Yuri Bender, Editor in Chief, Professional Wealth Management, Financial Times
Jacques Elvinger, Partner, Elvinger Hoss Prussen
Lou Kiesch, Partner, Deloitte Luxembourg

Where are the opportunities across Asia and how have international fund managers responded to date?

How can Luxembourg build on the strong relationship with Asia to leverage its expertise to gain access to the potential of this market?

How has the crisis transformed the distribution landscape in Asia?

How can European managers and distributors capitalise on Asia's fund industry in a digital technology boom?

To what extent does the Greater Bay Wealth Initiative present an opportunity for Luxembourg’s asset management industry?

Stewart Aldcroft, Senior Advisor & MD, Citi Markets & Securities Services
Eric Bruce, Client Director APAC & China, Aberdeen Standard Investments
Amy Cho, CEO, Hong Kong & Head of Intermediary, Asia Pacific, Schroders
Vivek Kudva, Head of APAC Distribution, Franklin Templeton

Moderator: Yuri Bender, Editor-in-Chief, Professional Wealth Management, Financial Times

Ugo Bassi, Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission

Michael Phillips, Managing Partner, Castik Capital

MiFID II and the inducements rule review – how should you manage and what are the implications for the industry?

How are fees and commissions breaking down barriers? What are the implications for fund distribution?

The impact of Covid-19 on fund distribution across Europe

An overview of cross-border regulations post Covid-19

Regulation and value for money – opinions and challenges and implications of a hard Brexit

Gina Miller, Founding Partner, SCM Direct
Evert Van Walsum, Head of Investors and Issuers Department, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
Marco Zwick, Director, Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)

Lord Jim O’Neill, Chair, Chatham House

Moderator: Yuri Bender, Editor-in-Chief, Professional Wealth Management, Financial Times

Best practice due diligence in fund and manager selection – how has it changed in the past year?

Has the international settlement model for ETFs lived up to its promised benefits?

The Woodford scandal – could and should it have been picked up in fund selector due diligence? What are the lessons learned for investors?

Developments in due diligence measures for distributors

How can technology transform due diligence for active and passive fund investors?

Axel Lomholt, Head of ETFs, Vanguard

Navigating the bond market in a period of crisis management

Why are/ were bonds perceived to be the new equities?

The extraordinary response of central banks to Covid-19 and opportunity for the bond market and investors

After the volatility of equities at the start of the lockdown, are bonds back as a long-term asset class?

Is now the right time to trade bonds opportunistically, to complement equities and other alpha-generating assets?

David Roberts, Head of Global Fixed Income, Liontrust

This session will reveal the biggest successes in European fund management. The biggest sellers from the last year/the last three years/the last five years/ten years and see if those funds made any money/beat the index. What they are doing differently and what impact branding has in fund success will also be discussed.

Chris Chancellor, Senior Director, Global Insights, Broadridge Analytics Solutions

Katie Koch, Co-head of the Fundamental Equity Business, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

ESG - what does it now mean for different issuers and owners?

As ‘S’ overtakes ‘E’ and ‘G’ as an investor priority, how can you successfully measure the impact of S? Is measuring outcomes the answer?

The rise of ESG in ETF funds – will you need to convert funds to check different indeces if metrics change?

The impact of recent regulatory reforms on how you incorporate sustainability preferences for European investors

ESG is seemingly a beneficiary of Covid-19 – where are investors priorities?

Hortense Bioy, Director, Sustainability Research, EMEA, APAC, Morningstar
Jessica Ground, Global Head of ESG, Capital Group
Andrew Jamieson, Global Head of ETF Product, Citi Group
Charlotte Thorne, Partner, Capital Generation Partners

Moderator: Elisa Battaglia Trovato, Deputy Editor, Professional Wealth Management, Financial Times

As diversity and racial justice issues continue to make headlines, following the devastating events in the US, how is the funds industry responding? How can it adapt and support the drive for greater equity via its own operations and through ESG investing?

Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, New York Attorney and Solicitor of England & Wales

Moderator: Yuri Bender, Editor-in-Chief, Professional Wealth Management, Financial Times

The expansion of data warehousing in Luxemburg and opportunities for the asset management industry

How are asset managers evolving in terms of AI and digital to meet the motivations of millennial investors?

Has Covid-19 driven greater and permanent adoption of digital technology in the asset management industry?

What reforms are required for digital distribution, to make this acceleration sustainable and feasible in the future?

What are the next steps for digitalisation in the industry and what do you see being the biggest challenges?

Charles Chang, Professor of Finance, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University
Sharmil Patwa, Founder, Opus Una
Nasir Zubairi, CEO, The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT)

Moderator: Yuri Bender, Editor-in-Chief, Professional Wealth Management, Financial Times

The continued disintermediation of investment managers and effects of and impact on fee pressures and profitability in the next few years

How will M&A change the industry by 2025?

The human factor: Diversity and inclusion – what will the workforce of the future look like?

Post Covid-19- where do you believe the asset management industry will be in 2025?

What role will social media have in the industry in 2025?

Automation – where will the asset management industry be in 2025?

What’s next in terms of innovation in the industry?

Ylva Baeckstrom, Lecturer in Finance, King’s College London
David Blumer, Senior Advisor and Chairman of Switzerland, BlackRock
Jakob Stott, Group CEO, Quintet Private Bank

How has Brexit altered the pattern and level of distribution of funds from the EU into the UK? To what extent will there be an impact on Luxembourg and the rest of Europe? How can Luxembourg funds industry promote themselves to maximise interest from the UK and US and beyond?

The US election and potential impact on the industry globally. How do the US and Asia see trading relationships changing?

UCITS and AIFMD post Brexit, including marketing in the EU, dual employment and secondments

What will global regulatory developments mean for the international trading patterns and fund distribution going forward?

Distribution to Latin America – trends and opportunity

John Marshall, British Ambassador to Luxembourg, British Government
Jervis Smith, Country Managing Director, Luxembourg, Vistra
Natalie Westerbarkey, Director & Head of EU Public Policy, Fidelity International