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Market Update webinar

Watch our latest views on market moves as we continue to support your client conversations.

17th Mar 2026 On-Demand

Event overview

Watch our market moves and latest views webinar as we continue to support your client conversations.

Our CIO team explain how the evolving situation in the Middle East is impacting global markets, what it means for portfolios, and what they are monitoring as the situation unfolds.

This webinar is for Financial Professionals only.

Panellists

Patrick

Patrick Farrell

Group Chief Investment Officer

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Patrick joined Raymond James Wealth Management in 2022 as Chief Investment Officer. Patrick has over 35 years' experience in investment management roles in Australia and the UK, including 18 years in Chief Investment Officer roles. He was CIO for the Suncorp Group, the largest general insurance group in Australia, as well as BT Financial Group, the award-winning wealth and asset management arm of Westpac, one of Australia's 'big four' banks. Prior to that he held leadership roles in the areas of tactical asset allocation, fund manager research and fixed interest portfolio management. He holds a Bachelor of Science majoring in pure and applied mathematics roles from the University of Western Australia and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Abbas

Abbas Owainati

Head of Portfolio Management & Asset Allocation

Abbas Owainati joined Charles Stanley in the newly created role of Head of Asset Allocation in 2023. He is the lead portfolio manager for the centrally managed Multi Asset Guidance Portfolios (MAGP). Abbas Owainati's background includes a successful tenure (5 years) focusing on multi-asset strategy for the BT Pension Scheme Management (Brightwell), where he played a pivotal role in shaping investment strategies for the £47 billion scheme including managing the scheme's derisking path. Prior to this Abbas worked at Old Mutual Global Investors (now known as Quilter Investors) for 10 years as a macro strategist across portfolio management. In this role, he led macroeconomic research and worked with fund managers in formulating the asset allocation strategy. Abbas holds an MSc in Economics and BSc (Hons) in Financial Economics from the University of Essex.