Investment Fund Conference - 23 April 2018 | London Stock Exchange Group

Investment Fund Conference - 23 April 2018

23-04-2018

Conference

London Stock Exchange

10 Paternoster Square

London

EC4M 7LS

London Stock Exchange, in partnership with KPMG, Praxis Fund Services and Travers Smith, is delighted to host its annual Investment Fund Conference on 23 April 2018. The event is free to attend and will bring together investors, advisors and fund managers in a...

London Stock Exchange, in partnership with KPMG, PraxisIFM Group and Travers Smith, is delighted to invite you to its Annual Investment Fund Conference on 23 April 2018.

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.

Sessions this year will focus on key trends in the investment fund sector, how to conduct a successful IPO efficiently, regulation affecting funds and other topics.

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, LSE plc
09:10	Keynote Speech Paul Niven, Fund Manager, F&C Investment Trust and Managing Director, Multi-Asset Solutions
09:25	Panel: Investor Landscape for Listed Funds in 2018/19 Overview of 2017 Discount levels trends Impact of recent regulatory changes Panelists: Simon Crinage, Managing Director, Head of Investment Trusts, JP Morgan Asset Management Joe Winkley, Head of Investment Trust Corporate, Winterflood Securities Mark James, Managing Director, Jefferies Marc Gordon, Partner, Nimrod Capital Angela Morgan, Financial Conduct Authority Moderator: Tony Mancini, Tax Partner, KPMG
10:15	Debate: Lessons from Initial Publications of KIDs by LSE Listed Funds Aaron Stocks, Partner, Head of Listed Funds, Travers Smith LLP Shaun Robert, Director, International Fund Management Limited, part of the Praxis IFM Group
10:45	Networking Brunch
11:25	Why India? Why Now? David Cornell, CIO, Ocean Dial Asset Management
11:45	Brexit Impact on Listed Investment Funds Ian Sayers, Chief Executive of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC)
11:55	Growth Through Differentiation Steve Cook, Portfolio Manager, Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited
12:05	Investment Funds on the London Stock Exchange Darko Hajdukovic, Head of Analytics, Fixed Income and Funds, LSE plc Tom Hinton, Issuer Services, LSE plc
12:45	Closing Remarks Robert Barnes, Global Head of Primary Markets and CEO, Turquoise, LSEG
13:00	Lunch

08:30

Registration, Coffee and Networking Breakfast

09:00

Welcome Speech

Nikhil Rathi, CEO, LSE plc

09:10

Keynote Speech

Paul Niven, Fund Manager, F&C Investment Trust and Managing Director, Multi-Asset Solutions

09:25

Panel: Investor Landscape for Listed Funds in 2018/19

Overview of 2017
Discount levels trends
Impact of recent regulatory changes

Panelists:

Simon Crinage, Managing Director, Head of Investment Trusts, JP Morgan Asset Management
Joe Winkley, Head of Investment Trust Corporate, Winterflood Securities
Mark James, Managing Director, Jefferies
Marc Gordon, Partner, Nimrod Capital
Angela Morgan, Financial Conduct Authority

Moderator: Tony Mancini, Tax Partner, KPMG

10:15

Debate: Lessons from Initial Publications of KIDs by LSE Listed Funds

Aaron Stocks, Partner, Head of Listed Funds, Travers Smith LLP

Shaun Robert, Director, International Fund Management Limited, part of the Praxis IFM Group