ASEAN Global Investment Forum 2021

Ashwin Alankar is Head of Global Asset Allocation at Janus Henderson Investors. In this role, he is responsible for defining short- and long-term approaches to asset allocation. He also co-manages the Adaptive Allocation strategy and co-managed the Diversified Alternatives strategy from 2016 until 2019. Prior to joining Janus in 2014, Dr. Alankar served from 2010 to 2014 as co-chief investment officer of quantitative investment strategies at AllianceBernstein. From 2003 to 2010, he was a partner and capital allocation committee member for Platinum Grove Asset Management. Dr. Alankar’s experience also includes serving as a consultant in the financial litigation division of the Law and Economics Consulting Group from 2001 to 2002.
Dr. Alankar earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering and mathematics and a master of science degree in chemical engineering, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also holds a PhD in finance from the University of California – Berkeley, Haas School of Business. He has 19 years of financial industry experience.

Clark manages the RWC Diversified Return Fund. Clark is the former co-CIO of Permal, a multi-manager alternative-investment firm. He joined Permal after its purchase, in 2013, of Fauchier Partners, where he had been the CEO. Previously, Clark worked at Morgan Stanley on the Equity Arbitrage desk, and previously managed the firm's hedge-fund lending risk within the Prime Brokerage division.

Tim Crockford leads the Regnan Global Impact team. He previously managed the Hermes Impact Opportunities Equity Fund from its launch in December 2017, having co-founded the Hermes Impact team in 2016. Tim joined Hermes Investment Management in 2009 as a research analyst for the European Equities team and became lead portfolio manager of the ESG-integrated Hermes Europe ex-UK Equity Fund in 2015, which he also managed until he left Hermes. Prior to joining Hermes, Tim was an analyst at Sourcecap International, a European equity fund boutique, which Hermes acquired in 2009. Before that he was a primary research analyst at Execution Limited (which seeded Sourcecap), where he worked on major projects in the consumer, retail and financial services sectors. Tim was raised and educated in Malta and graduated from the University of Malta in 2006 with a Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons) degree, as well as a Bachelor of Commerce degree.

Michael Hanson is a Senior Vice President of Research and a member of the Investment Policy Committee (IPC). In this role, Michael oversees the Research Group and is responsible for the development of capital markets and securities research.
Michael joined Fisher Investments in 2002. Prior to his current role, he held a variety of positions, including Vice President of Portfolio Management Communications, Capital Markets Team Leader and Institutional Client Services Manager. Before joining the firm, he worked at Bear Stearns as a Corporate Finance Analyst in the Global Technology Group.
Michael regularly meets with clients globally, sharing the firm’s market outlook, current portfolio positioning and answering questions. Michael appears regularly on various financial media programs, including those on Yahoo Finance and the Cheddar TV Network. He is the author of six books, including 20/20 Money: See the Markets Clearly, Gain Focus and Invest Better than the Pros. He speaks regularly around the US on a variety of topics ranging from economics to psychology. He was also a lecturer at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught Investment Management Topics.
Michael received his undergraduate degree from Claremont McKenna College and his doctorate in Depth Field Psychology from Pacifica Institute.

Alastair Hills is a Senior Director at Institutional Investor Asia and the Director of the Asia Institute, Institutional Investor’s private membership for leading asset managers operating in Asia.
Alastair joined Institutional Investor’s London office in 2008 where he worked mostly with European pension funds before transferring to Hong Kong SAR in 2010. Alastair has spent the majority of his time in Asia working with sovereign wealth funds, pensions, insurers, private banks and family office investors across the region.
Prior to rejoining Institutional Investor in 2017, Alastair spent four years managing AsianInvestor’s conference and industry research divisions.
Alastair is a CAIA Charterholder and holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Maine and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Hong Kong. He also previously lived and worked in Japan.

David Holmgren is the Chief Investment Officer for Hartford HealthCare. In this role he is tasked with building a comprehensive, sustainable best-in-class structure for Hartford HealthCare members to efficiently pool their vast pension, endowment and insurance assets.
Prior to joining HHC in 2010, David was Principal Investment Officer for the Connecticut State Treasury and Executive Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at DSI/UBS Asset Management for 13 years.

Rachel is the Head of Futures Unit in the Economics & Investment Strategy Department and she is also a member of the Sustainability Committee in GIC.
The Futures Unit looks at long-term trends that have a material impact on the GIC total portfolio. The team is also leading research on climate change to identify sustainable investment themes and help integrate climate change considerations into GIC’s investment processes. The Sustainability Committee in GIC oversees the firm’s sustainability policies and implementation.
Rachel joined GIC in 2005 as an economist and investment strategist. Before heading the Futures Unit in 2016, her role was in global macro research and strategy. Prior to joining GIC, Rachel was with the Monetary Authority of Singapore working in economics research as well monetary management roles.
Rachel graduated with a 1st class honours in Economics from the National University of Singapore and a Masters in International Politics and East Asia from the University of Warwick in the UK.