Main Conference Day 2, Wednesday 25th June 2025 - CET/CEST (Cent Europe Summer, GMT+2)
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Meeting point: Meet outside The Grimaldi Forum at 07:15 for a IMpower member of staff to guide you to the beach or head straight over
- 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
Hosted in partnership with London Women’s Forum
Can teaching financial engagement reduce inequality and how can we make it more accessible?
Abigail Foster is the Founder of Elent, a groundbreaking platform focused on making financial education accessible, engaging, and empowering - particularly for women and the next generation of wealth holders.
With experience working alongside HMRC and the Bank of England, Abigail brings a rare perspective on how institutions can communicate complex financial concepts with clarity and credibility.
Expect a fresh take on:
Creating stronger, more trusted advisor-client relationships in an evolving wealth landscape
Empowering clients through financial literacy
Communicating effectively with the next generation
- Celia Larkin - Managing Director, Vice Chair of the London Women's Forum
- Abigail Foster - Disruptive Financial Educator & Founder, Elent
- Åsa Norrie - Former CEO, Head of Distribution, Distribution expert
Prior to his keynote later this morning, General Sir Mark Carleton- Smith gives and exclusive insights into today’s leadership challenges in times of great geopolitical uncertainty compounded by the digital revolution.
This is critical moment for institutional leadership, given the complexities of geopolitics, politics, and rapidly advancing technologies. Sir Mark will direct leaders to the ideas, thinkers, content, and subjects that will be materially important for global corporations and investors to understand as they make consequential decisions at this historic time.
To register please contact jenny.adams@informa.com
- Mark Carleton-Smith - Chief of the General Staff, Head of the British Army (2018 - 2022), Formerly the most senior Special Forces officer in Defence, The front-line of defence and geopolitical strategy expertise
- Åsa Norrie - Former CEO, Head of Distribution, Distribution expert
Are you ready for taking advantage of the great wealth transfer and the rapid rise of the self-directed investor? Best practice from across Europe and UK
- Richard Neve - Managing Director & Partner, Cognito Media
- Albert Geisler Fox - CEO, Performativ
- Job Mantz - Country Head, Netherlands, MeDirect
- Richard Neve - Managing Director & Partner, Cognito Media
- Oliver Bilal - Head of EMEA Distribution, Invesco
- Timothy Hill - Executive MD, US & European Client Group, Principal Asset Management
- Marie Jacot - CEO, Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (France)
- Viola Patock - Managing Director, Head of Continental Europe, RBC BlueBay Asset Management
For the questions you never thought you’d have to ask.
Allocators and CIOs will come and ask your most pressing questions of the moment.
- Amin Rajan - CEO, Create Research
- Lorenzo Portelli - Head of Cross Asset Strategy, Amundi Investment Institute
- Dipan Roy - Head of Portfolio Construction, Redington
- Mats Lilja - Head of Asset Allocation, Swedbank Robur
- Liz Wright - Head of Index Strategy, Euronext
How are fund manufacturers and regulators in EU & UK transforming business models to reflect new opportunities in global systems change?
Where is capital flowing, and which sectors and investment vehicles are gaining traction? How are impact investing, biodiversity, and the energy transition shaping the future of sustainable finance.
As regulation evolves, sustainable investment products labelled as “sustainable” will need to align with real-world impact and growth. Future solutions will clearly define their objectives, measure improvements, and provide transparency on their impact. This shift will not only enhance credibility but also unlock new distribution opportunities, meeting the growing customer demand for verifiable sustainability
- Hortense Bioy - Head of Sustainable Investing Research, Morningstar Sustainalytics
- Laura Vitagliano - Head of Sustainable Finance, Strategy Client Engagement, Securities Services, BNP Paribas
- Ben Dear - CEO, Osmosis Investment Management
- George Latham - Managing Director, Foresight
How traditional firms are integrating blockchain-based solutions and the new role of digital-native firms US and European regulatory landscape: MiCA, CBDC initiatives, and Trump’s executive order
- Xavier Gomez - Group Chief Operating Officer, Vancelian
- Christophe Lepitre - CEO, Iznes
- Rémi Cuinat - Head of Unit-Linked Assets, Generali France
- Anya Nova - Australia’s Blockchain Leader of the Year in 2019, GK8
The practicalities of reshaping how investment products reach clients
Reducing costs and increasing efficiency through automation
- Daniel Andemeskel - CEO, Shyne Kapital
- Laurent Majchrzak - Global Head of Digital Assets, Caceis
- David Durouchoux - Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Societe Generale Forge
- Anna Dinescu - Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder, Liberty Road Capital
- Simon Keefe - Managing Director, Head of Digital Solutions, Calastone
How safe are digital payments when power can be pulled at any time?
- Martin Gilbert - Chairman, Revolut
- Edward Glyn - Managing Director, Head of Global Markets, Calastone
Hedge funds are back and big in the UHNW Alternatives portfolio:
Fireside chat on the numbers, why and how
- Nishant Kumar - Chief Correspondent, Bloomberg
- Marcus Storr - Member of the Board, FERI
Join General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, former Chief of the General Staff (2018–2022) and the most senior Special Forces officer in Defence, as he explores the critical intersection of politics, business, defence, and intelligence networks
- Mark Carleton-Smith - Chief of the General Staff, Head of the British Army (2018 - 2022), Formerly the most senior Special Forces officer in Defence, The front-line of defence and geopolitical strategy expertise
- Yuri Bender - Editor-in-Chief, PWM, FT
- Hannes Hofmann - Global head family offices, Citi Private bank
- Nicolas Forest - Chief Investment Officer, Candriam
- Nicolas Syz - Head of Wealth Management, Bank Syz
- Sophie Chardon - Head of Sustainable Investment, Lombard Odier Private Bank
- Philippe Setbon - CEO, Natixis
- Richard Bruyère - Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Indefi
OK computer: How the business can harness big tech and welcome AI as a co-worker to face a new digital future
How can businesses integrate AI, crypto, cloud, and data strategies to stay ahead of the curve?
What are the biggest challenges in adopting emerging technologies, and how can they be overcome?
How can organisations build a tech-driven culture to drive long-term innovation and growth?
- Liz Lumley - Award winning journalist, podcaster & ambassador for UK Innovate Finance, Fintech Expert
- Diane MacFarlane - Head of Securities Services, EMEA, JP Morgan Securities Services
- James Rhodes - President, Direct Platform, Morningstar
- Joseph Bonanno - Global Head of Data Analytics & Innovation, Citi Wealth
How BlackRock’s acquisition of Preqin is revolutionizing data and technology for the whole portfolio How BlackRock’s acquisition of Preqin is changing the data and solutions game across the whole portfolio
- Mark O'Hare - Founder, Preqin, Vice Chair, BlackRock
- Emma Walden - Professional Broadcaster, IMpower Correspondent
How are leading alternatives players forging relationships with banks, tech providers, and LPs to drive growth?
What has gone into design process to be attractive to partnerships?
What factors make a fund or platform attractive for long-term partnerships?
Where do industry leaders see the biggest opportunities for scaling alternative investments?
- Punit Satsangi - Managing Director, SS&C GlobeOp
- Barry Fricke - Managing Director EMEA Head of Alternatives for Third Party Wealth, Goldman Sachs Asset Management International
- Martina Sanow - Partner, HG Wealth
- Erwan Paugam - Head of Private Wealth Solutions & Senior Managing Director, Ardian
- Nick Millington - Managing Director, Blackstone Private Wealth
An informal audience with General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, Chief of the General Staff, Head of the British Army (2018 – 2022)
- Mark Carleton-Smith - Chief of the General Staff, Head of the British Army (2018 - 2022), Formerly the most senior Special Forces officer in Defence, The front-line of defence and geopolitical strategy expertise
- Maria Cantillon - UK & MEA Cluster Head, Investor Services, Citi
How are crypto is reshaping financial markets and investment strategies? From private to institutional adoption – What is the role of ETFs, mutual funds and ETPs?
How to access crypto assets/products: due diligence and risk management
Which innovations in decentralisation, tokenisation, and blockchain are set to drive the next wave of growth?
- Frank Dornseifer - Managing Director, Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI)
- Maximilian Bader - Founding Partner, Q21 Capital
- Scott Schucht - Head of Distribution, CoinShares
- Bradley Duke - Head of Europe, Bitwise Asset Management
- Paul Frost-Smith - Co-CEO, Komainu
Join us for a transformative networking session where you’ll discover how to lead meaningful conversations, dismantle limiting assumptions, and unlock new possibilities for your career and those around you.
Gitanjali Trevorrow-Seymour, widely known as The Possibilist, will guide us through powerful insights on how our own thinking can stand in the way—and how shifting our perspective can open doors we didn’t know existed.
Come ready to connect, question, and empower your next career move.
Register early to avoid disappointment.
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Monaco private bank CEO panel discussion: Comparing how Swiss, French, UK and Monaco banks perceive the opportunities and threats of the current situation
- Laurence Genevet - Managing Director, YRSA Riviera
- Sérène El Masri - CEO, UBP Monaco
- Nicolas Feit - CEO, Societe Generale Private Banking, Monaco
- Justin Highman - Deputy CEO, Monaco Economic Board
- Patrick Leygonie - CEO, Rothschild & Co, Monaco
- Maksym Konevshchynsky - Strategy & Sustainability Consultant, Indefi
- Julien Mechler - Head of Sub-Advisory, BNPP AM
- Vanessa Bonjean - Head of Fund Selection, Societe Generale Private Banking
How are Europe’s leading financial institutions mobilising household savings into long-term investments?
an exceptional opportunity for private assets and a challenge for the industry
- Dr Oliver Roll - Founder, The 4AlphaInstitute
- Christian Jasperneite - Co-Founder, CAP2 & CIO, M.M. Warburg
- Serge Weyland - CEO, ALFI
- Jean-Francois Hirschel - Chief Executive Officer, H-Ideas
- Stephane Corsaletti - Chairman, Allfunds Investment Solutions
- Pierre Bonart - Head of Multi-management, Edmond de Rothschild
- Laurent Auchlin - Managing Partner, Anglo Swiss Advisors
- Amparo Sampedro - Head of Fund Selection Platform, Generali Investment Partners
Fortifying portfolios in uncertainty Balancing short and long-term multi –asset solutions. What innovative approaches are CIOs and investment leaders implementing to create resilient portfolios that can withstand market volatility and economic uncertainty? What’s dangerously under-estimated in the market and how to fortify portfolios from shocks in extreme uncertainty
- Luke Hyde-Smith - Co-Head of Multi Asset Strategies, Director, Waverton Investment Management
- Monika Calay - Director of UK Manager Research, Morningstar
- Rémi Lambert - Chief Investment Officer, AXA IM Select
- Furio Pietribiasi - CEO, Mediolanum Asset Management
- Fiona Frick - Founding Partner, Investment Consultant, Circe Invest
- Petter Johnsen - CIO, Managing Partner & former CIO, NBIM, ICP Asset Management
- Stian Jenssen - Partner, Government & Public Affairs, former Chief of Staff, advisor Jens Stoltenberg, NATO, ICP Infrastructure
Asset classes, safe havens and the relative attractiveness of US vs European asset managers
- Fiona Frick - Founding Partner, Investment Consultant, Circe Invest
- Xiao Cui - Senior Economist, Pictet
- Jose Mazoy - Global CIO, Santander Asset Management
- Anthony C. Bisegna - Executive Vice President & Head, State Street Markets
New Research on one of the most controversial global markets themes of today and how to select the right fund.
Artificial Intelligence can be considered the dominant investment theme of our time. Over the past five years, assets in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data funds globally have expanded fivefold, while new fund launches have reached record levels. Each fund defines and tracks the AI theme differently, which can lead to very different investment outcomes and create a selection dilemma for investors. In this session, we will introduce our most recent research on the topic, which includes an overview of the AI investment landscape and a practical framework for assessing Artificial Intelligence funds. Leveraging our unique thematic fund dataset, we will also share key findings on thematic purity and discuss how best to benchmark these strategies.
- Kenneth Lamont - Principal, Manager Research, Morningstar
- Anne-Valère Amo - Head of ETF Selection & Strategies, Trackinsight
- Angela de Wolff - Founding Partner, Conser
As investment firms evolve to meet the demands of an increasingly diverse outsourcing market, the operational backbone must adapt to support the seamless integration of traditional and emerging asset classes.
How can firms optimise their operational infrastructure to support the complexity of multi-asset funds and new investment products?
What are the key challenges in integrating traditional asset class operations with emerging investment opportunities like private markets and ETFs?
In what ways can the operations function become a strategic enabler for innovation and growth in investment offerings?
- Nikolay Netsov - Head of EMEA Asset Management, JP Morgan Payments
- Paul Martin - Global COO, Investments, Willis Towers Watson
- Jeanne Duvoux - Head of Business Support & Operations, Amundi Group
- Quentin Werle - Head of Portfolio Management, 6 Monks
- Frederic Van Ingelgom - Continental Europe Head of Business Development, HSBC
• Leveraging data and expertise to make investment decisions and support risk analysis
• How can advanced technology solutions help companies achieve stable and sustainable growth
• How AI is transforming financial markets through innovation and collaboration
- Bahar Ghaffari - Group Director, Investment Management, Banking & Execution Solutions, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
- Arne Martin Moen - Chief Operating Officer, Storebrand
- Stuart Gunderson - Chief Operating Officer & Director, Seilern Investment Management
- Steve Taylor - Head of Data & Client Platforms for Issuer Services & Investor Services, Citi
- Joaquim De La Cruz - Co-Founder & CEO, Flanks
- Pascal Duval - CEO, Client engagement expert
- Stephanie Clarke - Head of strategic Change, Pictet Asset Management
- Miguel Ángel Treceño - Chief Data Office, Allfunds
A key undertaking for GPs, with many developing internal academies is to help train wealth advisors. This panel will bring some of the industry’s leading fund managers together to discuss how they are developing their education programs to communicate the value proposition of private credit.
This panel will discuss:
Defining private credit: What is it and how does it differ from traditional fixed income?
What are the return drivers in a private credit strategy?
Why does private credit fit well within an evergreen fund structure?
What strategies are GPs using to educate and engage wealth advisors, from in-house academies to digital learning platforms?
How might private credit strategies evolve in the coming years within the evergreen space (i.e. asset-backed finance strategies)?
What innovative private credit evergreen funds beyond direct lending are LPs buying from whom and where? New CLOs and ABS solutions
Where does this fit into the broader portfolio in the current macro environment, and can this continue? How to think about the risk and performance perspective for 2025
- James Williams - Founder, Greenlion
- Felix Janssen - Partner, LGT Capital Partners
- Orla Walsh - Managing Director & Portfolio Manager, Barings Private Credit
- Bernard Galea - Managing Director, Global Private Credit, Pantheon
- Paul Mann - Senior Director, Arcmont
Private equity secondaries offer a compelling entry point into the asset class, but understanding their nuances is key for wealth advisors looking to guide clients effectively. This panel brings together leading fund managers to demystify secondaries, break down their value proposition, and share insights into what makes a great secondary investment.
This panel will discuss: What exactly is a private equity secondary investment?
What are some of the most salient features of secondaries that wealth advisors need to understand?
What goes into evaluating secondaries, from pricing dynamics to portfolio quality?
How does the performance of open-ended evergreen funds (annualized returns) compare to traditional closed-ended funds (internal rate of return)?
Will the perpetual nature of evergreen structures make benchmarking easier and help drive the mutualisation of private equity among private wealth investors?
- James Williams - Founder, Greenlion
- Johnny el Hachem - CEO, Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity
- Edouard Boscher - Head of Private Equity, Carmignac
- Julian Ramplemann - Managing Director - Partner in the Secondary Investment team, Carlyle Alpinvest
Who is buying what and why in turbulent geopolitical times?
How the evolving geopolitical landscape is influencing investment decisions.
Will Europe back Europe and where are the opportunities?
- Alexandra Daly - CEO & Co-Founder, AA Advisors
- Peter Arnold - Head of European Private Markets, LBP AM
- Richard Surrency - Group Chief Commercial Officer, IQ-EQ
- Mark Redman - Managing Partner, Head of Europe, Stellex Capital Management
- Nicola Riello - Founder & Chairman, Riello Investimenti
In this profound closing keynote, award-winning photographer and Legacy of War Foundation CEO Giles Duley MBE shares how his extraordinary journey of resilience reshaped his approach to leadership. Drawing from his experiences as a photographer in conflict zones and his personal story of recovery, Duley offers unique insights into adapting to change, building resilience, and fostering meaningful growth in both personal and professional spheres.
- Giles Duley MBE - Photographer, Writer, Chef, Presenter, & CEO, Legacy of War Foundation
How are the attitudes of second and third-generation family office leaders changing, and what implications do these shifts have for GPs and asset managers? What are the current trends in demand for liquid and illiquid investments within family offices, and how is the concept of impact investing evolving in this context?
- April Rudin - Founder & President, The Rudin Group
- Phil Watson - Chief Investment Officer, Betteredge Capital
- April Rudin - Founder & President, The Rudin Group
- Vanessa Grellet - Managing Partner, Arche Capital
For senior distribution, sales & marketing leaders to enhance both organisational impact and professional influence.
Transform how you and your firm connect with clients in today's evolving market. This interactive workshop explores the powerful intersection of personal and corporate branding to drive measurable business results. Learn how leading firms are adapting their marketing strategies to changing demographics and digital behaviours, while developing your own authentic voice.
Craft differentiated messaging that resonates across platforms
Align personal expertise with corporate value proposition
Leverage thought leadership to build trust and engagement
Measure and optimise campaign effectiveness
Join former professional poker player Caspar Berry for our risk workshop drawing comparisons between poker theory and allocation of resources
- Caspar Berry - Former professional poker player, Risk management & decision-making consultant
Research shows that the best connections and conversations often come at the end of the event when everyone is most relaxed and at ease. Don’t miss this opportunity to solidify your new connections and community by taking advantage of our networking tables.
What better way to celebrate 35 years of industry innovation and connections than at our unforgettable closing party? Join us as we toast to new and old friendships, reflect on the past, and look ahead to the future. Let’s end this milestone event on a high note with great company, music, and celebration!