Wednesday, January 22, 2025 | 13.00-16.45 UK Time

Format: Online

Language: English

The Asset Management for Institutional Investors conference explores advances in topics of interest to a wide spectrum of institutional investors and informs the audience on the latest developments in the field. Distinguished academics and professionals will address timely topics of importance, provide the international evidence and practice, and they will discuss the challenges faced by the institutional investors. Conference attendance will be valuable to institutional investors, policy makers and regulators, supervisors, pensioners, and academics. This conference is part of the IF^FR Asset Management Conferences series.

Key topics to be addressed in the 2025 Asset Management for Institutional Investors include:

• Key challenges facing major U.S. institutional investors
• Market outlook for 2025, spanning both traditional and alternative asset classes
• Timing opportunities in real estate and infrastructure investments
• The role of private equity in pension fund portfolios
• Leveraging financial workflows and large language models
• Harnessing AI to measure and manage climate change risks while capturing climate alpha
• Applications of AI in EU asset management and the performance of AI-driven strategies
• What does the Trump presidency mean for crypto?
• The future of blockchain-powered AI
• The evolution of shadow banking through decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs)
• The implications of tokenization for financial assets
• Investment opportunities in Asian markets
• The unique potential of the Indian stock market for investors
• The #1 challenge for allocators today and promising innovations for institutional portfolios
• Projections for continued gains in the U.S. stock market

In addition to speakers' slide presentations, a panel of high-quality professionals will discuss the latest advances in the asset management industry.

The conference is organized by Professor George Skiadopoulos, Director of IF^FR, and Théodore Economou, Professional IF^FR Fellow, Board Member and Advisor. IF^FR is a leading international research center, where cutting edge academic research and the industry converge to address timely topics of interest to financial markets and the society. IF^FR comprises a team of distinguished experts, academics and professionals, from prominent universities and institutions.

Registration is free.