 10:15 am Break
9:45 am to 10:45 am Infrastructure: an Overview
An overview that details the vast strategies within this relatively new asset class from greenfield to brownfield and everything in between.
10:15 am to 11:30 am Real Returns - Session Two
Explores unique characteristics of the strategies typically included in a real return portfolio.
Strategies:
  • Energy
  • Commodities
  • TIPS
11:30 am to 12:00 pm Review, Introduction of Case Study Workshops Callan Instructors
Working as groups you will use the skills and knowledge you received previously to work out a problem and present a solution. During this session, Callan instructors will circulate as facilitators.
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Case Study Workshops – Breakout into Groups
Working Lunch
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Presentation of Case Studies and Critiques
3:30 pm to 3:45 pm Wrap up and adjourn

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