Claude Niedner, Arendt

Claude Niedner Claude Niedner is a Partner and Chairman of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in investment funds and works in the areas of UCITS, hedge funds and real estate. He has been a member of the Luxembourg Bar since 1993. Claude is Chairman of the Regulation Advisory Board and Chairman of the Alternative Investments Committee at the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI). He is also a member of the Alternative Investment Funds working group at the level of the Haut Comité de la Place Financière (HCPF), where he is involved in many different initiatives for the development of Luxembourg’s alternative investment fund sector. Claude is a regular speaker at international conferences on topics related to investment funds. He has also been a lecturer in Financial Law at the Université Robert Schuman de Strasbourg (France). Prior to joining Arendt & Medernach, Claude worked in the capital markets department of a major Luxembourg bank. Claude holds a master's degree in Law from the Université Robert Schuman de Strasbourg (France) as well as a master's degree in Business Administration from the Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC), Paris (France). Languages: English, French, German and Luxembourgish
09.55-10.40

Round Table Discussion - Risk Management: a key pillar of the governance model

  • Risk management models
  • Roles & responsibilities of the ManCo Board
  • Relation between Board of Funds and ManCo
  • Roles & responsibilities of the Conducting Officers
  • Local substance requirements
  • Parent Companies/Branches/Subsidiaries
  • Risk Management, compliance & internal Audit

13.35-14.20

BREAKOUT SESSION 1: Stress testing & VaR model backtesting C.S.I. - Practitioners thoughts


14.50-15.50

Delegation & Oversight - Current thinking & possible scenarios for UK based Asset Managers

  • Investment Management – role of the investment advisor
  • Central administration (Accounting,TA)
  • Marketing & Distribution
  • Custodian/Depositary
  • ESMA-General principles on supervisory approach to relocations from UK
  • ALFI guidelines:Principles of the oversight of financial
    intermediaries
  • Christophe Douche

    Christophe Douche Chief Operating Officer and Conducting Officer FundRock Management Company S.A.


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