Anton Pil, Global Head of Alternatives, addresses the impact of COVID-19 on alternative asset classes and shares real-time insights and research from J.P. Morgan’s on-the-ground real asset, private credit, private equity, hedge fund and liquid alternative teams across the globe.

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State of the Alternatives Market and Strategies for Volatile Times

Prompted by the profound shock of COVID-19 to the economy and markets, J.P. Morgan Asset Management provided an off-cycle mark-to-market of our Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions return projections. John Bilton, Global Head of Multi-Asset Strategy, provides a deep dive on the changes and provide his outlook for the economy and markets.

Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions: COVID-19 – New cycle, new starting point

Steve Lear, U.S. Chief Investment Officer, Global Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities Group (GFICC), and Justin Rucker, GFICC Portfolio Manager, discuss the benefits of diversifying away from traditional corporate credit in liability-driven-investment strategies.

Credit Diversifiers for Long Duration Portfolios

Jing Ulrich, Vice Chairman of Global Banking and Asia Pacific - JPMorgan Chase & Co, discusses the Chinese economy and capital markets, U.S. and China trade relations, and the post-COVID investment outlook.

A deep dive on China’s economy

Rick Figuly, Head of Core Strategy, Global Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities Group, analyzes COVID-19's effect on the fixed income markets, expectations for interest rates and portfolio positioning in an uncertain environment.

Navigating the Fixed Income Markets

Howard Wang discusses China-A shares portfolio positioning, and opportunities for future growth as a result of COVID-19, while also providing insight into life in China as the country slowly reopens.

Allocating to China in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak

Michael Buchenholz, Head of U.S. Pension Strategy, Institutional Strategy & Analytics, discusses the trends that he's identified by analyzing 2019 data from the 100 largest corporate pension plans by assets and whether or not those trends are likely to persist throughout 2020.

Into the Unknown: Corporate Pensions & COVID-19

Giri Devulapally, Portfolio Manager within the U.S. Equity Group, discusses his philosphy on investing, and the industries he sees as strongholds to withstand the impact of the current market volatility.

U.S. Large Cap Equity Investing in Volatile Markets

Paul Quinsee, Global Head of Equities, analyzes on how recent market volatility has played out in the equity markets.

The Global Equity Market Outlook

David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, and Jani Venter and Jacklyn Beck, Executive Directors from DC Funds Management discuss the benefits of direct real estate in DC plans and its impact during and after the COVID-19 crisis.

Understanding the role real estate plays in defined contribution plans

Rob Cook, CIO of Global High Yield, discusses the environment for high yield today, how it may look attractive relative to other markets and how investors can find entry points into the market.

Not Yet Normal: Making sense of the High Yield Market amidst Volatility

What impact has the ongoing pause in global activity had on corporate earnings and what can we expect going forward? David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, discusses the first quarter 2020 earnings season amidst COVID-19.

1Q20 Earnings: Virus oddity

Ben Hesse, Head of AWM Strategy & Business Development, discusses the impact of COVID-19 and recent market volatility on the banking sector, investment management and the financial system.

The virus credit cycle

Jamie Kramer, Head of Alternatives Solutions Group, Richard Bersch, Head of Relative Value and Macro/Opportunistic Research and Paul Zummo, Chief Investment Officer, J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management, analyze how COVID-19 and market volatility are impacting hedge funds today.

Hedge Funds: Investment Themes for the Crisis and Beyond

John Bilton will discuss the market selloff, asset class views and speak to our Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions and changing viewpoints given recent volatility.

After every Bear Market is a Bull Market

The Center for Investment Excellence features educational insights across asset classes and investment themes designed to give you the tools you need to empower better decisions and build stronger portfolios. www.jpmorgan.com/institutional/podcast

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