Welcome to the homepage of the 2009 Annual Global Funds Conference, hosted by the Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA) in association with the National Investment Company Association (NICSA). The Annual Global Funds Conference has become a landmark in the international funds industry calendar and attracts a wide range of participants from across the international investment funds community. The conference brings together prominent industry speakers to discuss current issues and challenges facing the international investment funds industry.

Conference Information

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Featured Topics

Keynote Addresses
» Financing Change, Changing Finance: Why sustainability & climate change matter to    investors
» US political scene and anticipated regulatory changes
» Asian distribution trends

Senior Industry Executives Round Table
» Challenges and opportunities in the global investment funds industry

Global Product Distribution
» UCITS distribution
» New capital pools – China, Gulf
» Shariah funds
» International strategy/local tactics
 
Alternative Investments
» Post credit crunch, what is the business model for a sustainable hedge fund business?
» The impact of de-leveraging. Will leverage return and in what form?
» Regulation and the new world order. Are the days of self regulation over?
» The Star Manager. Does he exist and can he flourish in the new environment?
» The emergence of a regulated hedge fund. UCITS III; a distribution story!

Getting Your Strategy Right / New Boutique World
» Quants fight back?
» When is an emerging market not emerging?
» Is alpha gone forever?
» Diversification is dead, long live diversification
» Clean energy
» Mutual funds were always right
» Sustainability
» Natural resources

Conference Speakers

ROB AGNEW, Managing Director, Matrix Hong Kong
ROLF BACHNER, Vice President, The Bank of New York Mellon
STEVE FOSTER, Chief Operating Officer, Single Manager Hedge Fund Group,
Credit Suisse Alternatives
DEBORAH FUHR, Managing Director, Barclays Global Investors
PAUL FREEMAN, Managing Director, BlackRock EMEA
MOHAMMED HANIF, Chief Executive Officer, Insparo Asset Management
MARK HEANEY, Head of International Product Group, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
ROBERT KROESE, Principal, GreenBay Asset Management
PAUL MACK, Partner & Chief Operations Officer, Iveagh
KRYSTAN MCSTAY, Managing Director of Capital Markets, Key Capital
IAN MORLEY, Chairman, Corazon Capital
JOHN PERLOWSKI, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
CHARLIE PORTER, Chief Executive Officer, Thames River Capital
TOM RAMPULLA, Managing Director Europe, Vanguard
JEAN SCHAEFFER, President, ReFlow Management
ANDREW SHRIMPTON, Member, Kinetic Partners
JERVIS SMITH, Managing Director, Financial institutions Group, Citigroup
JULIAN TREGONING, Director, The Bank of New York Mellon
SETH WEINSTEIN, Managing Director & CEO, Morgan Stanley Fund Services
ROBERT WILLIAMS, Business Development Director, Skandia Investment Group