Inflation, Volatility, and Growth…What Investors Need to Know – SSGA – 6.22.23

Summary:

Now On Demand

With 2023 well underway, investors remain on edge given ongoing recessionary worries and geopolitical uncertainty. With a global slowdown intensifying across both developed and emerging economies, diversifying portfolios across multiple asset classes is essential.

Join experts from State Street Global Advisors as they discuss underlying market fundamentals, asset class outlooks, and address questions regarding:

• Sticky Inflation – its impact on growth and how to position for it
• Global Monetary Policy – central bank policy outlooks and the impact on USD and other currencies, including gold
• China & Emerging Markets – current outlook and what that means for commodities, foreign exchange, and market risk

Speakers:

Dan is an Executive Vice President of State Street Global Advisors, and CIO of the Investment Solutions Group. In this role, he oversees a global team of over 150 investment professionals managing over US $400B in multi asset class portfolios. His team is responsible for the firm’s target date, active asset allocation, and Outsourced CIO investment strategies. He is also a member of the firm’s Executive Management Group.

Dan joined the firm in 1992 and has over 25 years of investment experience. Prior to this role he was responsible for the US multi-asset class solutions team.

Dan holds an MBA from Bentley University, a BSBA from Stonehill College and has earned the Charter Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Boston. He is executive sponsor of the firm’s Latin American Professionals Group. Dan is a frequent speaker with the media and conferences on a variety of investment topics. He is also on the Board of Trustees at Bentley University and the Chairman of the Board at the Crispus Attucks Children’s Center.

George Milling-Stanley is Chief Gold Strategist with State Street Global Advisors. He joined SSGA as a Vice President and Head of Gold Strategy in November 2014. Before joining SSGA, George ran the independent consultancy George Milling-Stanley on Gold,LLC. He retired from the World Gold Council in 2011 after a 15-year career there. Most recently he had been responsible for all programs involving central banks, governments, and regulatory authorities. Before that, he was a key member of the small team that pioneered the development of gold-backed Exchange Traded Funds. His earlier career included six years on the precious metals trading desk of Lehman Brothers.

Previously he worked for Consolidated Gold Fields in London, and before that spent 10 years as a reporter and columnist with the Financial Times. An acknowledged authority on all aspects of the gold business, George Milling-Stanley is a regular speaker at international conferences.

Aaron is a Managing Director of State Street Global Advisors and a Senior Portfolio Manager in the Currency group. Before joining SSGA in December 2004, Aaron was the Vice President and a Principal of Conifer Capital LLC, where he was primarily responsible for trading and portfolio management for two private investment partnerships. Additionally, Aaron was actively involved in Conifer’s product development, research, and marketing efforts. Previously, Aaron was a trading assistant in the fixed income group at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo LLC and a portfolio/custody accountant at Investors Bank and Trust Co. He has been working in the investment management field since 1996. Aaron received a Bachelors of Arts degree in Economics with a minor concentration in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts. He also earned certification as a Financial Risk Manager (FRM).

Maxwell Gold is the Head of Gold Strategy within the SPDR ETF business at State Street Global Advisors.

Before joining SSGA in July 2019, he served as the Director of Investment Strategy at Aberdeen Standard Investments, heading macroeconomic and commodity thought-leadership for its $3B U.S. ETF business. Prior to this he has also held roles within the Investment Research team at the World Gold Council, as an Investment Strategist with the Chief Investment Office at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, and with the Global Portfolio Construction team within JP Morgan Private Banks Chief Investment Office.

Maxwell holds an M.S. in finance from the Simon Business School and a B.A. in economics from the University of Rochester. He is a CFA charterholder and holds the series 7 and 63 registrations.