Live Broadcast Schedule

Monday, 22 July, 8:35 am - 9:50 am CDT

Mind the Macro

Danielle DiMartino Booth
CEO and Director, Intelligence for Quill Intelligence LLC
Author, "Fed Up"

Topics discussed:

• What are the macro risks and headwinds to global economic growth?
• What will be the effects of fiscal and trade policy in the United States?
• What is the outlook for interest rates, corporate profits, inflation/deflation, and currencies going forward?

Wednesday, 24 July, 8:00 am - 9:15 am CDT

Unpleasant Truths: Doing What’s Right, Not What’s Easy, in Fixed Income

Oksana Aronov
Head of Market Strategy, Alternatives, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Topics discussed:

• Fixed-income markets are going through significant structural changes related to central bank policy, liquidity, and accessibility, while also struggling with uncertainties related to geopolitical risk and the latter stages of the credit cycle.
• Navigating uncharted territory and exploring opportunities across traditional and alternative markets, and why a focus on absolute return–oriented investing is especially important
• Examining the global opportunity set from both the long and short perspectives
• Potential fixed-income market scenarios and ways to mitigate risks via efficient hedging strategies
• Tilting portfolios from “beta” to “alpha”—reducing correlation with spreads and rates

   

Speaker Biographies

Oksana Aronov is a managing director and head of market strategy for J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Absolute Return Fixed Income—a global alternative fixed-income platform. In this role, she has investment strategy, research, and business development responsibilities. Ms. Aronov pioneered the firm’s narrative regarding fixed-income portfolio diversification and absolute-return-oriented investing and has written and spoken extensively on these topics. Previously, she established and led fixed-income due diligence and manager research at J.P. Morgan Private Bank and served as a risk manager at Goldman Sachs Asset Management across traditional and alternative fixed-income and equity strategies. Ms. Aronov spent the early part of her career focusing on bond accounting and performance attribution at Blackrock and J.P. Morgan Investment Management, respectively. She is a frequent contributor to financial media, such as Barron’s, the Financial Times, Institutional Investor, Bloomberg, and CNBC. Ms. Aronov earned a BS in finance and information systems from the New York University Stern School of Business and an MBA in finance and marketing from Fordham University.

Danielle DiMartino Booth is CEO and director of intelligence at Quill Intelligence LLC, a research and analytics firm, and a full-time columnist for Bloomberg View, a business speaker, and a commentator frequently featured on major media outlets. She founded Money Strong LLC, an economic consulting firm, and worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas as adviser to Richard W. Fisher, then president of the bank. Ms. DiMartino Booth began her career at Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where she worked in the fixed-income, public equity, and private equity markets. She has published a weekly newsletter for more than three years, and her columns are regularly featured on various industry websites. Ms. DiMartino Booth is author of the Amazon bestseller FED UP: An Insider’s Take on Why the Federal Reserve Is Bad for America and was recently invited to Brussels by members of the European Parliament to share her insights on global economic trends and fiscal policy. She earned a BBA as a College of Business Scholar at the University of Texas at San Antonio, an MBA in finance and international business from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MS in journalism from Columbia University.