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Alternatives 2012

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Ryan Bisch

Principal, Mercer

Bisch is a principal and the director of exotic alternatives in Mercer's alternatives boutique, a unit within the investment consulting business. He is responsible for generation of intellectual capital and research of esoteric/niche alternative investments, and his areas of specialisation include insurance-linked strategies, asset-based lending strategies, timberland, agriculture and other non-traditional alternative strategies. Additionally, Bisch works with a small number of institutions providing advice on alternative investment portfolio structuring and manager selection.
Bisch joined Mercer in September 2002 as an actuarial consultant and is based in Sydney, Australia. He holds a Bachelor of Science, majoring in actuarial science, from the University of Alberta, Canada. Bisch is a CAIA charterholder and an affiliate member of the CFA Institute.