Investment Funds Symposium

These are turbulent times, but turbulence generates opportunity. As one of the world’s leading asset management firms, our business is to help our clients identify, analyse and develop opportunities wherever they arise. It is with this in mind that we launched our inaugural Investment Funds Symposium which took place on 25 January 2023.

As the new year opens, we brought together clients and contacts from across the investment funds world to provide a forum for discussion of the crucial topics of the day. With contributions from leading individuals from across the industry, including allocators and managers but also figures from the worlds of politics and regulation – and combined with an input from our host of legal experts - the Simmons Investment Funds Symposium offered invitees a unique forum to explore current challenges and the opportunities ahead.

Agenda:

External speakers included:

• Nicolas Mackel, Luxembourg for Finance
• Michael D’Arcy, Irish Association of Investment Managers
• Darragh Rossi, Central Bank of Ireland
• Laurent van Burik, Financial Sector Supervisory Commission (CSSF)
• Paul Bastable, Man Group
• Amy Johnson, JO Hambro Capital Management
• Dan Bresler, Seward & Kissel
• John Hindley, Heidrick & Strugles
• Padraic Roche, Waystone
• Nike Trost, Financial Conduct Authority
• Michael Hall, Nickel Digital Asset Management
• John Humphrey, Berkshire Global Advisors
• Selma Coffey, Waystone
• Peter Capper, The Investment Association
• Ian Connatty, British Patient Capital
• Emily Pollock, Schroders Capital
• Toby Rutterford, M&G Investments
• Karsten Sinner, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• John Delaney, JP Morgan
• Julian Sawyer, Zodia Custody
• Katherine Laurenson, Legal & General
• Tarun Nagpal, S64
• Shalin Bhagwan, DWS
• Claire Curtis, Effecta Compliance
• Peter Soliman, Hambro Perks
• Geoffrey Geiger, USS
• Ruari Murphy, Rokos
• Mark Higgins, BNY