Breaking Down Global Barriers: Benefits and Challenges of Investing in the Broadest Opportunity Set

Summary: We believe unconstrained global equity portfolios offer many advantages over the traditional regional approach, most importantly higher levels of alpha, as the broad opportunity set enables one to maximize the potential of stock selection. Therefore, carving out space for a global equity allocation and removing benchmark-imposed constraints on portfolio managers may allow them to enhance returns. Please join Patrick Ryan, CFA, Director, Portfolio Manager/Analyst on Lazard's global equity teams as he addresses how to maximize the potential benefits of unconstrained global portfolios. Featured Speaker: Patrick Ryan, CFA Director, Portfolio Manager/Analyst Patrick Ryan is a Director of Lazard Asset Management and a Portfolio Manager/Analyst on the Global Equity Income and various other global equity teams. Prior to joining Lazard in February 1994, Pat was an equity analyst with Hutson Management. He began working in the investment industry in 1989. Pat has a BS in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science and is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA).