THE AFTERMATH
Lessons learned and future perspectives
* The organisers reserve the right to adapt the programme.
(timings subject to change)
Thursday, 12 November
10.00
Welcome and Introduction
Nicolas Calcoen, EFAMA President
10.10 - 10.40
Keynote Speech
Dr. Jörg Kukies, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany
Q&A
10.40 - 11.10
Keynote Speech
Florika Fink-Hooijer, Director General for Environment, European Commission
Q&A
11.15 - 12.30
CEO panel
Moderator:
David Ricketts, Financial News
Panellists:
Naïm Abou-Jaoudé, Chief Executive Officer, Candriam
Gilbert Van Hassel, Chief Executive Officer, Robeco
Aleksandar Ivanovic, CEO EMEA, UBS Asset Management
Jean Raby, Chief Executive Officer, Natixis Investment Managers
12.30
Lunch Break
14.00 - 15.15
UCITS and AIFs: ready to meet future investor needs?
The panel will put the future of UCITS into perspective, reflecting on the reasons of its worldwide success and the conditions that need to be in place to preserve its attractiveness going forward. Panellists will also consider whether the current range of EU fund vehicles (UCITS, AIFs, ELTIFs, …) remains adequate to meet investors’ needs and will discuss what improvements may be required to meet future investor demands.
Moderator:
Marc-André Bechet, Deputy Director General, ALFI
Panellists:
Colm Kincaid, Director Securities and Markets Supervision, Central Bank of Ireland
Pierluigi Martino, General Counsel, Business Unit, Generali Investments and Asset Management
Gareth Murphy, Chief Risk Officer, Standard Life Aberdeen plc and Aberdeen Standard Investments
Anne Schaedle, Deputy Head of Unit, Asset Management, DG FISMA, European Commission
15.15 - 15.45
Coffee Break
15.45 - 17.00
Increasing retail participation in capital markets post-Covid19: utopia or necessity?
The Covid19-induced market turmoil will have done little to restore investor confidence in markets… The panel will focus on the relevant actions of the European Commission’s EU Action Plan and address retail participation by answering these two questions:
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How to foster investor confidence?
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How to provide for an adequate retirement income?
Moderator:
Tanguy van de Werve, Director General, EFAMA
Panellists:
Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of EIOPA
Sheila Nicoll, Head of Public Policy, Schroders
Tatyana Panova, Head of Unit, DG FISMA, European Commission
Guillaume Prache, Managing Director, Better Finance
Thomas Richter, Chief Executive Officer, BVI
17.00
End of Day 1
Friday, 13 November
9.30
Opening
Tanguy van de Werve, Director General, EFAMA
9.35 - 10.15
Keynote Speech
Steven Maijoor, Chair of ESMA
Q&A
10.15 - 11.30
How to improve ESG disclosures to unleash the potential of sustainable finance?
Making sustainable finance work in practice requires improved ESG data disclosures by investee companies. The panel will discuss both legislative and market-led solutions for addressing the ESG data challenge. Panellists will discuss what ESG data is needed and whether a central ESG database or public register can be part of the solution. They will also address how to get the review of the Non-Financial Information Directive right.
Moderator:
Olivier Carré, Financial Services Market Leader, PwC
Panellists:
Beatrix Anton-Grönemeyer, Chief Sustainability Officer, Allianz Global Investors
Ben Constable Maxwell, Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing, M&G Investments
Alain Deckers, Head of Unit, DG FISMA, European Commission
Sirpa Pietikainen, MEP
11.30
Break
11.45 - 13.00
Regulatory panel: what have we learned from the Covid-19 market reaction?
Prominent regulators and policy makers will draw lessons from the Covid-19 crisis, provide their perspective on the long-term implications of this crisis for asset managers and their investors and discuss what could be done to further strengthen the resilience of the industry in times of trouble.
Moderator:
Dr Joachim Hein, Managing Director, Union Investment and Chair of EFAMA's Management Companies Regulation & Services Standing Committee
Panellists:
Jos Heuvelman, Member of the Executive Board, Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)
Patrick Simion, CEO Chief of Staff & Public Affairs, BNP Paribas Asset Management
Robert Taylor, UK FCA and Chair IOSCO Committee 5
Evert van Walsum, Head of Investors and Issuers Department, ESMA
13.00
Lunch Break
14.15
Interview with
Paul Stevens, President and CEO, Investment Company Institute
Interviewer: Jarkko Syyrilä, Vice-President of EFAMA
14.45
Hot topics and trends in U.S. regulation of funds and asset managers
Dechert LLP
End of Day 2