Last week, on the 16th and 17th of June took place the first edition of the Rankia Funds Experience Europe. This first face to face event, was celebrated in Valencia, at the Hotel Las Arenas, a beautiful venue by the mediterranean sea. During the event we had the opportunity to bring together around 80 professionals within the asset management industry, and 6 fund managers who presented their strategies to European Fund selectors and fund buyers.
The prior day, on the 15th we welcomed the European professionals to the Hotel las Arenas, with the celebration of a little cocktail reception. On the 16th the event started with some words offered by Alejandro Ortolá, from the commercial team at RankiaPro. Ortolá welcomed the attendees, and thanked everyone for making it to the event, the first face to face event celebrated by RankiaPro Europe after two years of online events.
The session started with some “one to few” roundtables, where fund selectors and fund buyers had the opportunity to listen to the strategies to the six fund managers taking part at the event. Etica sgr, Nomura, abrdn, Compass / Ninety One, GSA Coral and Global X.
Around mid-morning, the attendees had the chance to enjoy a little break, admiring the fabulous beach views from the terrace of the venue.
After this first break, the professionals had more one to few sessions. During these sessions, the fund managers and the sales managers changed from table to table, in sessions of 35 minutes, where they presented their strategies, and the fund selectors and buyers were able to ask questions about the presentation in real time.
After the morning sessions, the attendees enjoyed a Paella Cooking workshop, where the attendees divided in groups, competed for being the best paella.
In the afternoon, the first “one to one” sessions started, and the fund selectors and fund buyers, where able to meet with the fund managers one to one, in 10 minutes sessions.
The day ended up at Veles e Vents, a venue sited by the Valencia Port, with a dinner where attendees were able to chat and discuss the matters of the day.
On day two, the attendees enjoyed more “one to few” sessions, as well as “one to one” sessions, and enjoyed a lovely finger buffet lunch where they had the chance to have a last chat with fund managers and other professionals attending the event.
Bringing back the Funds Experience Europe
If you want to learn more about the six strategies presented at the event, take a look at the information we have compiled for you below.
Aberdeen Standard SICAV I – Emerging Markets Sustainable Development Corporate Bond
Portfolio Manager: Samuel Bevan, Investment Director – Emerging Market Debt at abrdn
Ninety One Latin American Corporate Debt and Compass LatAm High Yield
Portfolio Manager: Luis Pardo, Co-Portfolio Manager at Compas Group
Etica Sustainable Global Equity
Portfolio Manager: Nicolò Vezzoso, CFA, Head of the Fundamental equity global team at ANIMA Sgr
Uranium UCITS ETF
Portfolio Manager: Morgane Delledonne – Head of Investment Strategy Europe at Global X
GSA Coral Student Portfolio
Portfolio Manager: Aaron Maskrey Director, Capital at GSA – Global Student Accommodation
Nomura US High Yield Bond Fund
Portfolio Manager: Brett Collins, CFA, Executive Director and Client Portfolio Manager at NCRAM
