Gary Hilldrup

BNPP AM UK is an active manager which seeks to generate long-term sustainable investment returns for their clients, based on a unique sustainability-driven philosophy. The firm makes investment decisions based on in-house proprietary research utilizing top-down and bottom-up approaches. Their core markets are Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

FFTW-UK is an active manager which aims to provide capital stability and consistent returns for clients by combining multiple, diversifying alpha strategies sourced across a broad global opportunity set. They believe that asset allocation is best conducted by a dedicated top-down decision-making team that is able to compare relative value opportunities across all fixed-income asset classes simultaneously, while bottom-up security selection decisions are best left to specialist managers for each asset class. The firm believes that specialized investment teams enable better decision making and ensure that risk management is integrated throughout their investment process. They also believe that successful management of fixed-income portfolios is highly dependent upon sophisticated risk management practices and risk tools. FFTW-UK combines judgmental and quantitative alpha strategies, aiming to diversify returns, and generate a better risk-adjusted return profile. Their independent risk management team works closely with investment teams to understand their strategies and goals, focusing on identifying and avoiding unnecessary and unintended risks. In addition, the firm's risk budgeting process enables them to dynamically allocate risk across diversified alpha teams while helping to contain the downside risks that are intrinsic to fixed-income markets.

Fundquest is a specialist multi-manager which seeks to achieve consistent long-term outperformance for clients. They manage both fund of funds and manager portfolios for domestic and international clients. The firm believes that multi-management offers several levels of diversification including style (growth, value, core, rotational); manager (access to a choice of investment managers); asset class (allocations across multiple asset classes in a single portfolio); market capitalization ( exposure across the capitalization spectrum); and geography (regional diversification).

FIM-UK is an active investment manager with a growth-oriented investment style. The firm specializes in European small-cap equity, Asian and emerging market equity, multi-management, emerging market bonds and global bonds. Their investment approach is bottom-up and based on fundamental research and in-depth knowledge of the markets in which they specialize. Proprietary research is shared within the Fortis Investments global network, and combines quantitative and qualitative analysis. Research focuses on valuation, assessing asset quality and identifying catalysts likely to unlock value. Fortis Investments believes that performances depend more on sector allocation than on regional allocation. They seek to identify major industry themes and value drivers within sectors. They favor sector leaders representing quality among their peers. They also invest in value and high-yield stocks. Their investment decisions are based on a blend of company and sector views with macroeconomic analysis. Fortis Investments emphasizes accountability. Within the allocation framework defined at the global level, small teams of portfolio managers operate autonomously under the supervision of the asset class CIO. The firm's products are managed using a core model portfolio, customized for each client.