Main Conference, Day 1, Tuesday 24th June 2025 - CET/CEST (Cent Europe Summer, GMT+2)
A discussion in two parts.
Energy, security and infrastructure in the spotlight
- Yuri Bender - Editor-in-Chief, PWM, FT
Part 1: New opportunities and threats for investment leaders in public and private markets
- Yuri Bender - Editor-in-Chief, PWM, FT
- Sonja Laud - Chief Investment Officer, LGIM
- Clive Bellows - President Europe, Middle East, Africa,, Northern Trust
- Martin Horne - Co-Head of Global Investments, Barings
- Peter Branner - Chief Investment Officer, Aberdeen Investments
Five key data insights from the world’s largest investors
- Tara Davies - Co-Head of EMEA, KKR
- Selin Bucak - Editor, Specialist private equity journalist
How are top pure-play GPs or traditional asset managers building private markets capability as well as specialist distribution platforms educating private bank LPs around different solutions and advantages for different market segments.
As private wealth distribution partners and asset managers expand their private markets offerings, educating stakeholders has become essential for growth. How are leading GPs ensuring their value proposition is clearly understood? What strategies are firms using to train private wealth professionals on private markets? How can better education drive stronger investor confidence and adoption?
- Christine Waldron - Global Head of Fund Services, Asset Servicing, BNY Mellon
- Tara Davies - Co-Head of EMEA, KKR
- George Szemere - Head of Alternatives EMEA Wealth Management, Franklin Templeton
Details to be announced
Chatham House Rules - An exclusive peer to peer opportunity with our renowned morning keynote
- Omar Ali - EY Global Financial Services Leader; EY EMEIA Financial Services Regional Managing Partner, EY
- John Emerson - Vice Chairman, International, Former US Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Capital Group
Insights for Investment Management 2025
- Hermin Hologan - EMEIA FS Wealth & Asset Management Leader, EY
New players, new rules, new winners for a new era of partnership.
- Hermin Hologan - EMEIA FS Wealth & Asset Management Leader, EY
- Jose Minaya - Global Head of Investments & Wealth, BNY Investments and Wealth
- Fadi Abuali - Global Co-head of the Institutional Client Business, Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Co-CEO, Goldman Sachs Asset Management International
How are cloud-based digital assets and tokenisation poised to revolutionise the investment management landscape, opening up unprecedented growth opportunities? Delve into the facts behind this transformative trend and its potential to reshape the future of financial markets
- Joseph Saliba - Deputy Chief Executive Officer, CACEIS
- Philippe Seyll - CEO, Clearstream Fund Services
- Richard Bruyere - Managing Partner, INDEFI
- Mikael Bentlage - CEO, Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG
- Sophie de Nadaillac - CEO, Lazard Asset Management
- Benjamin Brochet - Deputy CEO of Crystal and President of Asset Management, Crystal & ZenithIS
Part 1: New research
Hot off the press insights into how to optimise your distribution and prioritise which markets, segments and products to focus on for 2025?
- Liam Martin - Senior Director, Global Insights, Broadridge
New best practice and intelligence for platforms and customisation for new client segments, partners and products.
- Florian Foerster - Head of Digital Clients EMEA, Invesco
- Killian Lonergan - Head of Distribution Intelligence, Brown Brothers Harriman
- Ann Prendergast - CEO, EMEA, SSGA
- Euan Munro - CEO, Newton Investment Management
- Sébastien Gentizon - Head of Fund and Manager Research, Pictet Wealth Management
- Marianne Dernies - Sub-Advisory Manager, BNP Paribas Asset Management
- Kelly Berkanish - Executive Director | Global Partnerships, UBS
Innovation in bond investing? With global economic uncertainty it’s good timing to meet new investor demand
- Guy Janssens - Head of the Investment Specialists, BNP Paribas Fortis Private Banking
- Mark Munro - Investment Director, Aberdeen Investments
- Mark Dowding - CIO, BlueBay Fixed Income, RBC BlueBay Asset Management
- Frank Meijer - Global Head of Alternative Fixed Income & Structured Finance, Aegon
- Martin Horne - Co-Head of Global Investments, Barings
- Jennifer Schnabl - Head of Global Fixed Income Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices
- Amin Rajan - CEO, CREATE-Research
- Mussie Kidane - CIO, North America Advisors, Pictet
- Jean-Christophe Rochat - Chief Investment Officer, member of ExCo, Banque Heritage
- Margaret Franklin - CEO & President, CFA Institute
- Dominic Bokor-Ingram - Co-Head of Emerging & Frontier Market Equities Team and Senior Portfolio Manager, Fiera Capital
How are COOs changing their priorities in the current landscape?
Changing role of the COO in times of geopolitical uncertainty and heightened quantum computing and cyber security - how are leading COOs taking a holistic view of the business?
- Oded Weiss - CEO, Multifonds
- Andrea Kramer - Chief Operating Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Hamilton Lane
- Mike Tumilty - Global Chief Operating Officer, Aegon Asset Management
How are industry leaders implementing innovative technologies to create new efficiencies across different business lines?
What best practices are emerging in the integration of advanced technologies to achieve holistic business transformation and enhanced operational effectiveness?
- Elizabeth Lumley - Award winning journalist, podcaster and ambassador for UK Innovate Finance, Fintech Expert
- Aman Thind - Chief Global Architect, State Street
- Elise Grazini - Senior Manager in Banking & Capital Market, Bearingpoint
- Damien Barry - Head of Global Investor & Distribution Solutions, EMEA, SS&C Technologies
Session Format: Each speaker has a total of 9 minutes, made up of a 7-minute presentation and 2-minute questions from the moderator and audience.
Slot 1: 12.30 – 12.39
Transfer Agency
Joern Tobias, Global Head of Investor Services Product Management, State Street
Slot 2: 12.40 – 12.49
Slot 3: 12.50 – 12.59
Speakers may use slides
- Alain Mandy - Experienced Chief Transformation Officer, Industry Veteran
- Joern Tobias - Global Head of Investor Services Product Management, State Street
- Markus Egloff - MD, Head of KKR Global Wealth Solutions, KKR
- Amy Jupe - Managing Director in the External Investing Group (XIG), Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Theo Delia-Russell - Deputy Head Private Banking Division and Management Committee, Mediobanca
- Agnès Lossi - Partner, Asset Management Practice, Indefi
- Luca Anzola - Head of Multimanager and Alternative Investments, Fideuram Asset Management
- Olivier Paccalin - Deputy CEO, Societe Generale Private Banking
- Peter Beske Nielsen - Partner, EQT Partners
- Katja Lammert - CIO - Alternative Investments, MEAG
Keynote speaker Q&A. An informal audience with…
- Mark Carleton-Smith - Chief of the General Staff, Head of the British Army (2018 - 2022), Formerly the most senior Special Forces office in Defence, The front-line of defence and geopolitical strategy expertise
- Oliver Roll - Founder, 4AlphaDrivers
- Jasmine Yu - Chief Investment Officer, Bryn Mawr Capital Management
- Francesca McDonagh - Chief Executive Officer, Universal Investment
- Erich Gerth - CEO, RBC BlueBay
- Jean-Francois Hirschel - CEO & Founder, H-Ideas
- Nadège Lesueur-Pène - Member of Executive Committee of the Bank, Head of Wealth Management - Developing Markets, Union Bancaire Privée
- Jonathan Duncan - Chief Impact Officer, Reyl & Cie
- Richard Garland - Managing Director, Head of Global Advisor, Ninety One
How are successful fund selectors in the Nordic region adapting their strategies to capitalise on local opportunities while managing risks specific to Scandinavian markets?
- Niklas Tell - Chief Content Officer, Tell Media Group
- Johanna Juujärvi - Head of Manager Selection, Finnish Aktia
- Georg Skare-Lund - Investment Director - External Funds, Storebrand
- Oren Kaplan - Co-founder & CEO, Matching.Investments
- Anders Karsbaek Bertramsen - Head of Manager Selection, Nordea Asset Management
- Johanna Valta - Vice President and Fund Selector, Laicorn Asset Management
- Beverly Chandler - Managing Editor, ETF Express
- Henry Cobbe - Investment Committee and Proposition Support for UK Advisors, Elston Consulting
- Ernst Knacke - Head of Research, Shard Capital
- Richard Foley - CEO, New Horizons
- Anne-Valère Amo - Head of ETF Selection, Trackinsight
- Sebastien Danloy - Chief Business Officer, Euroclear
How are leading fund selectors and buyers evaluating and integrating active ETFs into their portfolio strategies, and what factors are driving their decisions?
What potential benefits and risks do selectors see in incorporating active ETFs, and how do they compare these products to traditional passive ETFs and mutual funds?
- Agnès Lossi - Partner, Asset Management Practice, Indefi
- Nicolas Moussavi - Head of Multi-Management, Société Générale Investment Solutions France
- Paul Weber - Head of Fund Research and Manager Selection, Amundi
- Travis Spence - Head of ETF Distribution, EMEA, J P Morgan
- Stéphane Janin - Global Head of Regulatory Developments and Public Affairs, AXA Investment Managers
- Michaël PRIEM - Head of Regtech Solutions, Outscale
- James Ellison - COO, Tenax Capital
Best practices in evergreen funds distribution solutions & servicing for private wealth
How to overcome the challenges of structuring and servicing the next generation of semi-liquid products?
- André Schnurrenberger - Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Novantigo
- Rachel Thornton - Senior Product Manager, Northern Trust
- Tara Newbery - Managing Director, Legal & Regulatory, Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions
- Jan-Marc Fergg - Global Head of ESG & Managed Solutions, HSBC Global Private Banking & Wealth
- Simon Redman - Managing Director, Client Portfolio Management Europe, Invesco Real Estate
- Gracie Coburn - Senior Director, Real Estate Acquisitions, Nuveen
An afternoon of vibrant face-to-face global conversations, community and connections
Join enjoyable, useful, champagne- fuelled conversations throughout the exhibition floor, with a cocktail hour, showcases, meet the speakers, competitions and more
Scan as you move through the exhibition area
We're stepping up the game in 2025 to offer a meetings programme like no other.
Fund selectors and asset managers/GPs will be matched based on investment interests
Allocate is a one-hour session. Each meeting will 8 minutes
Each delegate will have up to 5 meetings in the hour - the perfect way to have introductions and start a conversation
Fund selectors apply by emailing matthew.gilhespy@informa.com
- Jean-Francois Hirschel - CEO & Founder, H-Ideas
- Stephane Corsaletti - Chairman, Allfunds Investment Solutions
- Pierre Bonart - Head of Multi-management, Edmond de Rothschild
- Laurent Auchlin - Managing Partner, Anglo-Swiss Advisors