Liquidity Luxembourg

Liquidity Luxembourg: A Euromoney Wealth Management Conference

The inaugural Euromoney Wealth Management Conference will take place in Luxembourg on Thursday 15 March. The conference will be the single focal point in the financial calendar for the European wealth management community in the pre-eminent hub for international investors who have capital to invest within the Eurozone.

The conference will set the record straight on concerns over the EU and international regulatory environment and the perceived risk of investing in the Eurozone today. It will offer an insight into the strategies and processes which offer the best tools for wealth managers and private bankers to provide value to their clients.

Speakers confirmed to date include:

- Jean-Jacques Rommes, Chief Executive Officer, The Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL)
- Robert Parker, Senior Adviser, Credit Suisse
- Christophe Frankel, Chief Financial Officer, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF)
- Reinhard Pfingsten, Head of Portfolio Management, Private Banking, Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie
- Sebastian Paris-Horvitz, Chief Market Strategist, Investment Team, HSBC Private Bank
- Aldo Romani, Head of Euro Funding, European Investment Bank

Download the working agenda.

Topics for discussion will include:

The Eurozone Crisis and What it Means for Luxembourg
- Will the Eurozone crisis be resolved? If not, what are the possible outcomes?
- What does this uncertainty mean for capital flows in the Eurozone?
- Will European banks refocus on their home markets?
- Will Luxembourg benefit from being a safe haven?

Wealth Management in an Era of Volatile and Changing Growth Patterns
- Coping with regulatory challenges
- The challenge of tax standardization
- Servicing the new rich: Russia, Latin America and Asia
- Boutiques or full service operations?

Asset Allocation Strategy – What Clients Want and Where to Find It
- What remains of the old asset allocation paradigm?
- Slow growth vs. No growth vs. risk.
- What is the true nature of Eurozone risk and can private bankers use financial assets to mitigate against it?
- Taxation, regulation and intrusion – do new financial centres offer efficiency but at the price of opacity?

Asset Servicing: The Future
- UCITs as a wrapper for non-traditional products
- Trust laws, inheritance and tax planning
- Master Funds and efficient fund taxation
- Fund processing passports

Luxembourg as a Capital Gateway
- Why Luxembourg was, is and will be a valuable source of capital
- How that liquidity is channelled
- Accessing the domestic bid
- Luxembourg as a gateway

In March 2012 join senior policymakers, private bankers, brokers, asset managers, private equity partners, lawyers and financial service providers from Luxembourg and across Europe for the inaugural Euromoney Wealth Management Conference.