The Investment Management Forum is EFAMA’s flagship event, bringing together industry leaders, investors and policymakers to discuss topics of common interest and importance.
We are back! The conference will take place at the Chancellerie Auditorium of BNP Paribas Fortis in Brussels.
It is held in-person only.
The asset management industry is in a position to offer solutions to the many challenges lying ahead, and turn them into opportunities; this includes providing fair and equitable access to data, empowering investors, advancing the sustainability agenda, financing infrastructures and working to safeguard a competitive Europe in times of global interconnectedness.
Now in its 28th edition, this year’s event will be a unique opportunity to present the state of European investment management industry and how it can contribute to the sustainable finance, CMU and post-Covid recovery objective of the EU.
The conference starts on Thursday, 17 November (lunchtime) and runs until Friday, 18 November (lunchtime), with a programme featuring keynote speeches, an exclusive CEO panel, panel sessions and presentations.
Registration is open now.
The full programme will be available soon!
Alternative investments and their role in achieving the Commission’s objectives for the Capital Markets Union
Mairead McGuinness is the European Commissioner for financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union.
The Commissioner’s vision for the portfolio is focused on ensuring the financial sector’s strength and stability, so that it can deliver for people, society and the environment.
Before joining the Commission in October 2020, Ms McGuinness was First Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2017. She served as an MEP from Ireland for 16 years, and was a Vice-President of the Parliament since 2014.
As Vice-President, she oversaw relations with national Parliaments, led the Parliament’s dialogue with religious and philosophical organisations, and had responsibility for the Parliament’s communication policy.
During her time in the Parliament, Ms McGuinness sat on a range of committees, covering agriculture, environment, public health, budgets, petitions and constitutional affairs. Her legislative work included leading for the EPP Group on the European Climate Law, the revision of medical devices legislation, and CAP reform post-2013. As an Irish MEP representing the border region, she was outspoken on Brexit and the consequences for the EU and Ireland.
In 2006-2007, Ms McGuinness chaired the Parliament’s investigation into the collapse of the Equitable Life assurance company which identified issues around weak financial regulation.
Prior to becoming an MEP, she was an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and commentator.
Verena Ross is the Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). She took up the role on 1 November 2021 and is responsible for representing the Authority as well as preparing the work of and chairing its Board of Supervisors and Management Board.
Between 2011 and 2021 Verena Ross served as ESMA’s first Executive Director, when she was responsible for building up the organisation and overseeing its day to day running.
Prior to this, Verena held a number of senior posts in the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) and was a member of the FSA’s Executive Committee. Verena joined the FSA in 1998 to run the Executive Chairman’s office during the regulator’s start-up phase and was briefly a seconded advisor to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission in 2000. She held various positions in the FSA’s Markets Division and was Director of Strategy & Risk Division before becoming Director of the International Division.
Verena is a German national. Following studies in Sinology and Economics in Hamburg, Taipei and London (SOAS) she began her career at the Bank of England in 1994, where she worked as an economist and banking supervisor.
Emmanuel Faber was appointed as the inaugural Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board in December 2021, effective 1 January 2022. He is well-known for his passion for sustainability and his leadership positions at multi-national food products company Danone for the past 20 years. He joined the company in 1997 as Chief Financial Officer, Strategy, and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 2014, as well as Chair of the Board from 2017 until 2021. He became a partner at Astanor Ventures in October 2021.
Faber has lived and held senior leadership positions in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe. He has founded and chaired several international organisations and initiatives, including the One Planet Business for Biodiversity coalition and the G7 Business for Inclusive Growth coalition―co-chaired with the OECD Secretary General. He initiated Danone Communities, a social business initiative providing funding to bring nutrition and water access for vulnerable communities, as well as the Livelihoods Venture, which provides funding for ecosystem restoration and the development of sustainable farming in emerging economies.
Prior to joining Danone, he held roles as Chief Financial Officer and later Managing Director at Legris Industries. He also has experience from investment banking at Baring Brothers and as a consultant at Bain & Company.
He holds a Master’s degree in business administration from HEC Paris, France.
Maxime Carmignac is the Managing Director of Carmignac UK office since 2013, responsible for the firm’s long-term strategy in the UK. She is a Member of Carmignac’s Strategic Development Committee, where she is instrumental in setting up the strategy of the firm with a particular focus on responsible investment and investment solutions. She also chairs the Strategic Product Committee. She started her career in Investment Banking in London and Paris and then joined McKinsey for 2 years before moving to Carmignac in 2006 as an analyst, covering the Energy & Consumer Sector. In 2008, Maxime expanded her international career by joining Visium Asset Management, an alternative investment firm in New York. Maxime returned to Carmignac in Paris in 2010 as a Portfolio Manager. Maxime graduated from ESSEC Business School.
Patrick Thomson is Chief Executive Officer for EMEA, J.P. Morgan Asset Management based in London. He is Deputy Chair of the Board of the Investment Association, representing UK’s investment management industry, and a Member of the UK Government’s Treasury Task Force. Patrick joined J.P. Morgan Asset Management in 1995 and worked in Singapore 2000-2005 as global head of sovereigns, with extensive experience in reserves management in Asia and the Middle East, and has worked with many of the largest asset owners in the world.
After graduating from Edinburgh University with an MA (Hons), Patrick served as an officer in the British Army for five years, and is co-chair of the EMEA VETS group at JP Morgan. He qualified as a member of the UK Society of Investment Professionals in 2000.
Biography to be included soon
The organisers reserve the right to adapt the programme and timings.
The panel will discuss the evolving nature of market data, legal frameworks (with international comparisons) governing its use, and the challenges in providing fair and equitable access to data.
This panel will focus on the role of alternative investment in financing the economy of tomorrow. Panellists will consider how alternative funds, such as private debt funds and ELTIFs, can provide much needed capital to fuel the green and digital transition, while reflecting on how we can ensure the continued resilience of our sector. The panel will touch upon how the AIFMD and ELTIF reviews can help to achieve the goals of the CMU and ultimately support a stronger Europe going forward.
The panel will discuss the role of asset managers as stewards of the companies in which they invest and their ability to improve the investee companies’ financial, environmental, social and governance performance.
In times of unprecedented environmental and societal change, asset managers are faced with ever-increasing investors’ expectations going beyond mere financial returns. Large coalitions of asset owners and managers are being built, shareholder activism is on the rise and periodical engagement reports are being produced. The panel will debate the effectiveness of these initiatives., how the role of asset managers can be further leveraged to drive change at investee companies and whether the views and expectations of the end investors are sufficiently taken into account.
The panel will discuss the evolving nature of market data, legal frameworks (with international comparisons) governing its use, and the challenges in providing fair and equitable access to data.
This panel will focus on the role of alternative investment in financing the economy of tomorrow. Panellists will consider how alternative funds, such as private debt funds and ELTIFs, can provide much needed capital to fuel the green and digital transition, while reflecting on how we can ensure the continued resilience of our sector. The panel will touch upon how the AIFMD and ELTIF reviews can help to achieve the goals of the CMU and ultimately support a stronger Europe going forward.
The panel will discuss the role of asset managers as stewards of the companies in which they invest and their ability to improve the investee companies’ financial, environmental, social and governance performance.
In times of unprecedented environmental and societal change, asset managers are faced with ever-increasing investors’ expectations going beyond mere financial returns. Large coalitions of asset owners and managers are being built, shareholder activism is on the rise and periodical engagement reports are being produced. The panel will debate the effectiveness of these initiatives., how the role of asset managers can be further leveraged to drive change at investee companies and whether the views and expectations of the end investors are sufficiently taken into account.
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