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The emerging markets opportunity: building the case for a new supercycle
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The emerging markets opportunity: building the case for a new supercycle
Today’s emerging market landscape presents a compelling opportunity for financial advisors navigating valuation disparities and geopolitical complexity. This webcast aims to equip advisors with actionable insights into emerging market investing – a disciplined approach to capturing long-term growth in undervalued securities across dynamic markets. Participants will deepen their understanding of valuation drivers and geopolitical risks, enabling them to construct informed emerging market allocations and confidently articulate the opportunity to investment committees and clients in evolving global conditions.
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Speakers
Laurence Bensafi, CFA
Deputy Head of Emerging Markets Equities and Portfolio Manager
RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
Laurence is managing director, and a portfolio manager and deputy head on the Emerging Markets Equities team at RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited. Prior to joining the firm in 2013, she headed the Emerging Markets team of a leading U.K. asset manager. In this role, Laurence was responsible for managing Asian and global emerging market income strategies, and developing quantitative stock selection and environmental analysis models. She began her career in the investment industry 1998 as a quantitative analyst at a major financial services company, where she supported European and global equity portfolio management by developing quantitative models to assist in the portfolio construction and security selection process.
Laurence Bensafi, CFA
Deputy Head of Emerging Markets Equities and Portfolio Manager
RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
Laurence is managing director, and a portfolio manager and deputy head on the Emerging Markets Equities team at RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited. Prior to joining the firm in 2013, she headed the Emerging Markets team of a leading U.K. asset manager. In this role, Laurence was responsible for managing Asian and global emerging market income strategies, and developing quantitative stock selection and environmental analysis models. She began her career in the investment industry 1998 as a quantitative analyst at a major financial services company, where she supported European and global equity portfolio management by developing quantitative models to assist in the portfolio construction and security selection process.
Alissa is an institutional portfolio manager at RBC GAM specializing in emerging market equity strategies. In this role, she communicates with emerging markets equity strategy clients on an ongoing basis and ensures the professionals working on an account understand and pursue the client’s objectives. Alissa joined RBC GAM in 2020. She was previously a research consultant at an investment consulting firm based in Boston. There she was responsible for conducting manager due diligence on hedge fund and multi-asset strategies for institutional investors, while aiding in thematic research and client portfolio construction. She began her career in the investment industry in 2011. Alissa holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, in the U.S.
Alissa is an institutional portfolio manager at RBC GAM specializing in emerging market equity strategies. In this role, she communicates with emerging markets equity strategy clients on an ongoing basis and ensures the professionals working on an account understand and pursue the client’s objectives. Alissa joined RBC GAM in 2020. She was previously a research consultant at an investment consulting firm based in Boston. There she was responsible for conducting manager due diligence on hedge fund and multi-asset strategies for institutional investors, while aiding in thematic research and client portfolio construction. She began her career in the investment industry in 2011. Alissa holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, in the U.S.
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Today’s emerging market landscape presents a compelling opportunity for financial advisors navigating valuation disparities and geopolitical complexity. This webcast aims to equip advisors with actionable insights into emerging market investing – a disciplined approach to capturing long-term growth in undervalued securities across dynamic markets. Participants will deepen their understanding of valuation drivers and geopolitical risks, enabling them to construct informed emerging market allocations and confidently articulate the opportunity to investment committees and clients in evolving global conditions.
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