European Asset Management Conference

Agenda

Day 1 - Tuesday 5 March Day 2 - Wednesday 6 March Download Latest Agenda

08.00 - 08.45		Registration and breakfast

08.45 - 09.00		Welcome and Introduction Nathalie Reuter Presenter, Journalist Master of Ceremonies Denise Voss Chairwoman LuxFLAG

09.00 - 09.10		Chairperson’s introduction Ravi Beegun Member of ALFI StratBo & Chief Innovation Officer at KPMG

09.10 - 10.00		Industry (R)evolution This session will consist of a presentation of the Industry Revolution Report, Part II, done by Citi Business Advisory Services: “How Today’s Innovation Efforts Could Lead to a Re-architecting of the Investment Management Industry”, followed by a panel discussion of hot topics in the industry. Moderator Jervis Smith Country Managing Director Vistra Luxembourg Panellists Mara Shreck Head of Regulatory Affairs - Asset & Wealth Management JP Morgan Asset Management Martin Parkes Managing Director, Global Public Policy BlackRock Serge Weyland CEO Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management, Luxembourg

10.00 - 10.30		Coffee break

10.30 - 10.55		Keynote speech: The challenge of pensions Demographics in a global context Axel Börsch-Supan Director Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MPI Sozialrecht und Sozialpolitik)

10.55 - 11.35		The role of asset managers in the provision of pensions AMs operating in Europe are welcoming the proposed addition to their toolkit in the form of the PEPP. This panel will look at this large-scale, portable and cost-efficient product, designed to encourage long-term investment in a sustainable manner in the real economy while enabling AMs to tailor products to suit their business models. Moderator Silke Bernard Partner Linklaters LLP Panellists Christian Lemaire Global Head of Retirement Solutions Amundi Asset Management Julian Webb Global Head of Workplace Investing Fidelity Marc Wicki Managing Director, Co-Head Structuring Partners Group

11.35 - 12.05		The fate of securitisation Investment funds are feeling the impact of new rules such as ATAD and the EU Securitisation Regulation 2017/2402. You may be asking yourself whether you can still use securitisation as an intermediary company and/or feeder structure for your funds – and if not, if there is an easy way out. Our experts will be looking at these questions as well as into the future – is a revised securitisation law in the making? Moderator Christian Hertz Managing Director Apex \| FundRock LIS Panellists Frank Mausen Partner, Avocat à la cour Allen & Overy Sven Ulbrich CEO CAPSENSIXX AG

12.05 - 12.15		Chairperson's wrap up and closing remarks

12.15 - 14.00		Lunch in the exhibition area

13.15 - 13.45		Lunch session: Innovation in Asset Management: 5 fintechs to discover In the exhibition area Eduardo Gramuglia Senior Vice President State Street Bank International GmbH, Luxembourg Branch Alex Panican Deputy CEO Luxembourg House of Fintech (LHoFT) Linda Hellström GRC Watch Susanna von Langsdorff GRC Watch Koen Vanderhoydonk Blanco Services Andrew Campbell Apiax David Kiener Novireg Christian Gillot CEO and Founder Tetrao

14.00 - 14.10		Chairperson's introduction Stefan Van Geyt Managing Director and Group CIO KBL

14.10 - 14.55		The fight for talent The recipe for attracting tomorrow’s leaders is on every employer’s wishlist. The HR experts on this panel will tell you what makes global nomads stay – in a job, in a place (like Luxembourg), and loyal to their employer. Moderator Susanne Schartz COO SEQVOIA S.A. Panellists Ola Fadipe Head of Talent EMEA BlackRock Katharina Flechtner Chief of Staff and Head of Business Management UBS Martine Kerschenmeyer Senior Client Partner Korn Ferry Sinead O'Donnell Director DO Recruitment Advisors

14.55 - 15.20		The impact of technology on the world of work Are robots really coming for our jobs? What have machines still got to learn, and what can we learn from machines? Moderator Sigrid Nygaard Johansen Chief Commercial Officer KNEIP Panellists James Dening Vice President Europe Automation Anywhere Jan Sturesson Founder Resting - Advise from the future

15.20 - 15.50		Coffee break

15.50 - 16.30		Brexit: impact on people and org charts In the light of the most recent CSSF substance rules, organisations have to make the right moves – quite literally – as 29 March approaches. Whether it is building your org chart in line with these substance requirements, making sure you have the right people in the right location, or other elements in the Brexit conundrum – this debate promises to be an interesting one. Panellists Micaela Forelli Managing Director, Europe M&G Luxembourg S.A. Jean-Marc Goy Conducting Officer Senior Counsel Capital Group Gerald Rehn Head of International Product & Strategy BNY Mellon Investment Management

16.30 - 16.50		Tick tock goes the Brexit clock Brexit from a political perspective Denise Voss Chairwoman LuxFLAG Interviews John Marshall British Ambassador to Luxembourg

16.50 - 17.00		Master of Ceremony and Chairperson’s wrap-up and closing remarks

17.00 - 18.30		Cocktail kindly sponsored by KPMG - in the exhibition area

European Asset Management Conference

The 4 P’s of asset management: Product – People – Progress – Prediction

Agenda

Registration and breakfast

Welcome and Introduction

Chairperson’s introduction

Industry (R)evolution

Coffee break

Keynote speech: The challenge of pensions

The role of asset managers in the provision of pensions

The fate of securitisation

Chairperson's wrap up and closing remarks

Lunch in the exhibition area

Lunch session: Innovation in Asset Management: 5 fintechs to discover

Chairperson's introduction

The fight for talent

The impact of technology on the world of work

Coffee break

Brexit: impact on people and org charts

Tick tock goes the Brexit clock

Master of Ceremony and Chairperson’s wrap-up and closing remarks

Cocktail kindly sponsored by KPMG - in the exhibition area

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