Day One Tuesday 6th March 2012
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| 08.00 | Registration and morning refreshments | ||
| 08.45 | Opening by official event patron: His Highness Sheikh Juma Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, Dubai, UAE | ||
| 08.50 |
Chairman’s welcome remarks
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| 08.55 |
DIFCA welcome remarks
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Booms, busts and bubbles | |||
| 09.00 |
Keynote: forecasting prospects for the global economy
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| 09.20 |
Keynote: trends, innovation and investment themes for 2012
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| 09.50 |
Keynote: why currencies and why now?
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| 10.10 |
Asset liability management - addressing the challenges
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| 10.30 |
Panel session: capturing investment opportunities from mega trends Mr Indranil GhoshIndranil is the Head of Strategic Planning and Macroeconomics of Mubadala Development Company. He has previously worked as a Senior Investment Advisor at Bridgewater Associates, a $50bn global macro hedge fund based in Westport, CT, Associate...  Mr Paddy DowdallPaddy Dowdall is an Investment Manager for Merseyside Pension Fund This role covers a wide range of investment issues including, the management of relationships with external Fund Managers and reporting of investment performance to Members. A key... more.. Mr Faisal Al RiyamiFaisal has been working at SGRF for the past three years, where he is responsible for direct investments in private equity. He started his career as a bank internal auditor specialising in corporate credit, and then moved to financial controlling... more..
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| 11.10 | Networking refreshments | ||
| 11.40 |
Chairman’s opening remarks
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Middle East investor appetite | |||
| 11.45 |
Keynote: writing the next chapter of the Middle East growth story
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| 12.10 |
Panel session: creating the perfect portfolio allocation strategy for Middle East investors Laurent HopmanMr. Laurent Hopman is the founding partner of 21North Advisors, an independent multi-family-office based in Bahrain. 21North Advisors provides institutional quality, bespoke, non-GCC portfolio management services for ultra-high-net-worth... more.. Mr Eyad MashalIs the Managing Director and Head of MENA Investments at Rashed Al-Rashed Group; one of the large conglomerates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Eyad has more than 17 years of experience in the investment and finance field in the MENA region. Eyad... more.. Mr Nicola PadovaniMr. Padovani joined FMIM in October 2009 and is responsible for the risk management framework. This includes analyzing, measuring and monitoring market, credit and operational risks arising from the investment of the assets by the company and also... more.. Mishal KanooMishal Kanoo is Deputy Chairman of The Kanoo Group, one of the largest family owned group of companies in the Middle East. The Kanoo Group has diversified interests including shipping, travel, machinery, logistics, oil & gas, power, and... more.. Mr Razi AminRazi Amin is a Senior Adviser to the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Washington, DC. He was recruited in 2010 by the CEO, whom Razi had advised previously on the recapitalization of the Swedish banking system. At IFC, Razi advises the... more..
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| 12.40 |
Innovative investment structures for BancaTakaful Mr Muhammad Owais AnsariMuhammad Owais Ansari is the Chief Actuary of FWU Global Takaful Solutions and is an expert in Takaful related issues. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and has significant experience of working for and advising Takaful... more.. Mr Jose Maria CarbajoJose Maria Carbajo is a Managing Director of ETS, a position he has held since 2003. Previously, Mr. Carbajo worked in Investment product development at Deutsche Bank. He has strong experience in the product development, asset allocation and... more..
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| 13.10 | Networking lunch | ||
| 14.10 |
The Role of Sovereign Wealth Funds in the global and regional financial markets
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Capital Markets Outlook | |||
| 14.40 |
Experience and expertise in long term growth and wealth protection
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| 15.00 |
Panel session: strategies and tactics for investing in equities in a volatile market - trading Mr Raghu MandagolathurRaghu is the head of research at Kuwait Financial Center (Markaz), a leading asset management company based in Kuwait with AUM exceeding $3b. He leads the strategic research initiative of Markaz with specific focus on asset allocation, capital... more.. Mr Michel MeertMichel Meert is senior investment consultant and has more than 20 years experience in asset management. His role is to advise a wide range of institutional clients in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, including foundations, sovereign wealth... more..
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| 15.20 |
Achieving efficiency, objectivity and transparency in Wealth Management
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| 15.45 | Afternoon refreshments | ||
Diversity, flexibility & fixed income | |||
| 16.20 |
Risk and return in the fixed income markets
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| 16.50 |
Panel session: developing the Arabian bond market for investors and issuers Mr Alan DurrantMr. Alan Durrant joined the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) in September 2009 as Chief Investment Officer of the Asset Management Group (AMG). Before joining AMG, he served as the head of asset management Gulf Finance House in Baharain, where he ... more.. Mr Robert FarrowRob Farrow currently serves as Corporate Treasurer for Alghanim Industries. Based in Kuwait, he is responsible for Alghanim’s global Treasury activities. Rob is a full member of the UK Association of Corporate Treasurers, having started his... more.. Mr Eric SwatsPrior to joining the Rasmala Group in 2003, Mr. Swats spent 17 years with Citigroup Asset Management. At Citigroup London, Mr. Swats served as Head of European Private Bank Asset Management and Senior Investment Officer of Private Client global... more..Mr Razi AminRazi Amin is a Senior Adviser to the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Washington, DC. He was recruited in 2010 by the CEO, whom Razi had advised previously on the recapitalization of the Swedish banking system. At IFC, Razi advises the... more..
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| 17.30 | Chairman’s closing remarks and end of Day One |
