Investment Fund Conference

The event is free to attend and will bring together investors, advisors and fund managers in a format that will include a panel session as well as networking opportunities over coffee and lunch.

The aim of the conference is to stimulate working partnerships between attendees, matching investors with fund managers to create demand for new listed vehicles, whilst simultaneously creating demand for the services of the full spectrum of advisors in attendance.

08:30	Registration, Coffee and Networking Breakfast
09:00	Welcome Speech Nikhil Rathi, CEO, London Stock Exchange plc
09:10	Investment Fund Sector Update Ewan Lovett-Turner, Director, Investment Companies Research, Numis
09:25	LSE Investment Funds Market Dr Darko Hajdukovic, Head of Analytics, Fixed Income and Funds, London Stock Exchange plc
09:40	Panel: Investor Landscape for Listed Funds in 2019/20 Overview of 2018 Discount level trends Impact of recent regulatory changes Panelists: Alex Denny, Head of Investment Trusts, Fidelity International Simon Gordon, Director, Fund & Corporate Services, JTC Alex Haynes, Partner, Stephenson Harwood Gillian Martin, Director, Liberum Moderator: Rob Murphy, Managing Director, Edison
10:20	Issuer Services Platform Tom Hinton, Head of Issuer Services, London Stock Exchange plc
10:35	Networking Brunch
11:15	What makes closed-end funds attractive to investors? David Coombs, Head of Multi-Asset Investments, Rathbones Investment Management
11:35	Shifting sands: Changing regulatory perspectives Guy Rainbird, Public Affairs Director, AIC
11:55	New Investment Fund Asset Classes – Music Royalty Merck Mercuriadis, CEO, Hipgnosis Songs Fund
12:10	MIV – Italian Market for Investment Vehicles Patrizia Celia, Head of Large Caps, Investment Vehicles and Market Intelligence, Borsa Italiana
12:25	Overview and updates of the J-REIT market Hideki Tomita, Chief Representative in Europe, Japan Exchange Group
12:40	Importance of Ethical Investment Lord Hastings, Global Head of Corporate Citizenship, KPMG
12:55	Closing Remarks Dr Robert Barnes, Global Head of Primary Markets and CEO of Turquoise, London Stock Exchange Group
13:00	Lunch