UK Financial Advisers

Infrastructure drives productivity growth, and is, therefore, a critical element of a functioning economy. With the need for infrastructure running into the trillions over the next two decades - what projects should those funds be targeted to generate the best outcome? What what does that outcome look like?

This webinar brings together the brightest minds in the industry to discuss:
The Infrastructure Gap - what it looks like and how to close it.
Implications of new renewable energy advancements and 5G, and robotics
China 2025 and the Belt & Road Initiative.

Rick Walters, Infrastructure Director, GRESB
Jean-Francois Hautemulle, Principal, Terres Neuves Consulting
Declan O'Brien, Senior Analyst - Research & Strategy EMEA Infrastructure, UBS Asset Management
Michael Kearney, Senior Investment Director - Economic Infrastructure, Aberdeen Standard Investments

Financial institutions and regulators are finally getting comfortable with operating in the cloud - but what does that actually mean? Get more insights on financial services in the cloud in this session with Paul Taylor, CEO of Thought Machine. We will discuss how:

- Cloud adoption in financial services facilitates the management of data and improves security

- The lack of flexibility and speed in banking infrastructure prevents banks from truly being client-centric, making them unable to provide clients customised products and services

- The migration from legacy to cloud platforms reduces costs and increases scalability for financial institutions

- Banks are responding to digitally-native challenger banks that are born in the cloud

- Safe adoption of cloud technology can increase resiliency of the overall system, according to the Bank of England

Financial institutions spend 88 billions year trying to get the attention of existing and new customers and offer them relevant products and services. This divide is a reflection of a lack of understanding and at times trust.

Creating new categories of financial services, fintech startups can help bridge this divide.

We will share YamaPay’s delightme services portfolio and how it holds a great promise for consumers and financial services organizations.

The audience will walk away with key strategies for reducing marketing dollars while increasing customer retention and acquisition.

Media and action groups are demanding that large asset managers use their voting powers responsibly and support actions on climate change. But what can asset managers really do about things like CO2 emissions, deforestation, cyber crime or biodiversity?

By engaging on behalf of investors, Asset Managers can help make changes to businesses to promote a positive, long-term approach, one that is better for financial performance, for your clients and better for society as a whole. Join Robeco's experts as they look at recent engagement examples with companies like Royal Dutch Shell or in industries like palm oil production.

The webinar will consider how employers and Trustees can help employees and pension scheme members overcome the risks they face at-retirement such as falling for a scam, buying inappropriate retirement products, paying more tax than necessary or ultimately running out of money.

Participez à notre prochaine conférence en ligne avec Didier Saint-Georges, Managing Director et Membre du Comité d’Investissement, qui présentera notre vision des marchés et résumera notre stratégie d’investissement globale.

There are three pillars to control in a data rich, regulated company – these are what data you have, what it is being used for and who is using it. These pillars have nuances as well, for example where is the person, the data or the process and how old is the data. In the current data climate, it is normal for a company to have a policy to tell people (customers as well as staff) the rules of the road for accessing information. Enshrining this policy into the fabric of the organisation so that people do not have to think about it as well as satisfying the current trend of DevOps is the key to allowing a fast iteration culture, delivering value without creating more overheads.

About the speaker:

Co-founder, Philip Dutton, has led Solidatus from concept through to launch and now accelerated growth. Working to help organisations utilise visual lineage to enable understanding and simplification of complex systems landscapes, demonstrate regulatory lineage, improve governance and assist with transformational change. With 20 years of experience as a Senior System Architect, Engineer and Project Manager within the Financial Services industry, Philip’s expertise focuses on global transformational change projects within global organisations. Passionate about revolutionising the data economy and helping companies become proactive instead of reactive.

Join our webinar for the opportunity to discuss the Hawksmoor Vanbrugh, Distribution and Global Opportunities Funds with the Fund Managers.

Trust plays an important role in fund management. From investors trusting us to manage their money responsibly, to the trust we have in our rigorous investment process and teamwork - it's a thought-provoking topic.

In addition to discussing this during the webinar, our Fund Managers will:
* explain the liquidity of our Funds and the underlying holdings
* review the performance of the Funds
* highlight the major activity within the portfolios

If you are unavailable to listen live, you can also register to access the recording.

The webinar will run for approximately 20 minutes with another 10 minutes allocated for Q&A. This webinar qualifies for 30 minutes CPD.

To submit a question ahead of the webinar, please email hannah.isaac@hawksmoorfm.co.uk. Alternatively, questions can be submitted live to the Fund Managers on the day.

The session will explore the role of AI and big data in improving risk management and building business resilience in Financial Services.

In this webinar, you will get a broader perspective into emerging (also referred as non-financial or Environment, Social and Governance (ESG)) risks in Financial Services. Finally you will be walked through a case study with a leading bank on their use of AI to future-proof their organization.

In this webinar Executive Director of CICC Research in Beijing, Kevin Liu, will give an economic update on China. Topics will include:

• Trade: US-China trade update and 2019 China economic outlook.

• Secular Trends in China's Economy:

• The upgrade of "Made in China" manufacturing.
• How domestic Chinese brands have benefitted from urbanization.
• Long-term growth trends in China .

• Looking Ahead: The opening-up of China’s financial markets is accelerating. What are the implications for the future of China’s economy.

Join Simon Doherty, Lead Portfolio Manager of the MPS strategies, and David Butler, Strategic Accounts Director on 17th July at 14:00 BST as we discuss performance for the MPS models over the third quarter and what we can expect at a critical juncture for markets.

Fund Manager Luke Newman will host a Q&A webcast for the Janus Henderson UK Absolute Return strategy. The ‘Question Time’ format allows investors to raise topics in advance of the call. It will also be possible to submit questions during the webcast.

Join our upcoming webinar with Didier Saint-Georges, Managing Director and Member of the Investment Committee, who will present our investment views and provide a summary of our current global investment strategy.

Any process and interaction that can be digitised is being digitised - either for customer convenience or, for operational efficiency and costs. But, what happens when every bank and every possible process is digitised. What next? How can banks differentiate themselves? What role can data and AI play in creating value?

In this session, we will hear from industry leaders on their views on this topic and pragmatic recommendations on how to get started on this journey.

Moderated by:
Bharat Bhushan, CTO Banking & Financial Markets, IBM
Panelists:
Marie Measures, CIO, Coventry Building Society
Richard Price, Sales Director, TIBCO
Valentina Kristensen, Director, Growth & Communications, OakNorth
Mitesh Soni, Senior Director - Innovation and Fintech, Finastra

As markets mature, information asymmetries become harder to find and higher returns become increasingly elusive. Where is a good place for investors to focus and gain exposure to APAC at attractive prices and rates? The Venture Capital and Private Equity may be the place to find answers, though China A-Shares may also hold the keys to success. Indeed, Impact Investing is another alternative, which is burgeoning in the region.

To understand how to find returns and alpha, this webinar will discuss:
how investors from across the globe can access APAC
Which sectors there is growing activity in, and why
Which markets are worth a look, and what regulations in these markets.

We will look at the background of existing incumbent systems and rule-based infrastructure now operating in Banks, and establish why the use of Machine Learning and AI helps alleviate 20% of cost and increase customer satisfaction while protecting the transaction and networks of the bank from intrusion. Also, the new device and contextual Big Data services of Cybertonica will be described. In the end, we need to see how security and customer convenience can be optimised while reducing cost and friction in the banks systems.

Joshua Bower-Saul has 20 years experience in managing tech companies and startups. He is the founder of 4 businesses in online funding, media and FinTech. Joshua is a graduate of Harvard (MA) and INSEAD (MBA). He speaks fluent Russian, French and German.

Fund Manager Jonathan Rawicz will run through the performance of the Dynamic UK Equity fund for Q2.

China offers a number of favorable market characteristics for global investors. Opportunities abound in China’s “new economy,” and the China has one of the largest, most liquid, and fastest-growing equity markets in the world. The China A-Share market has historically been uncorrelated, under-researched, and inefficient, and China A-Shares are under-represented in global equity indices, providing potential investment opportunities for quality growth investors.

In this webcast, Vivian Lin Thurston, CFA, partner and portfolio manager at William Blair Investment Management, discusses this backdrop. She also highlights several investible themes in China, including growing domestic consumption and the secular growth of healthcare spending.

Following a strong start to 2019, join the experts at Zurich Investments for their views for what's in store for the remainder of the year and beyond.

July marks the 20th anniversary of the Franklin UK Mid Cap Fund and serves as a timely reminder of the changing opportunities that have characterised the UK mid-cap market over the past 20-years. Please join Paul Spencer to hear the current themes and stock ideas that underpin his portfolio:
• Ideas driving performance
• Recent portfolio changes
• Outlook and positioning

David Vickers, Senior Portfolio Manager at Russell Investments, discusses how the team are positioning the portfolios against the backdrop of global market uncertainty.

Key highlights:
• U.S. recession risks: What are the signs indicating this is on the horizon?
• Trade wars: Is the current situation the same/better/worse than foreseen earlier this year?
• Portfolios: A brief update on current positioning and outlook

Hear from our Fund Managers, Ken Wotton and Brenda Gulston, as they share views on the market and discuss performance over the second quarter of 2019.

Please note Livingbridge Equity Funds has been renamed Gresham House Equity Funds following the sale in November 2018.

Macroeconomic, regulatory and geopolitical risk continue to generate volatility but technology stocks have continued to outperform wider equity markets. Can this continue? Are valuations across the sector still reasonable? In this webcast, Alison Porter, portfolio manager on the Janus Henderson Global Technology Team, will cover:

•Development in long-term secular drivers continue to power technology share gains
•Key themes and new drivers of tech outperformance
•Being selective and navigating the hype cycle is becoming more important when it comes to growth assets
•Portfolio positioning and movement, performance update and outlook

Join us for our quarter-end strategy update webcast. Engage with portfolio manager, David Iben, to learn about what drove second-quarter performance, the portfolio manager's outlook, and current portfolio positioning.

For years, banks have been sitting on a goldmine of customer data. Only recently have they started exploiting that, although not surprisingly for their own benefit.

Personal data can give great insights to drive bank outcomes by decreasing credit losses and reducing fraud losses. In this webinar Paul Clark, CTO, will look at how we can use customer data to;

* Drive customer’s own advantage,
* Avoid slip ups,
* Dodge nasty charges,
* Optimise the customer’s finances end to end.