ALTSUK

September 18, 2025

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ALTSUK is an education-focused alternative investment event designed to bring the investor community together for a full day of dialogue and discussion on the most relevant topics facing investors and managers today.

ALTSUK is developed and led by the CAIA Association and Markets Group, and is a hot spot for those seeking the very latest in alternative investment news and developments. ALTSUK is specifically designed to provide relevant, education-focused content for individuals who manage, advise, allocate to, or oversee alternative investments. With leading allocating and management firms, the agenda will include topics such as global asset allocation, private markets, real assets, private equity, hedge funds, alternative beta strategies, and more.

OUR SPEAKERS

Speakers

Ben Levenstein

Ben Levenstein

Universities Superannuation Scheme

Head of Private Markets

Ben is Head of Private Markets, overseeing the team investing across all private asset classes at USS.Ben joined Private Markets in 2013 leading teams across the Strategic investment and Real Assets mandates. Most recently, Ben was head of the Private Credit and Alternative Income mandate, investing across the risk spectrum, both directly and through fiduciary managers. Ben has been a member of the Private Markets Investment Committee since 2010. Prior to joining the Private Markets Group, Ben was Head of UK and European Equities at USS managing equity portfolios totalling £6bn. Ben began his career as an analyst at HSBC specialising in Utilities. He holds a BA in Business and Economics from the University of the West of England.
Daniel Kylander

Daniel Kylander

Church Commissioners for England

Investment Analyst - Private Equity

Daniel is an investment professional in the private equity team at the Church Commissioners, the Church of England's endowment. Daniel is responsible for managing and building a global portfolio of high conviction managers and co-investments. He began his career with Cambridge Associates where he helped advise US and UK endowments and pensions on alternative asset allocation and portfolio construction. Daniel holds a MSc from the University of Oxford and a BA from the Durham University.  

Dev Jadeja

Dev Jadeja

Local Pensions Partnership Investments

Deputy Chief Investment Officer

Dev has over 18 years of investment experience. He works closely with the Chief Investment Officer and focuses on investment deployment, oversight and process across all asset classes. He also manages the External Managers team. Prior to joining LPPI in 2020, he was deputy lead for the manager research team at Cardano Risk Management. Earlier in his career, he held research and portfolio management roles at International Asset Management, Key Asset Management and Old Mutual Asset Managers. Dev holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.
Elsa Deseilligny

Elsa Deseilligny

Cambridge Associates

Associate Investment Director

Elsa joined the firm in 2019 and is based in the London office. She is a member of the EMEA Private Equity and Venture Capital team and is responsible for sourcing, performing due diligence, monitoring, and recommending fund managers in that space. Although Elsa does not have a set focus area within that, she has spent a lot of time with European growth equity firms, venture capital firms, and sector-focused private equity firms. Prior to joining Cambridge Associates, Elsa supported private equity funds in France and Benelux on investment due diligence, portfolio monitoring, and deal sourcing, as a non-advisory partner. Elsa received her BA (Hons) in Anthropology from the University of Durham. She is a native French speaker.
Emma Bewley

Emma Bewley

Partners Capital

Partner, Head of Credit

Emma Bewley joined Partners Capital in 2019 and is a Partner and Head of Credit. Previously, Emma was at Connection Capital where she was Head of Fund Investments; a Portfolio Manager at Pamplona Capital Management; and she also spent five years at Morgan Stanley. Emma graduated from Girton College, Cambridge University with a BA in Modern and Medieval Languages.
Joe McDonnell

Joe McDonnell

Border to Coast

Chief Investment Officer

Joe is Chief Investment Officer of Border to Coast - one of the largest LGPS pools in the UK. Previously Joe spent 15 years as Head of Portfolio Solutions EMEA for Neuberger Berman and Morgan Stanley Investment Management. In these role he was a Senior Portfolio Manager for Key Strategic/OCIO mandates, Multi-Asset, Diversified Alternatives funds/mandates and structured solutions. Prior to this Joe spent 10 years in Corporate Pension Plan management as Head of Investments at Shell International and as Head of Fixed Income for IBM Europe Retirement plans. Joe has a MA in Economics & Finance from the University of Sheffield and a BA in Economics & History from University College Dublin. He has been awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
John Normand

John Normand

AustralianSuper

Head of Investment Strategy

John Normand is Head of Investment Strategy for AustralianSuper. He focuses on tactical and strategic asset allocation for public and private markets and is based in London. Before joining the Fund, he spent 24 years at J.P. Morgan, where he was Head of Research for Currencies, International Bonds, Commodities, and Cross-Asset Strategy. He has also worked in global bond strategy at UBS Asset Management and in Latin American economics research at the World Bank. He holds degrees from Georgetown (BA in Economics), Princeton (MPA in Economics & Public Policy) and London School of Economics (MSc in Philosophy & Public Policy) and is CFA charterholder.
Lee Marshall

Lee Marshall

Pension Protection Fund

Head of Real Estate

Lee Marshall is Head of Real Estate for the Pension Protection Fund, based in London. He joined the PPF in 2020 and is responsible for all aspects of strategy and execution relating the to the PPF’s c.£2bn of global real estate investments. Lee previously spent 13yrs as a fund manager in the indirect real estate teams at Aviva Investors and LaSalle Investment Management, working with a range of pension fund clients in delivering global real estate investment solutions including launching LaSalle's flagship multi strategy global real estate fund. Prior to this, Lee held research and portfolio analysis roles with IPD (now MSCI) and CBRE Global Investors. Lee holds a BSc in biochemistry from Imperial College London.
Matthew Towsey

Matthew Towsey

Aon

Partner, Co-Head of Hedge Funds and Liquid Alternatives

Matthew serves as a Partner and is Co-Head of Hedge Funds and Liquid Alternatives at Aon, based in London, bringing almost 20 years of experience to the role. He oversees research and allocations across hedge funds, multi asset and private markets, as well as opportunistic strategies. His role includes sourcing, evaluating, conducting due diligence, and monitoring hedge funds. Additionally he is involved in creating client hedge fund portfolios, and works closely with the fiduciary business in the management of alternatives portfolios. Matthew joined Aon in 2011, prior to this he worked at Fitzwilliam Asset Management, where he was a member of the Investment Committee running multi-strategy and commodity fund of hedge funds.
Robert Holl

Robert Holl

Wellcome Trust

Principal

Robert Holl is a Principal in the Investment Division at the Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation that supports science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone, funded from its £38 billion global unconstrained investment portfolio. He is responsible for their Commercial Property investments and has experience across direct and indirect assets across a range of property sectors including strategic land, life sciences, student accommodation, and hotels in private and public markets. Robert joined Wellcome in 2012, he is a CFA charterholder and qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Deloitte at the start of his career.
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Key Discussion Topics

NEXT BEST MOVE IN ALTERNATIVES As the controversy around alternatives carries on, investors voice the opportunity in cash and fixed income investment strategies.

HEDGE FUND INVESTMENT STRATEGIES Creating a dialogue around the opportunities in this volatile market through credit investing, long/short equity, market neutral, global macro, convertible arbitrage and liquid alternatives.

PRIVATE WEALTH & HEDGE FUNDS As hedge funds continue to be important to family offices, wealth managers and private banks, investors will discuss the rise in their allocation.

INSTITUTIONAL PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION Discussing hedge fund manager selection, addressing over-diversification mistakes and understanding both the art and science of developing a successful portfolio for pensions, endowments and foundations.

MACROECONOMICS & GLOBAL TRENDS Comparing and contrasting global macro conditions and investment performance.

GROWING OPPORTUNITIES IN PRIVATE DEBT Asset owners aim to get in on the opportunities in private debt and credit and are increasingly looking at impact investing as an alternative.

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