The Search for Monthly Income Without Sacrificing Upside Potential is Over. Introducing CANQ. – Calamos Investments – 3.7.24

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Title: The Search for Monthly Income Without Sacrificing Upside Potential is Over. Introducing CANQ.
Date: Thursday, March 7, 2024
Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Duration: 1 hour
 

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Times have changed.

We have entered a new interest rate regime, yet many investors are still stuck using equity income and risk management strategies of the past.

Join Calamos as they discuss an intelligent strategy designed to deliver monthly distributable income from a foundation of bonds, and uncapped equity market upside potential from options on Nasdaq 100 stocks.

CANQ, Calamos Alternative Nasdaq & Bond ETF.

It’s time to demand more from your equity allocation.

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Speakers:

Matt KaufmanMatt Kaufman SVP, Head of ETFs Calamos Investments

Matt Kaufman serves as SVP, Head of ETFs at Calamos Investments, where he leads the firm’s ETF business.

Matt joined Calamos Investments in 2023 as an accomplished financial services executive with more than 20 years of experience serving the asset management and insurance industries across North America, Europe, and Asia. Matt has designed, led, and helped build hundreds of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), unit investment trusts (UITs), indexes, variable insurance trust funds, registered index-linked annuities, fixed annuities, and closed-end funds. He is also a sought-after source by leading financial publications and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and events.

Prior to Calamos, Matt spent more than a decade at Milliman, Inc., where he served as President of the firm’s broker/dealer (Milliman Investment Management Services LLC) and as a principal of the firm’s $170b RIA (Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC). Matt also draws from his prior experience at PowerShares ETFs, where he helped the firm grow during the formative years of the ETF ecosystem.

Matt earned a B.A. in Public Administration and Economics from Cedarville University and maintains Certified ETF Advisor (CETF®) and Professional Certified Marketer® designations through The ETF Institute and American Marketing Association, respectively. He also holds FINRA Series 7, 63, and 24 and CFTC Series 3 licenses.

Shaheen Iqubal, CFAShaheen Iqubal, CFA SVP, Head of Quantitative Investments, Co-Head of Risk, and Associate Portfolio Manager Calamos Investments

Shaheen Iqubal joined Calamos in 2017 and has 23 years of investment industry experience. Shaheen is responsible for oversight of our quantitative investment and risk management teams and has ETF portfolio management responsibilities. Prior to joining the firm, Shaheen was executive director and senior quantitative analyst in the applied research group at UBS Asset Management. During his tenure at UBS, Shaheen also managed emerging markets systematic fund. Earlier in his career at UBS, he held the role of senior applications developer in the investment IT group. Shaheen earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, with concentrations in Analytical Finance and Economics. He received a B.S. with concentrations in Mathematics and Chemistry from Ranchi University and an honors diploma in Software from the National Institute of Information Technology, India. He is a member of the CFA Institute, the CFA Society of Chicago, and the Chicago Quantitative Alliance (CQA).

Matt Freund, CFAMatt Freund, CFA Co-CIO, Head of Fixed Income Strategies and Senior Co-Portfolio Manager Calamos Investments

As a Co-Chief Investment Officer, Matt Freund is responsible for oversight of investment team resources, investment processes, performance and risk. As Head of Fixed Income Strategies, he manages investment team members and has portfolio management responsibilities. He is also a member of the Calamos Investment Committee, which is charged with providing a top-down framework, maintaining oversight of risk and performance metrics, and evaluating investment process. Matt joined Calamos in 2016 and has over 30 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Calamos, he was Chief Investment Officer of USAA Investments, leading the teams responsible for the portfolio management of USAA’s mutual funds and affiliated portfolios, including P&C and life insurance products, and overseeing more than $140 billion in assets. During this time, he also served as lead portfolio manager for several highly regarded fixed income mutual funds. Earlier in his career, Matt served as a senior investment analyst for MetLife in the Capital Markets Group. He received a B.A. in Accounting from Franklin & Marshall College and an M.B.A. from Indiana University.

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