Pre-conference Day: Summits & Workshops - GMT (Greenwich Mean Time, GMTZ)
- Raj Singh - Independent Non Executive/Chair Product Approval Committee/Member Audit Committee, Vanguard
Discussing the shifting geopolitical landscape and how this is reshaping asset management operations, supply chain restructuring and investment strategies
- Ann Roughead - Chair, Senior Independent Director, Non-Executive Director and former CEO, Senior Roles, JP Morgan, Citi, Columbia Threadneedle and LV=
- Rolf Nelson - Product and Portfolio Senior Risk Manager, Allianz Asset Management
- Thomas Ribarits - Chief Risk Officer, European Investment Fund (EIF)
- Alan Leung - Chief Security Officer, Moneycorp
- How liquidity management evolved from swing pricing and anti-dilution measures in traditional funds to the broader toolkit now emerging for private and semi-liquid markets
- Whether increasingly sophisticated liquidity management tools can truly address structural liquidity mismatches, or merely make them easier to manage
- Why the long-term success of semi-liquid investing may depend less on liquidity tools and more on accepting that some structures remain inherently semi-liquid
- Stefan Junglen - Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer, DWS Group
Digital assets and tokenisation are making markets increasingly continuous. Stablecoins, tokenised deposits and faster settlement could change how money and assets move. This session explores how risk management may need to evolve as traditional market hours become less relevant.
Providing practical insights into how risk functions can identify the key risk drivers of private-market funds, which data sources are available, and how to engage effectively with portfolio management and investment risk teams.
- Anh Tran - Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Risk Officer, Allianz Asset Management
How are risk managers building a robust investment framework?
- Arbind Jha - Director and Head of Market, Counterparty, Treasury, and Model Risk, World Bank Group
- Vivek Shah - Head of risk, Citi
Navigating the practical and ethical considerations of deploying AI in research automation, trading execution, client communications, and operational processes
- Candace Steele - Group Risk Director, Canopius
- Stephan Höcht - Head of Risk, Assenagon Asset Management
- William Cooper - Former Head of Risk & Compliance, Novo Holdings
- Aitor Muguruza Gonzalez - Head of Quantitative Modelling and Data Analytics, Kaiju Capital Management