Workshop & Panel Programme
2 Streams: A & B
Day One - 6th Dec - Room A
Morning Chairperson: James Anderson, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, TheWealthNet.com
9.00 Opening Remarks
9.15 What do high net worth individuals expect from their banking relationship?
Philippe Theytaz, FSS leader Switzerland, IBM Business Consulting Services
10.00 It’s time for diversification: What investment opportunities in a world of low yields?
Mike Tauby, Head of Marketing of Structured Alternative Investment Products, IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank
11.00 Compelling opportunities in absolute return investing
Michael Alen-Buckley, Executive Chairman,
RAB Capital
11.45 European equities : developing themes
Dominic Baker, Fund Manager, Pan European Equities, Threadneedle Investments
Afternoon Chairperson: James Anderson, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, TheWealthNet.com
14.00 Innovation in Structured Products: Widening the scope
Pierre Bes, Head of Marketing, Switzerland & Benelux
Sebastien Lemoine, Head of Structuring Transactions, Commodity Derivatives
BNP Paribas
15.00 Equity-linked Structured Products : The multiple benefits of correlation products to face different market environments
Arnaud Sarfati, Managing Director, Head of Equity Linked Structured Products, SG Corporate & Investment Banking
16.30 Security (stocks, bonds, and funds) selection and asset allocation
Aureliano Gentilini, Head of Research Europe, Lipper
17.30 Structured products - Panel discussion
Panelists from BNP Paribas, IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein
Day One - 6th Dec - Room B
Morning Chairperson: Myret Zaki, Le Temps
9.00 Opening Remarks
9.15 The ABC's of an Offshore Jurisdiction
Melissa A. Hurst, Vice President, General Counsel and Managing Partner, International Registries, Inc.
Michael Wyler, Director of Corporate Administration, IRI Corporate and Maritime Services (Switzerland) AG
10.15 Gold: Market Intelligence
Katharine Pulvermacher, Manager Investment Research
World Gold Council
Isabelle Bourcier, Lyxor
Andreas Maag, UBS
Aurèle Storno, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie
Fréderic Panizzutti, MKS Finance
11.15 Triple Digit Ukrainian Growth
John Suggitt, Managing Director
Concorde Capital
11.45 Ukraine appearing on the investors' maps
Sergiy Lesyk, Head of Research
Millennium Capital
12.15 Break
Afternoon Chairperson: Myret Zaki, Le Temps
14.00 Outlook 2006; which investment processes will be successful?
Pierre-Olivier Pourcelot, Managing Director
Robeco (Switzerland) Ltd.
15.00 New Alternatives: looking for areas of future returns
Gérard Sanz, Senior Relationship Manager
Man Investments AG
16.30 Investment Opportunities in the Energy Sector
Steven Miller, Fund Manager
Baker Steel Capital Managers
17.00 Commodity investment opportunities: beyond the long-only
Daryl French, Senior Vice-President, Commodity Investor Products
Macquarie Bank Limited
17.30 Natural Resources and Commodities - Panel discussion
Panelists from Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, MKS Finance, SAM Group, Macquarie Bank Limited
Day Two - 7th Dec - Room A
Morning Chairperson: David Reilly, Staff Writer, The Wall Street Journal
9.15. Opening Remarks
9.30 European Equities - The difference between perception and the reality of risk
Daniel White, Senior equity analyst/ Lead fund manager (for the New Star Pan European Equity Fund),
New Star Asset Management
10.15 Structured Credit - Senior secured Loans
Darron Weinstein, Managing Director
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein
11.30 International Portfolio Diversification with Exchange Traded Funds
Bruce Lavine, Head of iShares Europe
iShares, Exchange Traded Funds
12.15 ETFs - True costs & details
Alain Dubois, European Head of ETF
State Street Global Advisors
Afternoon Chairperson: Indira Tasan, Chief Editor, BANCOhedge
14.30 Exchange Traded Funds - Panel discussion
Panelists from iShares, Exchange Traded Funds, State Street Global Advisors, EasyETF. BNP Paribas, Indexchange Investment AG
15.30 Fund of Funds of Hedge Funds (3F) - A new investment concept with low risk and strong performance
Olivier d'Auriol, President, Olivier d'Auriol Asset Management SA
16.30 Hedge Fund and Market Trends - Panel discussion
Panelists from Lyxor AM, BANCOhedge, Man Investments, Reuters SA, Olivier d'Auriol Asset Management SA, Global Operations & Administration Limited
Day Two - 7th Dec - Room B
Morning Chairperson: Emmanuel Cohen, Chairman, RM Company Services Limited
9.15 Opening Remarks
9.30 Multi Asset Class Investing - Workshop session on How to build portfolios incorporating both Traditional and Alternative Asset Classes
Michael Azlen, CEO
Frontier Capital Management LLP
10.15 Developments in International Tax Structures
Mark Cundy BSc FCA, Tax Director
MeesPierson Intertrust
11.30 Global Fixed Income and Smaller High Quality Bond Markets
Ian G. Sims, Chairman, CEO and Chief Investment Officer
Colchester Global Investors Limited
12.00 * to be confirmed *
Afternoon Chairperson: Simon Denton, Managing Director, Sovereign Group
14.30 International Tax Planning - Panel discussion
Panelists from Sovereign Group, MeesPierson Intertrust, International Financial Services London, USA Corporate Services, Basel Trust Corporation
15.30 London on the map of international private wealth management
Jeremy Arnold, Partner
Withers LLP
16.30 How can international financial centres compete for private wealth management business? Panel discussion
Panelists from Geneva Financial Center, Withers LLP, Sovereign Group, USA Corporate Services
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