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
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08:30
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Registration, Coffee and Networking Breakfast
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09:00
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Welcome Speech
Nikhil Rathi, CEO, LSE plc
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09:10
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Keynote Speech
Paul Niven, Fund Manager, F&C Investment Trust and Managing Director, Multi-Asset Solutions
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09:25
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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
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10:15
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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
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10:45
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Networking Brunch
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11:25
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Why India? Why Now?
David Cornell, CIO, Ocean Dial Asset Management
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11:45
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Brexit Impact on Listed Investment Funds
Ian Sayers, Chief Executive of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC)
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11:55
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Growth Through Differentiation
Steve Cook, Portfolio Manager, Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited
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12:05
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Investment Funds on the London Stock Exchange
Darko Hajdukovic, Head of Analytics, Fixed Income and Funds, LSE plc
Tom Hinton, Issuer Services, LSE plc
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12:45
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Closing Remarks
Robert Barnes, Global Head of Primary Markets and CEO, Turquoise, LSEG
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13:00
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Lunch
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