2026 Main Conference Day 2 - Europe/Paris UTC+01:00
- Rachel Bower - Former National Boxing Champion, Detective Inspector, Team GB Coach
- Matthew Jones - Met Police Sergeant, Boxing Coach, Reigning World Police & Fire Super Heavyweight Champion
- Sir Richard Moore - Former Chief (‘C’) of the UK Secret Intelligence Service (2020–2025) (MI6), Front-line decision maker in geopolitics and intelligence
- Cambria Allen-Ratzlaff - Interim Chief Executive Officer, UNPRI
What are the major challenges as end client buying behaviour shifts and channels change?
- Timothy Hill - Executive MD, US & European Client Group, Principal Asset Management
- Marie Jacot - Global Head of Distribution, Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (France)
How rethinking your market insight updates can boost your sales.
As information overload becomes the norm, fund selectors are increasingly seeking quality over quantity in the updates they receive. Moving beyond generic commentary to create communications that fund selectors actually want to read and act upon.
- Oren Kaplan - Co-Founder & CEO, Insightful Investments
- Andrea Acimovic - Fund Selection & Portfolio Strategist, Elston Consulting
- Anais Gfeller - Senior Vice President, Equity Fund Research & Selection, Lombard Odier Group
- Tim Martin - Research Analyst, Fund Selection, DWS Group
- Salvatore Buono - Head of Fund of Funds and Unit Linked Solutions - Multi-Asset Investments, Amundi
Inside Sweden’s premium pension system
- Erik Fransson - Executive Director, Swedish Fund Selection Agency
- Albert Reiter - CEO, investRFP.com and ESG.Guide
As global markets continue to navigate geopolitical fragmentation and accelerating climate pressures, sovereignty will shape the defining investment thematics of the next decade. From food and water to defence, energy and AI resilience, resource security is transforming the opportunities in sustainable investing
- Xavier Gomez - Group Chief Operating Officer, Vancelian
- Matthieu Brunhammer - Head of Digital Solutions, Société Générale
- Kelly Berkanish - Executive Director, Global Financial Sponsors, UBS
- Sir Richard Moore - Former Chief (‘C’) of the UK Secret Intelligence Service (2020–2025) (MI6), Front-line decision maker in geopolitics and intelligence
- Yuri Bender - Editor-in-Chief, PWM, FT
- Lata Vyas - Managing Director, Alternative Funds, Brown Brothers Harriman
- Deborah Shire - Deputy Head & Member of the Management Board, BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts
- Stephanie Richards - Managing Director, Head of EMEA Alternatives for Third Party Wealth, Goldman Sachs Asset Management International
The most important tech trends for business leaders in the light of heightened geopolitical and business risk
- Liz Lumley - Award winning journalist, podcaster & ambassador for UK Innovate Finance, Fintech Expert
How CEOs from Monaco’s leading private banks are adjusting their strategies in complex times to meet client needs.
- Serene El Masri - CEO, UBP Monaco
What investment trends and product preferences are shaping fund selection in Francophone Europe? How are local buyers navigating market challenges and regulatory changes?
What can selectors and asset managers do to protect themselves?
- Jean-Francois Hirschel - Chief Executive Officer, H-Ideas
- Pierre Bonart - Head of Multi-management, Edmond de Rothschild
- Laurent Auchlin - Managing Partner, Anglo Swiss Advisors
From geopolitical supply-chain risk to the battle for rare earths and unpredictable tariffs which emerging markets are adapting best?
Exploring how top CIOs rethink allocation and risk management when political decisions dominate markets, from trade to defence to climate transition
- Luke Hyde-Smith - Co-Head of Multi Asset, W1M
Is investor demand for private markets is genuine, informed, and sustainable, or largely driven by distribution and product push? The session interrogates suitability, education limits, behavioural readiness, and the macro context.
The functional role of evergreens in private wealth portfolios – how are they actually used versus how they are designed to function.
Everyone passes due diligence, but are asset managers choosing the same partners? How can operational leaders onboard and select strategic providers while avoiding operational bottlenecks and industry concentration risk?
Reshaping how new investment products reach new clients
- Laurent Majchrzak - Global Head of Digital Assets, CACEIS
Best in class solutions for augmenting best in class risk management, efficiency and scalability in the middle and back-office
- Professor Amin Rajan - CEO, Create Research
Join us for two hours of champagne-fuelled networking and interactive experiences across the exhibition floor. Scan as you collect points for some very special prizes
Highlights Include:
Experiential features
Closing Keynote
Sponsor Showcases - exclusive features at partner booths
Interactive Prize Hunt - collect points as you explore the exhibition
Enjoy cocktails, networking, and meaningful conversations while connecting with speakers, peers, and industry
Small-group roundtables hosted by buyers
Take a place, be served your glass of bubbly and enjoy your opportunity to ask questions from leading allocators about their processes and preferences.
Move freely between the different tables in an informal and highly effective format. No need to book, just come along
- Dan Nechita - Managing Director, Vanguard Europe, Formerly AI Act negotiator for European Parliament