Day 1 | 17th September

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Brunch Masterclass: Hosted by Bank of America

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Brunch Masterclass: Hosted by 360T

11:00 am - 11:30 am VIP PM Think Tank: What is front of mind for PMs in 2025 and beyond?

Main Stage A: Trading

11:30 am - 12:10 pm Panel: Alternative Liquidity: What are the latest developments as the market fragments to create alternative sources of liquidity, including all-to-all trading, dark pools, mid-matching and the rise of podshops?

Main Stage A: Trading

12:10 pm - 12:40 pm Interview: Crypto, Tokenization & Digital Assets: How are desks evolving to bridge traditional FX and digital currencies and where are the opportunities for alpha generation?

Su Young Lee - Asset Management Specialist, Galaxy

Main Stage A: Trading

12:40 pm - 1:20 pm Panel: Derivatives Overview – NDFs, Futures, Forwards, Swaps & Options: Assessing the landscape of opportunities for derivatives in 2025: listed vs OTC, maximizing your liquidity mix, streaming swaps, clearing challenges, and overcoming the remaining technology barriers for electronification

Eric Heleine - Head of eTrading & Data, AXA Investment Managers Marc Putter - Head of Trading, Transtrend

Main Stage B: Portfolio Management

11:30 am - 12:10 pm Panel: Asset Allocation: Post-election turbulence, persistent inflation and geopolitical tensions: How can you adapt your multi-asset portfolio allocations to optimize returns?

André Siegrist - Senior Portfolio Manager, Pensionskasse des Bundes PUBLICA Erhard Radatz - Senior Portfolio Manager, Quantitative Strategies, Invesco Peter Bieri - Chief Investment Officer, Survista Tomas Garcia-Purrinos - Senior Asset Allocation Strategist, Santander Asset Management

Main Stage B: Portfolio Management

12:10 pm - 12:40 pm Presentation: Systematic vs. Discretionary: Which investment problems are better suited for each approach, and how are systematic processes being enhanced by discretionary risk taking?

Rachael Noble - Global Macro Portfolio Manager, Fulcrum Asset Management

Main Stage B: Portfolio Management

12:40 pm - 1:20 pm Panel: € and £ Macro view: Making sense of a potentially fracturing Eurozone, and the impact of Central bank policies, interest rates, inflation, the war in Ukraine and the rise of right-wing governments on currency performance

Lauren van Biljon - Senior Portfolio Manager for Rates and FX, Allspring Global Investments UK Ltd Patrick Ernst - Director - FX Investment Strategy, Chief Investment Office, UBS Global Wealth Management Sven Schubert - Head of FX Strategy, Vontobel Asset Management

1:20 pm - 2:20 pm Lunch Workshop: Data driven execution protocol and the impact on automation

1:20 pm - 2:20 pm Lunch Workshop

Track A: Trading Strategies & Tech

2:20 pm - 2:50 pm Panel: Data analytics: Assessing the latest in pre and post trade analytics for enhancing trading decisions and minimising market impact

Track A: Trading Strategies & Tech

2:50 pm - 3:20 pm Panel: FX Tech Optimisation: How can you implement the right workflow tech and interoperability capabilities to build a high performing and agile FX and multi-asset business?

David Shack - VP, FX Technology, Fidelity Investments Nick Van Nifterick - Portfolio Manager Fixed Income and Treasury, PGB Pensioendiensten

Track A: Trading Strategies & Tech

3:20 pm - 3:50 pm Panel: Options: Assessing the latest advances in options-based FX strategies: electronification, pricing, and liquidity for FX options​​

Toby Baker - Head of FX Trading, T. Rowe Price

Track B: Portfolio Management Strategies

2:20 pm - 2:50 pm Panel: Portfolio Construction Strategies: How are your strategies being shaped by policy changes, geopolitical shifts and the tension between systematic and discretionary approaches in volatile markets to generate the best returns for investors?

Gianluca Conzon - Portfolio Manager, Generali Investments Harel Jacobson - Portfolio Manager, Capstone Investment Advisors UK LLP Oleg Gustap - Rates Portfolio Manager, Pacific Capital UCITS Funds PLC - Pacific G10 Macro Rates Steffen Ullmann - Senior Portfolio Manager for Investment Grade, H&A Global Investment Mgmt GmbH

Track B: Portfolio Management Strategies

2:50 pm - 3:20 pm Panel: $USD Macro View: Assessing the relative strength and potential of the USD in light of the fiscal and trade policies of the Trump administration, recent Fed activity and the US economic outlook

David Kohl - Managing Director, Chief Economist, Julius Baer Guillame Ménabé - Senior FX Trader, Total Energies

Track B: Portfolio Management Strategies

3:20 pm - 3:50 pm Panel: Frontier Markets & Restricted Currencies: How to successfully navigate market complexity and delivery issues in frontier and restricted markets and take advantage of untapped opportunities

Stéphane Xavier - VP- EMFX and rates trader, Neuberger Berman

Track C: Corporate Strategies

2:20 pm - 2:50 pm Panel: Treasury Structure Best Practices: Assessing the latest trends in treasury organisation and structure, including TMS, in-house payment factories, talent management and "FX centres of excellence"

Bram Van Santen - Financial Risk Management Specialist, AkzoNobel Daniel Morrison - Global Trading Manager, SLB Santhosh Srinivasan - Group Head of Treasury, Wise Sylvie Soundaravelou - Head of Financial Markets Trading, TotalEnergies

Track C: Corporate Strategies

2:50 pm - 3:20 pm Presentation: Value Risk Hedging: How to identify optimal hedging weights to achieve your risk reduction targets at the lowest possible cost

Sandeep Nene - Director Treasury, Avery Dennison

Track C: Corporate Strategies

3:20 pm - 3:50 pm Panel: Corporate FX Execution: How can you optimise execution, minimise cost and remain nimble in the unique circumstances that corporates operate under?

Amar Nath-Hazarika - Senior Treasury Dealer, Amazon Tuomas Lehosvuo - Treasury Specialist, Hitachi Energy

Main Stage A: Trading & Investment: Future Trading Strategies

4:20 pm - 4:50 pm Panel: AI in FX Overview: Narrowing the gap between theoretical potential and practical implementation of AI in FX – How are LLMs and ML driving trading and investment strategies?

Kamaldeep Singh - Sr Investment Manager, PGGM Timothee Consigny - Chief Technology Officer, H2O Tom Doris - Head of Alpha Capture, Carlson Capital, LP

Main Stage A: Trading & Investment: Future Trading Strategies

4:50 pm - 5:10 pm Interview: Tech Transformation: What innovations should you be evaluating to empower your trading desk with smarter decision making to boost execution performance?

Oskar Wantola - Head of Execution Technology, Man Group

Main Stage B: Corporate Strategies: Risk Management

4:20 pm - 4:50 pm Panel: Cash Flow Hedging: How can you optimise your strategies for long-dated hedging of corporate balance sheets and avoid the pitfalls around foreign assets, subsidiaries and acquisitions?

Jasper Livingsmith - Director, Head of G7PM, EBRD Kiril Bonev - Treasury Risk Manager, Ferrero Simone Trappolini - Treasury Manager, Carrier Global Tomáš Krčka - Head of Group Treasury & Financial Trading, ČEZ Group

Main Stage B: Corporate Strategies: Risk Management

4:50 pm - 5:10 pm Roundtable 1: EM Liquidity Management: How can you effectively manage liquidity in emerging markets and release trapped cash?

Main Stage B: Corporate Strategies: Risk Management

4:50 pm - 5:10 pm Roundtable 2: Treasury management system (TMS) trends

Main Stage B: Corporate Strategies: Risk Management

4:50 pm - 5:10 pm Roundtable 3: Future treasury organisation and structure

Main Stage B: Corporate Strategies: Risk Management

4:50 pm - 5:10 pm Roundtable 4: Data Management: How to manage legacy data to make it useful for modern applications

Main Stage B: Corporate Strategies: Risk Management

4:50 pm - 5:10 pm Roundtable 5: Technology in Treasury: Exploring the role of emerging technologies like blockchain, AI, and machine learning in treasury management

Main Stage B: Corporate Strategies: Risk Management

4:50 pm - 5:10 pm Roundtable 6: Risk Assessment Methods: Utilizing tools like Value at Risk (VaR), scenario analysis, and sensitivity analysis to measure and manage FX risk.