European Risk Management Conference

• Setting the scene with examples in a “tour de table”
• Forward-looking risk management: options and tools
• The impact of new technology on investing: digital investing and AI
• Using stress testing to enhance risk trend assessments
• Portfolio risk
• Dealing with political uncertainty

How are approaches to risk similar to, or different from, those in asset management?

• Approaches to risk management and governance and risk management scope
• Hot topics in other sectors of finance
• Risk management trends outside of Europe
• Cultural understandings of risk
• Enterprise risk management vs financial risk management

• Quantitative strategies
• Liquidity issues and liability management
• MMFR liquidity stress test
• Active vs passive strategies
• How ETFs deal with market volatility
• “Bearish” risks

The impact of CSSF Circular 18/698 and other developments in asset management

• The Luxembourg risk manager – generalist, expert or limit controller?
• Does CSSF Circular 18/698 bring more responsibilities for risk managers/conducting officers for risk management?
• New technologies – new types of risk?
• Recruiting risk managers and other HR considerations

• The role of the risk manager in the investment process
• Case studies on escalating risks
• Life cycle considerations
• Managing illiquid asset classes

• The European regulatory framework and the Luxembourg regulator: overview and outlook
• ESMA consultation on sustainability
• Liquidity and leverage