In previous years entitled the Globalisation of Investment Funds Conference, and now in its 34th year, this conference continues to offer attendees a truly global perspective on some of the most significant current issues in the asset management industry. The panels comprise representatives of global asset managers, regulators, law firms, the “Big 4”, depositaries and fund service providers, and will compare and contrast approaches to key commercial and regulatory developments across jurisdictions as well as asset classes. The sessions are agnostic as to fund or product structure and category of investor/client.
Topics include:
• Keynote speeches on geopolitical environment, economic outlook and where to next
• Evolving regulation of AI in asset management
• Strategic planning for the asset management industry
• Managing your international footprint, one step at a time
• Cyber Security – You’ve been hacked
• Depositaries – Safeguarding assets in turbulent times and navigating evolving regulations
• Virtual Assets – Keeping institutional investors onside
• Bringing institutional mandates to retail investors
• Impact investing
• ESG – unintended consequences
• ETFs- latest trends and developments
• Private funds- A dialogue with GPs and LPs: Are we on the same page
• Private credit – developments and opportunities
• A dialogue with the Regulators
• Roundtable sessions (Offshore jurisdictions update and challenges for fund distribution in LATAM)