London Cocktail & Conference
Reimagining asset management
7 - 8 May 2019Central Hall Westminster
Michael Drexler, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Michael Drexler is a Managing Director and Global Head of Strategy and Business Transformation at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, based in New York. He and his team assist in the formulation and execution of strategic initiatives across the business and its supporting infrastructure. He joined the firm in June 2018 from the World Economic Forum where he was lately Head of Financial and Infrastructure Systems, Member of the Executive Committee. He interfaced with major actors in the finance and investment space, developing research content and systemic interventions in the areas of the financial system, alternative investments, infrastructure, long-term investing and corporate governance. Michael joined the Forum as Head of Investors Industries in 2011 after nine years at Barclays, where he most recently was Managing Director and Global Head of Strategy, Commercial/Investment Banking and Wealth Management. At Barclays, he also held positions in Principal Investments and Finance as well as being Chief of Staff to the group's chairman. He joined Barclays Capital in 2002 from McKinsey & Company. Prior to that, Drexler was an academic researcher at Stanford. He holds a doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Oxford, and an MSc in Electronic Engineering from the Technical University at Munich. An alumnus of Magdalen College, Oxford, he actively supports his old college in its activities. He was designated a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2010.
Agenda
| 09.35 - 10.00 | A walk on the wild side – disruption scenarios in Asset ManagementAsset management is a storied industry with attractive profit margins. This should make it a prime target for disruption. Could there be a world without funds? Or without fund managers? What if Alexa became the world’s biggest financial advisor? We will explore the hype and the facts behind scenarios like these, and what it means for our industry over various time frames.
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| 10.00 - 10.45 | CEO panel discussion – “Walking the talk”; Moving from “re-imagination” to the “reality” of transforming the asset management industryConverting the theory to practice; how should the asset management be responding to this technology and political driven disruptive world, where value for money is being questioned as never before, where customers willingness to buy products through digital channels is increasing, where investors are increasingly focused on the non-financial returns, where the asset management industry`s stewardship over investment decisions is continually being challenged and all of this being rounded-off by significant pressure on fee and margin levels. |
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| 11.10 - 11.55 | Luxembourg: anticipating change, shaping our future and aiming for tomorrowLuxembourg has a proud history of anticipating the evolving needs of the asset management industry it services. Entering with optimism a new era of “re-imagining” asset management and innovation benefiting investors, can it continue that tradition, and can we define what that future might look like? How is Luxembourg evolving as it welcomes new ideas and entrants, anticipates the future and re-imagines its role as the world’s second largest fund domicile? |
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| 11.55 - 12.30 | "Disruption scenarios" ... "structural shifts" ... "shaping our future" ... How does this impact the regulator?As the industry experiences disruption and transformation, how are regulators evolving? Are they experiencing the same disruption? What industry landscape are they planning and preparing for over the next five years? |
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| 14.00 - 15.15 | Target operating model for your management company18/698: what’s all the fuss about? |
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| 14.00 - 15.15 | Private equity: new tax and structuring developmentsin association with Are we moving to a US structuring environment? |
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| 14.00 - 15.15 | Real estate: hot investment areas and set-upsHow to manage regulatory substance |
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| 14. 00 - 15.15 | The Luxembourg sustainable finance toolkitHow to set up a sustainable fund using the Luxembourg toolbox? |
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