In portfolio management, the movement towards diversification across asset classes in portfolio management, risk controls and allocating to external alternative managers—popularized as “The Yale Model”—is now the norm, driving returns across the industry. For a framework originally developed to serve a university endowment with perpetual time horizon, its principles have been adapted and implemented across different investors and their mandates. In a world where institutional investors and asset managers are continually hunting for yield amid a difficult and volatile environment, what is the true value of diversification? Who is finding alpha and who is standing out from the crowd? Is it time to challenge the conventional assumption around capturing illiquidity premium?

Moderator

Van Sternbergh

Senior Advisor, Blue Pool Capital

Speakers

Damian Graham

Chief Investment Officer, Aware Super

Andreas Halvorsen

CEO, Viking Global Investors

Barbara Jesuele

Deputy Chief Investment Officer, J. Paul Getty Trust

Alice Ruth

CEO, Dartmouth College Investment Office

Andrew Weinberg

Founder and CEO, Brightstar Capital Partners