Speaker Profile: Luke Browne

Luke Browne, a senior managing director and Head of Asset Allocation, Asia, within the Multi-Asset Solutions Team (MAST) at Manulife Investment Management (MIM).  MAST is tasked with the delivery of cross-asset class investment solutions that include pension and retirement solutions, risk management- and outcome-oriented solutions, and multi-manager portfolios including both public and private assets.  Solutions may be absolute return, peer- or benchmark-relative and are delivered in many formats including mutual fund (including fund-of-fund), pooled, segregated and customized. MAST designs bespoke solutions on behalf of retail and institutional clients around the world and includes Asset Allocation, Liability-Driven Investing, Liquid Alternative, Beta Management and OCIO / Fiduciary Solutions for pension plans. Asset solutions include target risk, target date and a wide array of strategic, tactical and absolute return multi-asset class portfolios that are highly customizable depending on client objectives. Luke has more than two decades of investment experience. Before joining Manulife Investment Management, he spent eight years with UBS Asset Management in London where he served as Managing Director and Global Head of Investment Solutions Specialists, Head of Investment Solutions Portfolio Management and Deputy Global Head of Structured Solutions. Prior to that, he was at Schroder Investment Management as Head of Structured Solutions, and has also worked at Banca Popolare di Milano and Midland Bank Plc.