Inside Track: How to position portfolios for resilience over the summer
Webinar
30 minutes
- CPD:
- 30 minutes
In the next edition of our Inside Track webinar series, our investment experts will share insights and perspectives, shaped by how markets are evolving.
We will cover:
What market signals are telling us about risk and portfolio positioning
How to think about resilience as summer conditions evolve
Which portfolio exposures may help when leaning into risk – or stepping back
Join us for a focused discussion designed to cut through the noise and provide investment ideas.
Presenter
Joao Saraiva, CFA
Senior Investment Analyst, Vanguard
Bio
Joao Saraiva is a Senior Investment Analyst in the Investment & Product Strategic Intelligence team, specializing in both Equity and Fixed Income investment solutions. He joined Vanguard in 2017, having worked as an Equity Trader within the Equity Investment Group.
Prior to joining Vanguard Joao worked for State Street Global Advisors as a Senior Fund Financial Analyst providing support to the Fixed Income Desk. Before that, he was a multi-asset fund administrator at BTG Pactual in Brazil.
Joao holds an MSc in Finance from Cass Business School and a BSc in Economics from NOVA School of Business and Economics. He is currently a CFA Charterholder.
Moderator
Afolabi Thomas
Investment Product Specialist, Vanguard
Bio
Afolabi Thomas joined Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department (PRD) in 2022 as an Investment Product Specialist focusing on Index Equity and ETF Product within the PRD Specialist team in Europe.
Afolabi initially joined Vanguard in 2021, within the UK Personal Investor team as a Client Services Associate where he was tasked with handling client queries and requests through the retail investor platform. Shortly afterwards he moved to a more case management function dealing with non-standards requests within the team. Prior to joining Vanguard, Afolabi worked in the Telecommunications industry as a Business Development Executive. His remit during this time was sales & account management.
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