Description: From the initial security selection process to hedging techniques, managing risk is critical for all active managers.  Current market events have led to substantial volatility in the world’s most predominant public markets; putting an even greater emphasis on implementing effective risk management strategies to gain consistent, risk-adjusted, long-term return.  Please join us on October 12, 2016 to discuss Risk Management Strategies for Today’s Investor with Yorkville Asset Management’s Co-Founder, Hussein K. Amad.   Mr. Amad will discuss the importance of timing and selecting quality companies as well as appropriate hedging strategies reflective of current market conditions. 

Speaker: Hussein K. Amad CGA, CFA, President & CEO, Yorkville Asset Management

Hussein Amad is a co-founder of Yorkville Asset Management Inc. and serves as President and CEO.  Mr. Amad brings over 20 years of investment and banking experience in senior positions at major Canadian and international banks.  Prior to joining Yorkville, Mr. Amad was the Chief Investment Strategist and member of the Board of Directors at UBS Investment Management Inc.  Mr. Amad has served as National Director of the Institutional Portfolio Group at Scotia Cassels Investment Counsel, a subsidiary of Scotiabank.  Mr. Amad is also an award winning instructor at the University of Toronto where he lectures in the area of Enterprise Risk Management.