PEOPLE PROFILE
Susan Royles
Director

Group: Portfolio Management
Began at Conning: 1996

"My passion for the capital markets and investing is well-placed at Conning, a leader in the field of insurance asset management."

Investment Approach

Conning’s integrated approach to managing insurance company assets aligns our client’s investment strategies with their unique business needs. We base our process on the disciplined and integrated execution of our core capabilities in asset management, strategic advisory and insurance research.

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Strategic Asset Allocation

  • Develop a thorough understanding of our client’s business, liabilities, operating parameters and investment objectives
  • Employ sophisticated modeling tools and techniques
  • Design a unique asset allocation strategy for each client – in essence – a customized blueprint for each portfolio

Customized Benchmark 

  • Develop  a custom, insurance-specific investment benchmark to articulate this blueprint and monitor performance
  • Provide our clients with a well-constructed benchmark that allows them to evaluate the value added by Conning’s portfolio management team

Tactical Asset Allocation 

  • Employ a disciplined investment process to make tactical allocations within the capital markets
  • Focus on optimizing the structure, asset allocation and issue selection of each of our client’s portfolios

To learn more about Conning’s comprehensive investment services, please contact us.