Global Distribution Conference

Regulatory reforms and internationalisation of markets offer new opportunities for fund distribution. An overview of what is in the pipeline in Asia, Brazil, Canada, South Africa and Australia

Today, there are 3 existing fund recognition/passport schemes in the Asia Pacific region. Latin America is now gearing towards joining the fund passport band wagon as well. What can we learn from these “glocal” passport business cases?

• A reality check and current state on the Asian passports
• The ‘LATAM passport’ and state of play for the region’s fund industries
• What are the main challenges when rethinking a region/country’s fund footprint

An open discussion with Richard Garland who tells it like it is, on the outlook for global distribution

A New Climate for Growth. Cultivating Asset Intelligence to Thrive

A presentation of the key findings of the SSB research paper A New Climate for Growth. Cultivating Asset Intelligence to Thrive will followed by an open discussion on how emerging technologies create new opportunities in the area of distribution. In fact, one of the new model for growth is to expand distribution with mobile and robo.

The discussion will focus on how the industry players align technology with their ambition and the developments in FundTech and RegTech.

The changing face of Europe and the world with Brexit, the rise of populism, an enduring low-interest environment, the threat of climate change, changing investor demand…What are the impacts of major geopolitical and macroeconomics trends on our daily business? Is the core role of asset management changing? Leading political and AM public policy figures tell their stories, discussing their views on the current and future state of Europe.