The future of funds

Empowering growth in the funds market

At IMpower 2023, Emma Walden was joined by Carl Palmer, CEO, MFEX by Euroclear, to discuss Euroclear's vision and innovations. In this interview, Carl delves into what Euroclear's ambition in the funds market is, what will be done to support this growth ambition as well as what new solutions and innovations are coming up.

ELTIF 2.0 vs semi-liquid open-end funds: Which will reign supreme?

Cerulli Associates' CAIA, Director, European Institutional Asset Management Research, Justina Deveikyte, and Managing Director of Sales and Marketing, Jared Baucom, paid a visit to the IMpower Studios to discuss Private wealth current and anticipated allocation to private assets, key growth opportunities for asset managers and product innovation, specifically ELTIF 2.0 vs semi-liquid open-end funds.

Under the spotlight:

Carl Palmer

Carl Palmer is the co-CEO at MFEX responsible for business development.

Carl has over 15 years experience in fund distribution and has held several leadership positions within the MFEX Group, he is a member of the MFEX Executive Committee.  Previously Carl was Chief Product Officer during which time he was responsible for M&A, which led to the establishment of MFEX as the leading Pan-European fund distribution platform with a global presence.

Carl currently sits on the Board of MFEX France, MFEX Luxembourg and Global Fund Watch, a digital compliance platform. He has also served on the Board of Fondab AB (Fondmarknaden.se) between 2015 and 2020, a Swedish B2C and B2B2C fund distribution platform.

Carl is a graduate from the Department of War Studies at King's College London, and holds a MA in Russian Studies from Uppsala University.

Justina Deveikyte

Justina joined Cerulli Associates in February 2014 and heads the European Institutional Asset Management research practice. In her role, she is responsible for all research activities relating to institutional investors, the firm’s analysis of alternative investments, the environmental, social, governance (ESG) research, and all data-science-based activities. She also contributes to multiple strategic consulting engagements and The Cerulli Edge series.

Justina is the lead author of several Cerulli reports, covering insurance, retirement, ESG, and alternative investments. Throughout her career, she has successfully developed partnerships with industry associations and has presented at several conferences and events across the Europe.

Prior to joining Cerulli, Justina was a Financial Manager and GFC Consulting; she previously has provided professional advice on banking products, including unit-linked insurance and third-pillar pension products at SEB Bank Group.

Euroclear were Gold Sponsors and Cerulli Associates were Silver Sponsors of IMpower 2023. Find out more about IMpower here >>