Fourth Annual European Investment Conference

Ronald A Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship
MIT Sloan School of Management
Former Chief Economist
International Monetary Fund

• Examining types of fiscal crises: The nightmare scenario, the preemptive model, and the head-in-the-sand model
• Finding a long-term solution for Europe: The creation of a European Ministry of Finance to issue well-managed debt supported by credible revenue
• Counteracting the moral hazard legacy of the last financial crisis: How banks can unlock value by becoming “small enough to fail”

Head, Financial Services Policy
DG Internal Market and Services
European Commission

• How the European Commission’s new reform process addresses the financial sector’s structural issues
• What must be done to stabilize financial markets, create a level playing field, and protect competition in Europe
• How strong and clear regulation combined with robust competition policy enforcement can put the European economy on the road to sustainable growth

CEO
Oxford Analytica

• How a fragmentation of power, capital and ideas are changing global politics and economics
• Why a higher degree of macro diligence will be needed for investors going forward, as countries redefine their national interests and make traditional categories and ideological labels irrelevant
• The changing nature of risk: Why higher volatility is not the new norm but marks a transition to a more resilient and more diverse global economy governed by national interests
• Understanding the structural drivers of global growth and development, including energy, commodities, inflation, and climate change

Managing Director
Capital Economics

• The deep origins of the crisis, both practical and intellectual, and its historical context
• The flaws inherent in central banks, regulatory schemes, and financial institutions, and whether a laissez-faire approach can work
• Are the financial services industry’s salaries truly excessive, and does the industry loom too large in the economy?

Chairman, Conseil d’Analyse Economique (Council of Economic Analysis)
Professor of Monetary and Financial Economics
University of Paris

• Will the Euro survive sovereign defaults and the slow pace of implementing much-needed reforms?
• Where is sustainable European growth coming from, and when is it likely to be realized?
• How will Europe address chronic and growing unemployment, along with ensuing social tensions?

Managing Director & Head of European Portfolio Management
PIMCO (London)

• Navigating the Eurozone crisis
• Finding safe spread and good value in bond markets across the globe
• Managing portfolio risk in the next stage of the economic cycle

Head of Global Equities
Swisscanto Asset Management AG

• Explaining the value risk premium
• Tracking the value cycle
• Capturing and identifying value mispricing

Rhodri Preece, CFA, Moderator
Director, Capital Markets Policy
CFA Institute

Jasper Jorritsma
Policy Officer,
European Commission

Marcus Hooper
Executive Director, Head, Europe,
Pipeline Financial Group Limited

Frédéric Romand
Head of Trading
Generali Investments

• Proposed changes to secondary market structure, and new trading venue classifications
• Evaluating the pre- and post-trade transparency framework, proposals for a consolidated tape, and bringing transparency to other asset classes
• Dark pools, dark liquidity, and execution quality

CEO, Co-Chief Investment Officer, and Founder
Rogge Global Partners

• Short-term and long-term threats from the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, and how to hedge the big risks
• Shifting dynamics and opportunities in the high-yield and leveraged loan markets from Europe’s weakening banking sector
• Credit strategies that capitalize on economic growth prospects in the emerging regions of the world

Co-Founder and Director of Eurointelligence Advisers
Associate Editor, Financial Times

• EU response to the European debt crisis: Will it work in the long term?
• Should we leave it to the governments?  The role of the private sector
• What needs to be done to ensure the safety of the Euro?

Gather with fellow delegates at the historic Les Crayères des Montquartiers  (PDF) for a lively evening of wine, food and music.