Webinar on Investment Strategies under Covid-19

13 July 2020: IBA CEE in collaboration with IFMP organized a free 1.5 hour webinar on "Investment Strategies under Covid-19". Speakers of this webinar included Asif Arsalan Soomro, MD, KASB Securities & Muhammad Asim, President CFA Society Pakistan & Chief Investment Officer, MCB. The virtual session was moderated by Faheem Sardar, Senior Policy Specialist, Govt. of Pakistan.

Following topics were covered in the webinar:

• What should be the investment strategy during this tough time ?
• Outlook on Asset Allocation Strategies; Equity, Fixed Income, Commodity, and Real Estate.
• Implications of Covid-19 on the Economy: Growth, Tax Revenues, Trade, Inflation, and Monetary Policy.
• Stock Market Implications: Liquidity backed, valuation impacts, short vs long-term strategies.
• Investment Risk Appetite: Using Stock Market as an investment/savings tool.
• Sector Recommendation: Changing investor and consumer pattern after COVID-19