Présentation de Jean Boivin, BlackRock
Présentation de Chen Zhao, Alpine Macro
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L’événement phare de CFA Québec est de retour en formule présentielle avec deux conférenciers d’envergures qui partageront leurs points de vue sur les principales classes d’actifs et discuteront des diverses grandes tendances qui font réagir les marchés. | CFA Québec’s flagship event is back with two high profile speakers who will share their views on major asset classes and discuss the latest trends that are moving markets.
Les échanges seront en anglais | Discussions will be in English
Jean Boivin, PhD, Managing Director, is the Head of the BlackRock Investment Institute (BII). The institute leverages BlackRock’s expertise and produces proprietary research to provide insights on the global economy, markets, geopolitics and long-term asset allocation – all to help clients and portfolio managers navigate financial markets.
Dr. Boivin oversees all of BII’s activities and is responsible for ensuring that BII integrates research insights on portfolio construction, economics and markets with the long-term, whole-portfolio perspective that BlackRock’s clients need today.
Dr. Boivin is also BII’s Global Head of Research. He is responsible for economic and markets research, and for developing the core principles and intellectual property that underpin BlackRock’s approach to portfolio design, such as capital market assumptions and optimization tools.
Prior to joining BlackRock in 2014, Dr. Boivin served as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada and Associate Deputy Finance Minister, serving as Canada’s representative at the G7, G20 and Financial Stability Board. Dr. Boivin has also taught at Columbia Business School and HEC Montreal, and has written widely on macroeconomics, monetary policy and finance.
Dr. Boivin earned a B.Sc. degree in economics from the Universite de Montreal in 1995, an MA in economics from Princeton University in 1997 and a PhD in economics from Princeton University in 2000.
Chen Zhao is the Chief Global Strategist of Alpine Macro. From 2015 to 2016, he was Co-Director of Macro Research at Brandywine Global Investment Management. Prior to Brandywine Global, Chen spent 23 years at BCA Research as Partner, Managing Editor and Chief Global Strategist, Chen developed and wrote BCA’s China and Emerging Markets publications in the 1990s. Chen became the firm’s Chief Global Strategist in the 2000s and was the author of BCA’s flagship publication, Global Investment Strategy from 2005 to 2015.
He holds an MA in economics from the Central University of Finance and Economics, was a visiting scholar at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and pursued post graduate studies with a PhD candidacy at McGill University.
Après avoir cumulé plus de 10 années de riche expérience dans les secteurs privé et public, Sébastien Mc Mahon s’est joint à l’équipe économique de iA Groupe financier en janvier 2013.
Au cours de sa carrière, M. Mc Mahon a occupé diverses positions au sein d’institutions financières de premier plan, notamment au ministère des Finances du Québec et à l’Autorité des marchés financiers.
En plus de ses nouvelles fonctions de stratège en chef et d’économiste sénior, M. Mc Mahon agit également à titre de vice-président, allocation d’actifs, et gestionnaire de portefeuilles de notre filiale iA Gestion de placements inc. (iAGP) avec des actifs frôlant les 15 milliards de dollars. Enfin, M. Mc Mahon est aussi membre du comité d’allocation d’actifs de la firme.
Sébastien Mc Mahon détient une maîtrise ainsi que des études doctorales en économie, est détenteur de la charte CFA et agit en tant que porte-parole de iA dans les médias en matière de macroéconomie et des marchés financiers.
