GSAM is delighted to invite you to our latest Key Themes event. We will be bringing together institutional investors, advisors and GSAM’s investment teams to discuss the key market themes, risks and opportunities for the year ahead. The focus of the 2019 series will be resilience as we enter the latter stages of this economic cycle.

We will explore ways of protecting your portfolio and answer the question; How can investors position themselves in the event of a market downturn? We’ll outline the latest thinking in how three classic tools can help investors to build resilience:

1. Diversification: We will explore how cutting-edge diversifying strategies such as risk premia can strengthen the resilience of your portfolio.
2. Yield Generation: Optimising yield while retaining an protecting portfolio through the use of corporate bonds: We explore the key risk considerations and opportunities to generate yield throughout the credit cycle.
3. Private Markets: The benefits of including alternative investments such as private equity and private debt in your allocation: We will explore the opportunities now available in private markets and explain how they can provide investors with a unique way to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns.

What lies ahead in 2019: We will provide a macro update reflecting on the externalities of political uncertainty and investigate what could lie ahead for the next 12 months.