Topic:

Considering the profound impact of the Credit Crisis and its aftermath on

• The global economy, growth rates and inflation
• Interest rates and investment markets
• Long term expected returns
• And on, investment strategy and portfolio construction for pension funds and individuals in this new, changed and troubled world

Could it be, this time, that things really are different?

Speaker:

Frank O’Brien, Investment Strategies has extensive experience of investment as an investment analyst, fund manager, chief investment officer and consultant. He is currently actively involved with investment as a trustee of a number of pension funds and as a non-executive director of a number of leading investment managers. Frank is a Certified Accountant. He is a former Chairman of the Financial Services Network and a former President of ACCA Ireland. He is a founding member and former Chairman of the Society of Investment Analysts in Ireland. With his colleague Brian O’Loughlin he co-authored “Fundamentals of Investment - an Irish perspective” now in its second edition.

Networking: Following this lecture please join us for a glass of wine and some canapes kindly sponsered by Appian Asset Management.