Maria Ma

Head of Fixed Income & International Equity Manager Selection & Portfolio Construction Lincoln Financial Group

Maria is a senior investment professional with 16 years of investment experience across fixed income and equity asset classes. She is responsible for the oversight of $50 billion fixed income and international equity fund. Maria generated solid performance track record across all strategies thanks to her expertise in manager research, manager oversight, and multi-manager portfolio construction.

Main Day 1 - June 13th

1:00 PM Asset Allocation Panel: Driving investment performance: How can you adapt your asset allocation strategies to tap into new yield trends and boost alpha?

**Chatham House Rules**

What is the new normal for portfolio managers in the current yield environment?
How can you best recognize potential risks affecting your portfolio and best prepare for different scenarios?
What tools do you have available to best deal with volatility and protect your portfolio against it?
How do you prepare for different risk scenarios and handle the moment when one of those scenarios becomes reality?
What are the pathways to making alpha and how do you select the right one from a portfolio management perspective?

Main Day 2 - June 14th

2:30 PM DE&I Fireside Chat: Launching new DE&I initiatives: How can you meaningfully progress DE&I across fixed income markets to diversify skillsets, attract new talent and boost performance?

What initiatives have we seen make an impact and how are organizations measuring the success of their initiatives?
How has hybrid working changed the way we implement DE&I initiatives and how has it changed the make-up of the wider industry?
How are firms looking at intersectionality – across social diversity, race, age etc - and navigating generational shifts?
How do you manage DE&I burnout and keep your workforce engaged?
How do you attract and retain diverse talent and how do you overcome the current challenges of finding new talent?

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Maria.

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