Deutsche Bank Holds Annual Banking and Investment Seminar

Deutsche Bank’s annual banking and investment seminar takes place on Monday, 14th March at St James.

Speaking to an invited audience from Guernsey’s financial services industry will be Dr R McFall (Mac) Lamm, Jr., who will be discussing portfolio asset allocation

Dr. Lamm is Chief Investment Strategist for Deutsche Bank’s Global Investment Management Group in London/New York. He is responsible for the management of client portfolios, advising on investment opportunities and portfolio management innovation. Dr. Lamm also writes global market commentaries that are disseminated worldwide via bank publications and through the news media; he has appeared on CNBC, CNN and other business programmes and has been widely quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and other publications. He has 20 years’ of experience in market analysis, trading, investment management and research and is particularly noted for his expertise in the alternative investments arena.

Fellow speaker, Steven Bell, is no stranger to Guernsey audiences; he is chief economist for Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) and joined Deutsche Bank in 1984 after 10 years’ experience as economic adviser at the UK Treasury. He holds a BSc from the London School of Economics and an MA from Stanford University. Steven Bell is a member of Deutsche Bank’s Investment Policy Committee and is responsible for formulating the economic strategy which underpins the investment process of DeAM. He has written several books as well as numerous articles on international finance and economics and is a frequent TV and Radio contributor. Steven Bell will be discussing the current global markets perspective.

Also visiting Guernsey for Deutsche Bank’s seminar is David Duckham MBE, England and British Lions Rugby International. Capped 36 times for England between 1969 and 1976, David made his debut against Ireland and quickly established himself as one of England's best left-wingers. His game was marked by pace, swerves and an ability to wrong-foot his opponents, although this came at a time when the English team were struggling, especially against rivals Wales.

He made a successful tour with the Barbarians - including one famous match in which they beat the All Blacks, and arguably his best performances were overseas. He made his last appearance against Scotland at Murrayfield in 1976. Overall, he scored 10 tries. For his club, Coventry, he played 12 seasons from 1967 to 1979. For his services to rugby David was awarded the MBE. He has also written an autobiography called Dai for England.

Mark Bisson, Head of Banking, commented ‘We are delighted that Steven Bell has once again agreed to return to Guernsey to offer his Global Market Perspective to our clients.

We are equally thrilled to welcome, for the first time at our Seminar, Dr Lamm and look forward to his presentation “Beyond Bourgeois Asset Allocation: A Post-Modern View on Investment Strategy”.

To be joined by such highly respected investment professionals is a great pleasure for us and I am sure that they will stimulate some most interesting discussion points.’