Preview of The World’s Largest Fund Management Conference: FundForum International 2012

By Jenny Adams, Programme Director, FundForum International

FundForum International delivers another impressive line-up in 2012

Each year, FundForum International is an event where the leaders of asset management and fund distribution gather, and so the critical issues facing the mutual fund industry follow, taking them to task.  With clouds of uncertainty around the global economy, matched by the certainty of more rigorous regulation, hear experts tough out the arguments, such as Elizabeth Corley, Global CEO,  ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS; Guillaume Prache, MD, EUROINVESTORS; Chairman, Securities & Markets Stakeholder Group, ESMA and Allan Polack, CEO, NORDEA SAVINGS & ASSET MANAGEMENT, as they dissect all the key issues of investment management returns, and ensuring better end client end – client outcomes for long term savings products, mutual funds and UCITS.

Get no-holds-barred views straight from the best investment management and asset allocation experts; key industry figures such as Mussie Kidane, Head Of Fund Selection, PICTET; Jose Antonio Blanco, CIO, UBS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT; ETF views from Joseph Linhares, Head of EMEA, iShares, BLACKROCK ; Saker Nusseibeh, Board Director & Head of Investment, HERMES FUND MANAGERS LTD or Jan Straatman, CIO, LOMBARD ODIER DARIER HENTSCH & CIE.

In addition, expect to be on the receiving end of vociferous discussion on the knock-on impact affecting the asset management businesses that run them, and inevitable changes required to create and effect winning fund distribution strategies.  Don’t miss out hearing from some of the biggest mutual fund names, such as Thomas Rüschen, Member of the Executive Committee, Global Head of Key Account Management, DWS to Henrik du Toit CEO, INVESTEC ASSET MANAGEMENT or Javier Marín Romano, Head of Global Private Banking, Asset Management & Insurance Division, BANCO SANTANDER.  

Being the world’s leading investment management event, with 200+ top speakers over 4 days, we can also delve down to the nitty gritty of many funds, products and strategies from both the asset management, and the fund distribution perspective.  Expect to see much on emerging markets investments (The Emerging Markets Investment Summit) , UCITS and alternative UCITS, Exchange Traded Funds, new DC funds, D2C online products, top performing Niche Strategy funds, as well as Long-Term Savings products.

What’s more, your fund distribution coverage stretches across both The Distribution Summit on the Monday, and during the main conference, where  you will be able to hear direct from the selectors such as Henriette Bergh, Exec. Dir. Fund Selection, MORGAN STANLEY PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT; Lee Freeman-Shor, PM, Global Best Ideas Multimanager Fund SKANDIA INVESTMENT GROUP, and Caspar Rock, CIO, ARCHITAS, all tackling how they are using new asset allocation techniques to create their fund of funds, multi-manager funds, platforms and HNW and discretionary wealth management solutions.

To find out more about FundForum International, including downloading an agenda, speaker line-up, or to register, click here to visit the FundForum International website.

 

FundForum International 2012: Questions Too Big To Ignore!

Who Will Provide Asset Management Leadership on Credible Long Term Savings Products?  Is The Industry Even Capable Of Creating Such Fundamental Change From Within? With public sector pension strikes about pensions and long term savings failures throughout Europe, the crisis in long-term savings is gradually coming to a head – it’s amazing the anger is…

John P. Calamos, Sr. – Opportunity and Volatility: The Evolution of Global Investing: 1970′s to Today

  John Calamos Sr presented the guest thought leadership address at FundForum Asia 2012, looking at opportunity and volatility and the evolution of global investing: 1970 – today (you can view the presentation in it’s entirety via the video above) Calamos, whose experience goes as far back as the ‘70s, said: “One thing for sure is…

FundForum Asia 2012: Round-up

By Kalpana Fitzpatrick This year’s FundForum Asia, which took place at the Shangri-La Hotel in one of Asia’s prime locations – Hong Kong, proved just as popular as the previous year, with well over 500 delegates in attendance Summit Day With a mixed bag of investor types, the event kicked off with the Asian Fund Selection…

Profitability in Asia may not be easy, say CEOs

By Kalpana Fitzpatrick Having the right business model is essential when it comes to succeeding in Asia, according to high profile industry players. Speaking at the FundForum Asia in Hong Kong, a panel of CEOs told delegates, that profitability would not come easy and that certain parts of Asia were not easy to crack. Grant…

Can Asian fund managers be leaders?

By Kalpana Fitzpatrick Asian fund managers lack ambition and need to step up their act if they are to become true global players. A panel session, at FundForum Asia in Hong Kong, heard that Asian fund managers lack ambition, and it was time for them to make their minds up on whether they wanted to…

Asian mutual fund industry in decline

Written by Kalpana Fitzpatrick The Asian mutual fund business appears to be in a state of decline, according to research from Cerulli Associates.  Speaking at the Fund Forum Asia 2012 in Hong Kong, the research firm revealed that assets under management for mutual funds have declined by 10% in Asia, and that the industry could…

Few Opportunities for Fund Managers

By Kalpana Fitzpatrick The current global economic climate will see fund managers work harder to find the right opportunities over the next few years. Speaking ahead of the Fund Forum Asia, taking place in Hong Kong next week, Diana Choyleva, director at Lombard Street Research, said it was not easy for fund managers at the…

Waves from Europe won’t sink Asia

Written By Dr. Michael Hasenstab, senior vice president, portfolio manager and co-director of the international bond department for Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group.   (Franklin Templeton Investments will be represented at FundForum Asia 2012 by Kent Shepherd, Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager, and Mark Browning, Managing Director, Asia.) Waves from Europe won’t sink Asia Europe…

Mutual funds set for high growth in Asia

By Kalpana Fitzpatrick The mutual fund space in Asia is set to escalate and fund managers must work harder to tap into the growing high net worth client base. Speaking ahead of the FundForum Asia, taking place in Hong Kong later this month, Sebastian Dovey, managing partner at Scorpio Partnership, a global wealth management consultancy,…

Preview of The World’s Largest Fund Management Conference: FundForum International 2012

By Jenny Adams, Programme Director, FundForum International

FundForum International delivers another impressive line-up in 2012

Each year, FundForum International is an event where the leaders of asset management and fund distribution gather, and so the critical issues facing the mutual fund industry follow, taking them to task.  With clouds of uncertainty around the global economy, matched by the certainty of more rigorous regulation, hear experts tough out the arguments, such as Elizabeth Corley, Global CEO,  ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS; Guillaume Prache, MD, EUROINVESTORS; Chairman, Securities & Markets Stakeholder Group, ESMA and Allan Polack, CEO, NORDEA SAVINGS & ASSET MANAGEMENT, as they dissect all the key issues of investment management returns, and ensuring better end client end – client outcomes for long term savings products, mutual funds and UCITS.

Get no-holds-barred views straight from the best investment management and asset allocation experts; key industry figures such as Mussie Kidane, Head Of Fund Selection, PICTET; Jose Antonio Blanco, CIO, UBS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT; ETF views from Joseph Linhares, Head of EMEA, iShares, BLACKROCK ; Saker Nusseibeh, Board Director & Head of Investment, HERMES FUND MANAGERS LTD or Jan Straatman, CIO, LOMBARD ODIER DARIER HENTSCH & CIE.

In addition, expect to be on the receiving end of vociferous discussion on the knock-on impact affecting the asset management businesses that run them, and inevitable changes required to create and effect winning fund distribution strategies.  Don’t miss out hearing from some of the biggest mutual fund names, such as Thomas Rüschen, Member of the Executive Committee, Global Head of Key Account Management, DWS to Henrik du Toit CEO, INVESTEC ASSET MANAGEMENT or Javier Marín Romano, Head of Global Private Banking, Asset Management & Insurance Division, BANCO SANTANDER.  

Being the world’s leading investment management event, with 200+ top speakers over 4 days, we can also delve down to the nitty gritty of many funds, products and strategies from both the asset management, and the fund distribution perspective.  Expect to see much on emerging markets investments (The Emerging Markets Investment Summit) , UCITS and alternative UCITS, Exchange Traded Funds, new DC funds, D2C online products, top performing Niche Strategy funds, as well as Long-Term Savings products.

What’s more, your fund distribution coverage stretches across both The Distribution Summit on the Monday, and during the main conference, where  you will be able to hear direct from the selectors such as Henriette Bergh, Exec. Dir. Fund Selection, MORGAN STANLEY PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT; Lee Freeman-Shor, PM, Global Best Ideas Multimanager Fund SKANDIA INVESTMENT GROUP, and Caspar Rock, CIO, ARCHITAS, all tackling how they are using new asset allocation techniques to create their fund of funds, multi-manager funds, platforms and HNW and discretionary wealth management solutions.

To find out more about FundForum International, including downloading an agenda, speaker line-up, or to register, click here to visit the FundForum International website.

 

FundForum International 2012: Questions Too Big To Ignore!

Who Will Provide Asset Management Leadership on Credible Long Term Savings Products?  Is The Industry Even Capable Of Creating Such Fundamental Change From Within? With public sector pension strikes about pensions and long term savings failures throughout Europe, the crisis in long-term savings is gradually coming to a head – it’s amazing the anger is…

John P. Calamos, Sr. – Opportunity and Volatility: The Evolution of Global Investing: 1970′s to Today

  John Calamos Sr presented the guest thought leadership address at FundForum Asia 2012, looking at opportunity and volatility and the evolution of global investing: 1970 – today (you can view the presentation in it’s entirety via the video above) Calamos, whose experience goes as far back as the ‘70s, said: “One thing for sure is…

FundForum Asia 2012: Round-up

By Kalpana Fitzpatrick This year’s FundForum Asia, which took place at the Shangri-La Hotel in one of Asia’s prime locations – Hong Kong, proved just as popular as the previous year, with well over 500 delegates in attendance Summit Day With a mixed bag of investor types, the event kicked off with the Asian Fund Selection…

Profitability in Asia may not be easy, say CEOs

By Kalpana Fitzpatrick Having the right business model is essential when it comes to succeeding in Asia, according to high profile industry players. Speaking at the FundForum Asia in Hong Kong, a panel of CEOs told delegates, that profitability would not come easy and that certain parts of Asia were not easy to crack. Grant…

Can Asian fund managers be leaders?

By Kalpana Fitzpatrick Asian fund managers lack ambition and need to step up their act if they are to become true global players. A panel session, at FundForum Asia in Hong Kong, heard that Asian fund managers lack ambition, and it was time for them to make their minds up on whether they wanted to…

Asian mutual fund industry in decline

Written by Kalpana Fitzpatrick The Asian mutual fund business appears to be in a state of decline, according to research from Cerulli Associates.  Speaking at the Fund Forum Asia 2012 in Hong Kong, the research firm revealed that assets under management for mutual funds have declined by 10% in Asia, and that the industry could…

Few Opportunities for Fund Managers

By Kalpana Fitzpatrick The current global economic climate will see fund managers work harder to find the right opportunities over the next few years. Speaking ahead of the Fund Forum Asia, taking place in Hong Kong next week, Diana Choyleva, director at Lombard Street Research, said it was not easy for fund managers at the…

Waves from Europe won’t sink Asia

Written By Dr. Michael Hasenstab, senior vice president, portfolio manager and co-director of the international bond department for Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group.   (Franklin Templeton Investments will be represented at FundForum Asia 2012 by Kent Shepherd, Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager, and Mark Browning, Managing Director, Asia.) Waves from Europe won’t sink Asia Europe…

Mutual funds set for high growth in Asia

By Kalpana Fitzpatrick The mutual fund space in Asia is set to escalate and fund managers must work harder to tap into the growing high net worth client base. Speaking ahead of the FundForum Asia, taking place in Hong Kong later this month, Sebastian Dovey, managing partner at Scorpio Partnership, a global wealth management consultancy,…