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2016 Investment Outlook Conference – Guest Speaker Tom Dorsey, Co-Founder of Dorsey Wright & other leading market experts from BNP Paribas, Cantor Fitzgerald & WisdomTree – CPD Creditable
Friday 22nd January '16
You are invited to attend an event featuring leading industry experts who will share their insight on the investment themes to watch for 2016. The event is hosted by CISI & Grant Thornton and carries 3 hours of CPD credits.
This is an opportunity to hear first hand from leading speakers such as Tom Dorsey, Co-Founder of Dorsey, Wright & Associates. Other speakers include leading market expert commentators from global leading firms including BNP Paribas, Cantor Fitzgerald & WisdomTree. Topics include US, European & Emerging Markets economic macro outlooks which are expected to drive investment performance in the year ahead. Themes will include QE, deflation, Brexit, EM travails and many more such issues.
The conference will also cover how to implement investment strategies to cope with the opportunities and risks in 2016. It will also provide a focus on ETF strategies including a detailed explanation of liquidity and trading effectiveness.
The “Investment Outlook to 2016 Seminar” is a unique event which will be followed by the Annual Capital Challenge Rugby League match between London Skolars and Wigan Warriors. You will receive a complimentary ticket to this event which is the largest ETF event in Europe.
Venue: Grant Thornton
Address: 30 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1AG
Date: Friday, 22 January 2016
Time: 08:00 - 12:00, lunch will be served
Agenda:
08:30 - Registration
09:00 - Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), George Littlejohn: Introduction
09:10 - Grant Thornton: Welcome
09:20 - WisdomTree, Christopher Gannatti: 'Macro Outlook for the U.S. and Global Implications'
09:50 - Cantor, Matt Holden: 'ETF Liquidity 101'
10:20 - Nasdaq Sponsored Speaker, Tom Dorsey (Dorsey, Wright & Associates): 'Where investors should place their money'
10:50 - BNP Paribas, Antoine Porcheret: 'Key investment themes: Web-Driven Deflation; Demographics & Healthcare; Brexit'
11:20 - WisdomTree Europe, Viktor Nossek: 'Macro outlook for European and Emerging Markets'
11:55 - Grant Thornton: Final Remarks
12:00 - Lunch
14:00 - Capital Challenge Rugby match at the HAC - London Skolars vs Wigan Warriors
Speakers & Bios
We have the following guest speakers participating:
Tom Dorsey, Co-Founder of Dorsey, Wright & Associates.
Author of two books, including Tom Dorsey’s Trading Tips: A Playbook for Stock Market Success, and a regular guest on Fox’s “Cavuto on Business” and “Bulls & Bears” programs, Tom Dorsey is a recipient of the Wharton School of Finance Securities Industry Association’s “Distinguished Speaker Award.” He was also named Alumni of the Year 2000 for Virginia Commonwealth University and was granted the Citizens Community Award from Governor Charles Robb, and co-founded Dorsey, Wright & Associates in 1987.
Matthew Holden, Managing Director Head of ETF Trading Europe at Cantor Fitzgerald Europe
Matthew Holden has over 15 years experience in the ETF and Delta One markets, and has worked in various regions including Australia and Japan, before moving to the UK to trade ETFs and Delta One for Citi. Prior to joining Cantor Fitzgerald, Matthew was Head of ETF Trading Europe at KCG Europe Limited.
Antoine Porcheret, Senior Equity & Derivative Strategist at BNP Paribas.
Antoine's role is to lever fundamental content and parameter dislocation to express trading themes and cross-asset views at index, sector and single stock levels. Before joining BNP Paribas, Antoine spent seven years at HSBC as an equity derivative trader, managing the CEEMEA equity derivative trading desk as well as co-managing the world exotic single stocks book.
Christopher Gannatti, Associate Director of Research at WisdomTree
Christopher Gannatti joined WisdomTree in December 2010 and is involved in creating and communicating WisdomTree’s thoughts on the markets, as well as analyzing existing strategies and developing new approaches. Christopher came to WisdomTree from Lord Abbett, where he worked for four and a half years as a Regional Consultant.
Viktor Nossek, Director of Research at WisdomTree Europe
Viktor, who has over 14 years’ experience in research, joined the firm from Renaissance Asset Managers where he was Head of Research. His research for WisdomTree Europe includes macroeconomic analysis and investment theses relating to the current range of fundamentally weighted Smart Beta UCITS ETFs.
We hope you can make it. Spaces are limited, please RSVP today at [email protected]