Edward Chancellor

His most recent book is ‘The Price of Time – the real story of interest‘ (July 2022).  In this book, Edward illustrates how extremely low interest rates create asset price inflation but are also largely responsible for the weak economic growth, rising inequality, elevated debt levels, and pensions crises that have impacted our economies in recent years.   Meanwhile, access to easy money in China has inflated their real estate sector and has created an epic credit and investment boom.  He forewarns that the global financial system is moving closer to another major crisis.  The book was longlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year 2022.  It was also listed by Amazon as a top business book of 2022.   This book won the 2023 Hayek Book Prize from the Manhattan Institute.

His prior books are  Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation which has been translated into many languages and was a New York Times Book of the Year. He also wrote ‘Crunch-Time for Credit?’ and ‘Capital Returns: Investing Through the Capital Cycle: A Money Manager’s Reports 2002-2015″.

After reading history at Cambridge and Oxford, Edward worked for Lazard Brothers and until 2014 he was a senior member of the asset allocation team at GMO. He is currently a columnist for Reuters BreakingViews and has contributed to the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, MoneyWeek and the New York Review of Books. In 2008, he received the George Polk Award for financial reporting for his article “Ponzi Nation” in Institutional Investor.

Mark Dieringer

Mark has been Head of Alternative Investments at Novartis International in Basel since 2011. He is responsible for investment mandates that include hedge fund, infrastructure, equity, and commodity strategies. Prior to joining Novartis, Mark was a Partner and Managing Director of Altera Partners, a private hedge fund advisory company in London, where he specialized in absolute return strategies through hedge fund selection. Previously, he was Head of Trading for Spanish equities at Ahorro Corporación Financiera in Madrid, after having held various positions as an equity specialist. Mark began his career with Lehman Brothers International in London in 1985. He holds a B.A., Political Science, from the University of San Diego and an M. Phil., Latin American Studies, from Oxford University.

Doug Clark

Doug joined in June 2008. Between 2008 and 2009 he focused predominantly on monitoring and selecting hedge funds. Since then, he has focused on wider investment strategy and manager selection across all asset classes. From 2004 to 2008 Doug worked at Belgrave Capital Management, the UK subsidiary of a Swiss Bank, researching and selecting both hedge funds and long-only equity funds. Prior to this he worked as an analyst in the trading team at British Energy, focusing on the renewable energy market.

Martin Roth

Martin Roth has been Chief Executive Officer of the Manor pension fund since the end of 2013 and President of the ASIP since May 2022. 

Before joining the Manor pension fund in 2004 as head of investments, he worked for UBS for 15 years as a client advisor and senior portfolio manager.

Martin Roth holds a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Pension Fund Management from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and is a Swiss Certified Financial Analyst (AZEK).

He also lectures regularly at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in the Pension Fund Management course on the subject of pension fund investments. 

Martin Roth is married and lives in Basel City.

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Francois-Serge LHabitant

Francois-Serge LHABITANT is the CEO and CIO of Kedge Capital where he runs a multi-billion portfolio allocated primarily to hedge funds (private and public markets) and risk-controlled strategies on behalf of a small group of investors. His funds have won several awards for their performance and risk-adjusted performance. On the academic side, Francois-Serge is currently a Visiting Professor of Finance at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (China). He was formerly a Professor of Finance at HEC Lausanne and the co-director of its Master in Banking and Finance, and a Professor of Finance at the EDHEC Business School (France).

Francois-Serge holds an engineering degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, a B.Sc. in Economics, a M.Sc. in Banking and Finance, and a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Lausanne, and a LL.M. in Tax Law from the University of Geneva. He is the author of several books and articles in the areas of risk management, asset management, alternative investments (hedge funds, commodities), tax law and emerging markets. 

Christina Böck

Christina Böck has over 25 years of experience in asset management and institutional investment. Currently, she heads the Strategy & Business Development team at Helvetia Asset Management. Her career began in 1994 as a Portfolio Manager in Paris, followed by leadership roles at AGF and AXA Investment Managers, before shaping the investment strategy as CIO at Profond Pension Fund. Before joining Helvetia Asset Management, Christina was a partner at INDEFI in Zurich, responsible for business development in the DACH region. She holds degrees from HEC Paris and the University of Münster. Christina is a recognized speaker and lecturer, advocating for diversity and communicating in three languages.

Dr. Alwin G. Oerlemans, CFA, FRM

Alwin is Head of Product Management at APG Asset Management, based in Amsterdam.
He has been at APG since 2006 in positions in product management, fiduciary management,
strategy and business development. Before APG, he worked for 9 years at NIBC bank, 5 years at
the Treasury of the Dutch Ministry of Finance, 5 years at the University of Maastricht and he has
been Chair of the APG Pension Fund for 10 years. He is a member of the editorial boards of
Netspar and pension publications and teaches on finance, risk management and innovation. He
holds a masters degree in Operations Research and Econometrics from Erasmus University
Rotterdam, a PhD in Quantitative Economics from Maastricht University and is CFA and FRM
(Financial Risk Manager) Charterholder.

Matthias Hanauer, CFA

is a Researcher at Robeco’s Quant Equity Research team. His areas of expertise include international factor premia and stock selection research. Matthias also holds a position as a postdoctoral researcher at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). He has published his work in various peer-reviewed finance journals, including the Journal of Banking and Finance, Finance Research Letters, and the Journal of Portfolio Management. Matthias joined Robeco in February 2014 after submitting his doctoral dissertation. He holds a PhD in Finance (summa cum laude) and a Master’s in Business Administration from Technische Universität München and is a CFA® charterholder.

Roman Wyss, CFA

is an experienced infrastructure investment specialist who has been working as a Senior Investment Manager at Swiss Life Asset Managers since 2014. His expertise lies in the due diligence and sourcing of direct investment opportunities. Roman began his professional career in 2012 with J.P. Morgan's Equity Capital Markets division in London, where he was responsible for conducting IPOs as well as primary and secondary equity capital market transactions around Europe. His extensive background and hands-on experience in the business have given him a thorough understanding of the infrastructure investment environment. Roman holds a B.A. in Business & Finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) in Switzerland and is a CFA Charterholder.

Daniel Galinko

Executive Director, is an Investment Specialist in the Infrastructure Investments Group. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan in 2017, he was a Senior Associate at StepStone Group where he served on the research team, conducting due diligence on primary fund, co-investment, and secondary investments across the private equity, natural resources, and infrastructure asset classes. StepStone Group provides advisory and asset management services to institutional clients on a global basis. Before joining StepStone, Daniel started his career at Oppenheimer & Company where he supported that firm's private equity fund of funds and co-investment platform. Daniel earned a BA in Economics and East Asian Studies from Brandeis University and an MA in Regional Studies East Asia from Harvard University.

Michael Ferber

has been an editor in the economics department of the NZZ since 2006 and an employee representative on the board of trustees of the NZZ pension fund since 2018. Ferber has degrees in business administration and political science. He also completed the Holtzbrinck School for business journalists. He has written several books, including “What you should know about retirement planning” (2020, with Damian Gliott and Florian Schubiger).

Alexander Mass

is a managing director in Private Equity within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, focusing on climate transition and sustainable investing. He leads the sustainable investing effort in EMEA and serves on the Asset Management Private Sustainability Council. Alex transferred to the Merchant Banking Division from the Investment Banking Division in 2016. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2014 as an associate in the Investment Banking Division and was named managing director in 2021. Prior to joining the firm, Alex worked at Booz & Company (now Strategy&), advising clients in the energy and power sectors. Alex is a board member at Rimac, EPC Power, Phytech and a board observer at Northvolt AB. Alex earned a BA from Miami University and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.