FPA East Bay Breakfast Meeting 9/2/15 

This presentation offers an overview of international investing, providing an understanding foreign currency risk and how currency hedging works.  Topics include: the key reasons investors should consider adding international exposure to a portfolio, the main risks associated with international investing, and how investors can potentially mitigate the risks by using hedged products.  Also included is an overview of hedged products, which are designed to mitigate the exposure to fluctuations between the value of the U.S. dollar and non-U.S. currencies while allowing pure exposure to international markets, as well as how currency hedging works. 

About Our Speaker

Dodd Kittsley, is the Head of ETF Strategy in the Americas for Deutshe Asset and Wealth Management, responsible for driving the firm’s thought leadership strategy and delivering investment insight to clients, the press and investing public.

Prior to joining the firm, he was the Global Head of ETP Research for BlackRock and Head of Due Diligence for iShares. At Barclays Global Investors (BGI), he was responsible for providing customized portfolio solutions and product analytics to financial intermediaries and was Director of Sales Strategy, leading a team that created and delivered ETP product and industry related insights. Mr. Kittsley has also held research and fund due diligence positions at State Street Global Advisors and Morgan Stanley. He has published extensively and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and in the media.