Main Conference Day 2, Wednesday 26th June 2024 - CET/CEST (Cent Europe Summer, GMT+2)
Main Conference Day 2, Wednesday 26th June 2024 - CET/CEST (Cent Europe Summer, GMT+2)
- Rachel Bower - Former English National Champion, National Coach and GB Boxing Development coach, Detective Inspector with the Met Police, Former amateur national UK champion, GB Boxing
- Jim McCaughan - Chair, Polen Capital, Industry Expert and Veteran CEO
What the smartest leaders do Part 1
Lessons ever more relevant for today from the former head of one of most globally renowned national security agencies, UK’s MI5
on how leaders tend to over or underestimate certain threats and risks.
What can they set in place today to anticipate and mitigate the potential business, human and reputational impact?
5 top questions/new research from Sylvia
- Eliza Manningham-Buller - Former Director-General, Global Intelligence Expert, former head of UK Security Service (MI5)
- Sylvia Pozezanac - CEO, Redington
From overlooked threats to the global financial system, how can you know if your business and investment risk strategy is out of date? Companies tend to be good at managing economic risk, but research shows seasoned leaders often underestimate the impact of political and other risks on their businesses and their careers.
How can investors better anticipate the global risks and opportunities that may be underestimated or overlooked and what does this mean for “safe assets”
- Oliver Roll - Founder, 4AlphaDrivers
- Olivier Rousseau - Former Member of the Management Board, FFR, The French Pension Fund Reserve
- Kjetil Houg - CEO, GPFN - Government Pension Fund Norway / Folketrygdfondet
- Ingrid Albinsson - Vice Chairman of the Board & Chairman, Risk Committee, Former CIO, AP7, AP2
Refocusing global strategy to be future fit in times of market stress and increasing consumer-focussed regulation. What product and price innovation is needed by asset managers to drive growth and value?
- Diane MacFarlane - Head of Securities Services, EMEA, JP Morgan Securities Services
- Fannie Wurtz - Member of the GMC, Deputy CEO, Head of Distribution and Wealth Division, Passive & Alternative, Amundi
- Åsa Norrie - CEO Europe & Regional Head of Distribution, Principal Asset Management
- Jaime Lázaro Ruiz - Head Asset Management & Global Wealth, BBVA Asset Management & Global Wealth
- Furio Pietribiasi - Chief Executive Officer, Mediolanum Asset Management Ltd
- Alex Birkin - EY EMEIA Financial Services Consulting Leader and Managing Partner, EY
- James Williams - Founder, Greenlion
How can private wealth and family office investors extend their origination and research capabilities to the next wave of fund management talent in private markets and alternatives? In this session we focus on infrastructure.
What are LPs looking for across infrastructure, impact, real estate and real assets for private wealth – and how important is the article 8 and 9 sustainability angle?
- Guy Janssens - Head of the Investment Specialists, BNP Paribas Fortis
4 top GPs will highlight the breadth of opportunities across infrastructure, real estate, real assets and briefly explain how the funds are structured to enable a wider range of investor.
- David Beamish - Principal, Infrastructure & Real Assets, StepStone Group
- Markus Pimpl - Managing Director, Partners Group
- Jim McCaughan - Chair, Polen Capital, Industry Expert and Veteran CEO
to Passive EM ex-China equity fund as well as China’s No.1 B2B online platform for mutual funds distribution, this session highlights some of the most interesting new moves around shaping Asian investment
While Chinese equities hit five-year lows, other Asian markets and/or sectors are attracting investors’ new-found or renewed attention. This session highlights some of the most interesting new moves and challenges shaping Asian investment, such as sustainable investments in both fixed income and equities, and the rise of China’s B2B online platform for mutual funds distribution
- Carolina Minio- Paluello - CEO, Arabesque AI
- Oi-Yee Choo - CEO, ADDx
- Rebecca Lim - CEO & Founder, AutoML
- Lesley Li - CEO & Founder, U Impact
- Pei Si Lai - CEO, GX Bank
- Pak Sun - CEO, Votee.AI
Assessing how we work together to bring together data, tech, vision, will to creating more sustainable value for the end investor – and our own businesses.
- Edward Glyn - Managing Director, Head of Global Markets, Calastone
- John Misselbrook - Chairman, Hargreaves Lansdown Fund Managers
- Paul Resnik - CEO, Suitable Advice Institute; Founding Shareholder, Transact, Finametrica, Seccl, Tokenbridge,, Serial Wealth Tech Entrepreneur
- Martin Gilbert - Chairman, Revolut
- Carolina Minio- Paluello - CEO, Arabesque AI
- Yuri Bender - Editor, FT PWM
- Paul Whelan - Director, Wealth Management, Mirabaud
- Hannes Hoffmann - Global head family offices, Citi Private bank
- Belinda Aspinall - SVP, Head of Global Family and Private Investment Office, EMEA, Northern Trust Corporation
- Zita Nikoletta Verbenyi - Founder, The Legacy Atelier
- Nicole Curti - Managing Partner - CEO, Capital Y
Understanding how major female European investors are building successful portfolios and businesses
Some of Europe’s leading investors discuss how their approach to building successful portfolios and the increasing role of the “S” in ESG when making partnership decisions.
- Manuela Froehlich - Co-Founder and Partner, FondsFrauen
- Anja Hochberg - Head of Multi Asset Solutions, Zürcher Kantonalbank ZKB
- Katja Lammert - CIO, Alternative Investments, MEAG
- Lisa Backes - Member of the Board, Hauck & Aufhäuser Fund Services S.A.
New research and moderation: European Fund Selector Study (EuroFSS) 2024/2025
- Mark McFee - Editorial & Insights Director, Research in Finance
- Christophe Girondel - Deputy CEO, Nordea Asset Management
- Renato Guerriero - Deputy CEO, in charge of global development and distribution, Candriam
- Anne-Sophie Girault - MD, head of Continental Europe, RBC Bluebay
- James Gruver - Managing Director of EMEA & APAC, Polen Capital
- Simon Keefe - Managing Director, Head of Market Solutions, Calastone
- Rémi Cuinat - Managing Director, Head of Unit-Linked Assets, Generali
- Christophe Lepitre - CEO, IZNES
- Nadine Teychenne - Global Head of Digital Assets, Citi
- Rémi Lambert - Chief Investment Officer, AXA IM Select
- Dan Scott - Head of Vontobul Multi Asset, Vontobel
- Nicolas Bickel - Group Head of Investment, Private Banking, Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management
- Fabiana Fedeli - CIO, Equities, Multi-Asset & Sustainability Board Member, M&G Investments
- Nicolas Forest - Chief Investment Officer and Member of the Group Strategic Committee, Candriam
- Sara Sjølin - Copenhagen Bureau Chief, Bloomberg
- Matt Navins - SVP, US Small-Mid Cap Growth strategy, Fiera Capital
- Stéphanie Bobtcheff - Responsible European Small and Mid Cap Team, LFDE
From new funds such as Asia fixed income with ESG, to Passive EM ex-China equity fund as well as China’s No.1 B2B online platform for mutual funds distribution, this session highlights some of the most interesting new moves around shaping Asian investment.
- Shelley Yang, CFA - CEO and Founder, InvesTAO
- Ewan Markson-Brown - PM and Partner, Crux Asset management (Lansdowne Partners)
- Gabriel Yu - Director, Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, Ping An of China Asset management Hong Kong
- Zhong Li - Head of International Business and Chief of Staff to Chairman, FoFund
Creating plan for modernisation to optimising scalable target operating models. How are leading firms are approaching retiring legacy systems, adopting emerging tech, data management and data governance whilst aligning controls and seamlessly merging workflows?
- Terry Yodaiken - Head of Asset & Wealth Management, Armstrong Wolfe, Devlin Mambo
- Victoria Kent - Managing Director, European Head of Client Engagement, Aladdin, BlackRock
- Franck Bonte - MD - Securities Services CIO, Societe Generale Securities Services
- Kate McClellan - COO, Aviva Investors
- Nathan Atrrell - Industry Principal, Financial Services, Snowflake
How are leading COOs operationalising scalable target operating models post M&A? Learn how to optimise disparate systems, expand fund ranges, align controls, and merge asset and wealth management capabilities seamlessly.
- Paul Martin - Global COO, Investments, Willis Towers Watson
- Karen Bashford - COO, L&G Capital
- Campbell Fleming - Chair of the Big Exchange and Deputy Chair, Ruffer
- Clare Flynn Levy - CEO and Founder, Essentia Analytics
Keynote speaker Q&A with increasing geopolitical challenges to global energy, food and health security,
what are the most hopeful scientific innovations to tackle these long-term challenges?
- Eliza Manningham-Buller - Former Director-General, Global Intelligence Expert, former head of UK Security Service (MI5)
When Manya left banking for boutique boxing, she noticed a gap in the market. Sensing opportunity, she launched The Boxing House - bringing authentic coaching and a judgement-free zone to her community. Through grit and creative grassroots fundraising, Manya overcame financing challenges facing women entrepreneurs.
She is joined by Rachel Bower, former English National Champion, National Coach and GB Boxing Development coach.
Manya Klempner, Founder, The Boxing House Gyms
(Limited numbers – sign up in advance - Part of our event long Women Mean Business programme highlighting the voices of extraordinary women and some exceptional female-led high impact teams.)
- Manya Klempner - Founder, The Boxing House Gyms
- Rachel Bower - Former English National Champion, National Coach and GB Boxing Development coach, Detective Inspector with the Met Police, Former amateur national UK champion, GB Boxing
- Davina Goodall-Smith - Independent Consultant, DGS Advisory
- Antony John - Principal, Ilex Associates
- Davina Goodall-Smith - Independent Consultant, DGS Advisory
- Xavier Gomez - Co-Founder, COO, INVYO
- Anna Dinescu - Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder, Liberty Road Capital
- Quentin Werlé - Head of Portfolio Management, 6M
- Clemence Droin - Partner, Indefi
- Julien Mechler - Head of Sub Advisory, BNP Paribas Asset Management
- Guillaume Lasserre - Deputy CIO, LB PAM
- Sophie Bigeard - Head of Multi Asset, Quaero Capital
- François-Xavier Gennetais - CEO, ABN AMRO Investment Solutions
- Ingrid Albinsson - Vice Chairman of the Board & Chairman, Risk Committee, Former CIO, AP7, AP2
- Oliver Roll - Founder, 4AlphaDrivers
- Niklas Ekvall - CEO, Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4)
- Michael Dittrich - MD, Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
- Dirk Jargstoff - Chief Executive Officer, Chair of the Executive Committee, Bosch Pensionsfonds
- Elena Manolo-Bonthond - CIO, CERN Pension Fund
How should you respond to to client’s/investor’s different preferences?
Investors want practical strategies for long-term stewardship of their particular niche. How do the best asset owners, wealth managers and asset managers do this? From integrating into the overall portfolio or focussing on very particular outcomes, e.g. SDG contribution or carbon reduction or any other defined metrics such as an impact portfolio.
It’s not just about the “E” but also on the “S” to support evolving society.
- Hortense Bioy - Global Director of Sustainability Research, Manager Research, Morningstar
- Mia Söderberg - Senior Manager, Asset Manager Selection, Munich Re
- George Latham - CEO, WHEB Asset Management
- Fiona Frick - CEO , Circe Invest
- Luc D’Anterroches - Director, BearingPoint France
- Gaetan Aversano - MD, Deputy Head, Private Markets Group, Union Bancaire Privee (UBP)
- Pablo Martin Pascual - Head of Quality Funds, BBVA Asset Management & Global Wealth
- José Martínez-Sanjuán - Global Head of Fund Selection, Santander Private Banking
- James Williams - Founder, Greenlion
- Mattis Poetter - Partner, Arcmont Asset Management
- Harriet Steel - Partner, Pemberton Asset Management
- Michael Craig - Head of European Senior Loans, Senior Portfolio Manger, Invesco
- Amit Bahri - Managing Director Private Credit, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Dan Robinson - EMEA Head of Alternative Credit, DWS Group
- Aymeric Martin - Executive Director, Private Debt, Tikehau Capital
- James Williams - Founder, Greenlion
- Mattis Poetter - Partner, Arcmont Asset Management
- Aymeric Martin - Executive Director, Private Debt, Tikehau Capital
- Harriet Steel - Partner, Pemberton Asset Management
- Michael Craig - Head of European Senior Loans, Senior Portfolio Manger, Invesco
- Amit Bahri - Managing Director Private Credit, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Dan Robinson - EMEA Head of Alternative Credit, DWS Group
- Paolo Biamino - Head of Client Advisory, Mediobanca Premier
- Mario Unali - Portfolio Manager, Kairos Partners
- Stefan Hölscher - Managing Partner, S+H Fondsberatung GmbH
- Stefan Schrader - Founder & CEO, Titus
- Davina Goodall-Smith - Independent Consultant, DGS Advisory
- Di Rifai - Chairman, Creating Future Us
- Fiona Frick - CEO , Circe Invest
Gain insights into India’s investment landscape, navigating geopolitical currents and dive into the local investor mindset
- Flavio Melis - Founder, B.U.Y. Invest
- Luisa Munaretto - Entrepreneur, Private Investor
- Pritam Deuskar - CIO, WealthyVia
- Ankit Anand - Founding Partner, Riceberg Ventures LLC
- Ajay Garg - Owner, Equirus Capital