The Future of Fund Management - Programme - 24th March

Delegates will now form discussion groups at their tables. The questions for discussion are indicated below. There will be twenty minutes allotted for group discussion and fifteen minutes during which a representative from each table will feed back to the conference. The panellists from the above session will then offer their comments on the issues raised.

• What impact will long-term equity volatility and the dash for tangible assets have on strategy?
• How can fund managers best deliver the stability investors desire?
• Is simplification or diversification the key to delivering value for investors?
• Active vs passive management: where is the value in active management?
• Can risks be adequately hedged when managing uncertainty?
• Will fund managers continue to leverage portfolios?

Delegates will now have the opportunity to ask about the wide ranging questions affecting the fund management sector

• How are short selling and derivatives going to be regulated in the longer term?
• Are some products just too complex for the retail consumer - where do you draw the line?
• As the manufacturing and distribution of fund products becomes increasingly decoupled, what responsibilities do fund managers have to the end consumer?
• What are the implications of the findings of the RDR for the fund management industry?

• What are the factors influencing investors when they choose a fund manager?
• Which are the institutions that investors are most likely to trust and how can trust be rebuilt?
• How well positioned are multi-boutiques vs the one platform, one brand model?
• Can hedge funds re-capitalise?
• Who will look to sell and who will look to buy asset management houses?
• Will structural change have a significant impact on the industry?

Interviewer:
Caroline Allen, Editor, Global Investor