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JetFin BRIC 2010 Conference Schedule - April 13th, 2010
8.00 Registration & Coffee
08.20 Chairman’s Introductory Speech
Welcome and comments on the agenda
EXAMINING THE STRATEGIES
A warm up introduction, showing the new macro scenarios, the recent evolution of the fund industry and the allocators’ new challenges in BRICs.
08.30 Sustainable Finance In Brics
- Responsible investment and recent developments in environmental, social and governance factors in BRICs.
- How global standards like Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) impact investments in BRICs?
- ESG factors implementation in a BRIC portfolio
09.10 Macro Strategies
- Understanding the current economic cycle.
- Why do macro strategies perform well in the BRICs?
- Exploiting the economic cycle for successful investments.
- Macro themes in 2010 and beyond.
- Macro with bottom up quant approach applied to EMs.
09.45 Currency Strategies
- Emerging Markets’ currencies.
- Will the dollar lose reserve currency status? – What would be the implications?
- EMs currencies outlook.
10.00 Coffee break
10.30 Equity Strategies
- What are the winning equity strategies in BRICs?
- Sector specific strategy or diversified allocation?
- Country allocation : what are the key drivers?
- Active or passive allocation?
11.10 Private Equity
- What are the winning private equity strategies in the BRIC countries?
- BRIC infrastructure. Opportunities and Risks.
- Country allocation : what are the key drivers?
11.30 Fixed Income Strategies
- Recent evolutions of the fixed income opportunities in BRICs.
- New risks at work.
- Index-linked bond investments.
12.30 Networking Lunch
REGION SPECIFIC STRATEGIES
01.20 China
- China macro and currency policies.
- What are the winning strategies to invest in China?
- Opportunities and Risks for International investors in China? Legal environment.
- China Food and Agriculture investments.
02.00 Russia
- Is Russia able to sustain growth?
- What are the winning strategies to invest in Russia?
- Recent changes in corporate governance
- New emerging opportunities in Russia
- Is Russia only an oil play?
03.00 Coffee Break
03.30 India
- What are the winning strategies to invest in India?
- New challenges and opportunities in India.
- Sustainable Investments in India
- Convertible market and market neutral strategies in India.
04.15 Brazil
- Economic scenario for 2010?
- What are the winning strategies to invest in Brazil?
- Brazil Infrastructures.
- Is corporate governance improving in Brazil?
05.00 The New BRICs: Frontier Markets
- Ukraine and Central Asia.
- Perspectives for investments in niche countries?
- Are governance issues integrated in investment decisions in frontier markets?
INVESTORS
05.40 Investors And Allocators
- Highlighting the changes investors have made and will make when investing in BRICs.
- What are the requirements and the expectations of global allocators when investing in BRICs?
- How have SRI and risk management practices recently evolved, when investing in EMs?
06.10 Closing remarks
EVENING EVENT
07.00 Cocktail & Dinner Reception
- At the trendy "River Side Café" in Geneva
Good food and Jazz Band
Ideal for networking in good atmosphere
10.30 End
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