Date: 18 – 19 October 2012
Venue: Marriott Hotel Prague, Czech Republic
Prague, September 2012 – World’s leading senior and most respected financial, economic and investment commentators will meet in Prague to examine challenges and opportunities that face the global financial industry and the implications for investors in Europe.
The annual CFA Institute European Investment Conference, held in partnership with the Chartered Financial Analyst Society of the Czech Republic (CFA Society Czech Republic) and under the auspices of Petr Koblic, Chairman and CEO of the Prague Stock Exchange, will bring together over 300 investment practitioners from around the world. This is the largest international conference in the financial industry to be held in Prague this year and discussions and presentations will focus on the future of private wealth management in the next 20 years; the future of the Euro; the forces reshaping Europe and the world; opportunities for investors; and much more.
The conference will begin with a presentation by Anatole Kaletsky, economist and Reuters columnist, who thinks Europe has been paralyzed by “profound misunderstandings of economics and finance”. Additionally, Tomáš Sedláček, chief macroeconomic strategist at CSOB, the largest Czech bank, will articulate why he thinks that the goal of economic policy should be to minimize debt. And, Robert C. Merton, Nobel Laureate, and Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management, will close the conference by defending quantitative risk analysis in the future of finance.
In addition, the following speakers will present their views throughout the two-day conference:
-Joachim Klement, CFA, is chief investment officer for Wellershoff & Partners: Kicking the Habit: How Experience Determines Financial Risk Preferences
-Sebastian Dovey, managing partner at Scorpio Partnership: The Future of Private Wealth Management: The Next 20 Years
-Pankaj Ghemawat, Professor of Strategic Management and Globalization at IESE Business School: World 3.0: Global Prosperity and How to Achieve It
-Alexander Kjerulf, chief happiness officer at Woohoo Inc: Happiness at Work
-Catherine Lubochinsky, professor of economics and finance at the University of Paris 2 (Panthéon-Assas) and Markus C. Kerber, professor of public finance and political economy at the Technische Universität Berlin: The Future of the Euro
-Nkosana Moyo, founder and executive chairman at the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS): Investing in Africa
-Wolfgang Münchau, European economic columnist for the Financial Times and managing director at Eurointelligence.com: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Seeking Crisis Resolutions for the Eurozone
-Saker Nusseibeh, CEO and head of investment at Hermes Fund Managers: Building Better Portfolios: What New and Alternative Strategies Are Good for Investors?
-Mike Zelouf, CFA, director of international business at Western Asset Management: Fixed-Income Portfolio Benchmarks: Time for a Re-evaluation?
-Felix W. Zulauf, president of Zulauf Asset Management AG: The Forces Reshaping Europe and the World, and Opportunities for Investors
