The NeuGroup’s Treasury Investment Managers’ Peer Group (TIMPG) will meet at the end of October to once again check in with one another on how they’re dealing with the ongoing volatility and risk concerns around geographies, investments and institutions.
Led by sponsor DB Advisors, the meeting will begin with a deep dive into the specific structures, benefits and risks associated with repurchase agreements and covered bonds. In a commentary on the risks of sovereign debt and perhaps a bit of mistrust with asset managers, members will hear a report from one member who actually accompanied an asset manager to Turkey to learn first-hand how they perform credit analysis on emerging-market sovereign debt.
The meeting will include the standing topic of asset allocation where members review their changes in thinking and strategy since the last meeting. This session will be followed by another sponsor-led session on “The Really Big Concerns” which will conclude Day 1 and will focus on DB Advisors’ views about such macro events as the US elections, the fiscal cliff, and tensions in Asia and the Middle East.
Day 2 will feature and Open Forum where members will discuss whatever is on their mind but not on the agenda and will wrap up with a session on “MMF’s – What’s Next?” believing that the recent surrender by the SEC is not the end of the story.
With membership essentially packed out at 30, the meeting should prove to be an robust exchange of knowledge between some of the most sophisticated corporate investors in the country.