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9:00 am

Exclusive, Invitation-Only Roundtable Registration Opens — Welcome Coffee

The registration desk is located in the elevator lobby and will remain open throughout the entire conference. All coffee breaks are located outside Saló Gaudi.

9:30 am

Through The Lens Of A Portfolio Manager — Liquidity And Futurization In The Current Regime sponsored by Nasdaq

Exclusive, Invitation-Only

10:45 am

Options As A Source Of Information — Current Trends And Observations sponsored by Susquehanna

Exclusive, Invitation-Only

10:45 am

The Multi Asset Investing Workshop sponsored by Eurex

Exclusive, Invitation-Only

11:30 am

Main Session Registration Opens — Welcome Coffee

The registration desk will remain open throughout the entire conference.

12:25 pm

EQDerivatives Opening Remarks

All main sessions are located in Saló Gaudi 3 and 4.

Laura Lalinde, chief executive officer, EQDerivatives

12:30 pm

The Real Reason Investors Are Paid To Sell Equity Options

Anthony Morris, global head of quantitative strategies, Nomura

12:55 pm

Navigating The Future — Investment Strategies For An Era Of Uncertainty And Opportunity

Moderator: Benedict Redmond, head cross-asset QIS structuring EMEA, Barclays

 

Panelists:

  • Zahid Jamil, manager of exposure management, Australian Super
  • Hughie Jessel, director, Rothschild & Co Wealth Management
  • Russell Korgaonkar, chief investment officer, Man AHL
  • Tatjana Puhan, head of asset allocation, Swiss Re
1:45 pm

Evolution In Portfolio Construction — Utilizing The Expanding Toolset

Moderator: Stephan Kessler, global head of quantitative investment strategy research, Morgan Stanley

 

Panelists:

  • Michael Daniel Andersen, chief strategist, Realdania
  • James Barty, director of investment strategy, Church Commissioners For England
  • Julio Delgado, chief investment strategist, American Red Cross
2:25 pm

Setting Records — 12 Billion Options And Counting And What It Means For Investors

Allie Becher, derivatives sales, Citadel Securities

Jason Roelke, head of institutional equity derivatives sales, Citadel Securities

2:45 pm

Adventures In Fixed Income QIS

Sorin Ionescu, head of DB investment solutions structuring, Deutsche Bank

3:10 pm

Networking Coffee Break sponsored by Macquarie

3:40 pm

Multi-Asset Mastery — Balancing Risk, Return And Innovation In 2025

Moderator: Raphael Bruneau, business development director, S&P Global 

 

Panelists:

  • Tapio Koivu, portfolio manager, Veritas Pension Insurance Company
  • Mikhail Krayzler, portfolio manager, Allianz Global Investors
  • Georgina Taylor, head of multi-asset strategies, Invesco
4:25 pm

Barometers, Benchmarks, And Building Blocks — The Evolution Of Indices In Global Markets

Tim Edwards, managing director, global head of index investment strategy, S&P Global

4:45 pm

A View From The Options — Looking Back At 2024 And Into 2025

Christopher Jacobson, co-head of derivatives strategy, Susquehanna

Chris Murphy, co-head of derivatives strategy, Susquehanna

5:10 pm

Taming The Storm — Managing Market Volatility In 2025

Moderator: Rob Hocking, SVP, head of product innovation, Cboe 

 

Panelists:

  • Simon Aninat, head of volatility and overlay, Ostrum AM
  • Michele Bergantino, portfolio manager, M&G
  • Thomas Fielden, options trader, Optiver
  • Hassan Malongo, portfolio manager, Amundi

 

6:00 pm

Networking Reception

Located in Lokal and Terraza.

7:30 pm

Day One Concludes

8:30 pm

Registration Opens — Welcome Coffee sponsored by RBC Capital Markets

The registration desk is located in the elevator lobby and will remain open throughout the entire conference. All coffee breaks are located outside Saló Gaudi.

9:00 pm

Stock-Bond Correlations — Theory And Empirical Results

Thierry Roncalli, head of quant portfolio strategy, Amundi

9:30 am

One Slide, One Trade — Pay Attention To This Dynamic

Moderator: Kathrine Fiksdal, senior manager, content and investor relations, EQDerivatives

 

Panelists:

  • Jean-François Bacmann, principal, LGT Capital Partners
  • Alexandre Cesari, portfolio manager, EvarInvest AM
  • William Dorsey, commodities portfolio manager, Schonfeld
  • Florian Ielpo, head of macro and multi-asset portfolio manager, Lombard Odier Investment Managers
10:05 am

Complexity Aversion — Why People Under Allocate To Liquid Alternatives

Matthew Yeates, deputy chief investment officer, 7IM

10:30 am

Networking Coffee Break sponsored by CME Group

11:00 am

Following Trends — Is Faster Better?

Julien Turc, head of QIS Lab, BNP Paribas

11:25 am

Customization Vs. Standardization — The Future of Equity Derivatives

Moderator: Georgia Reynolds, editor, EQDerivatives

 

Panelists: 

  • Patrick Bartholet, portfolio manager, Aviva Investors
  • Pierre De Saab, partner, Dominicé
  • Alessandro Romani, head of equity derivatives products – European market services, Nasdaq
12:05 pm

An Underdog Story — The Strange Case Of Trend And Mean Reversion

Abhinandan Deb, managing director, global head of cross asset quant investment strategy, Bank of America

12:30 pm

Networking Lunch

Located in Saló Gaudi 1 and 2.

1:30 pm

Beyond the Algorithm — QIS Innovations In A Changing Macroeconomic Era

Moderator: Arnaud Jobert, managing director, global head equities structuring, co-head global strategic indices, JPMorgan

 

Panelists:

  • Thomas Ekstrom, analyst, AP1
  • Francisco Esteban, head of quantitative investments and OTC derivatives, Santander Asset Management
  • Sergio Calvo de Leon, head of volatility and overlay strategies, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
  • Moïse M’baye, portfolio manager, Brightwell
2:15 pm

The Rise Of Hedge Funds In QIS — A Game Changer?

Moderator: Marc Fisher, head of strategic partnerships and managing director, Premialab

 

Panelists:

  • Ben Barr, EMEA head of equity QIS structuring, Bank of America
  • Arnaud Jobert, managing director, global head equities structuring, co-head global strategic indices, JPMorgan
  • Martin Luehrmann, managing director, global co-head of systematic trading strategies, Goldman Sachs
2:45 pm

Portfolio Construction Battle — Where To Go For Truly Uncorrelated Returns

Moderator: Dorte Carlsen, vice president, sales equity & index sales EMEA, Eurex 

 

Panelists: 

  • Didier Anthamatten, lead portfolio DOM global macro, 1798 LOIM
  • Mobeen Iqbal, senior quantitative researcher, Fidelity Investments
  • Thomas Raffinot, head of quant investment signals, AXA-IM
  • Moritz Seibert, founder and chief executive officer, Takahe Capital
3:30 pm

Portfolio Construction Battle: The Future Of ETFs — Integrating QIS For Alpha

Moderator: Ian Merrill, chief revenue officer, MerQube

 

Panelists:

  • Roxton McNeal, head portfolio manager of QIS investments, Simplify Asset Management
  • Nick Mutsaers, quant researcher, Robeco
  • Michael Stewart, head of pooled index strategy, Legal & General Investment Managemen
4:10 pm

Europe EQD 2025 Concludes

Europe EQD 2025

Join your peers at Europe EQD 2025 – the largest multi-asset, volatility and cross-asset systematic investing forum for institutional investors.
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Tap into new perspectives across multi-asset investing, volatility, tactical asset allocation and global macro as well as the latest systematic approaches in alternatives, commodities and illiquid assets.

The 8th annual Europe EQD event will feature exclusive presentations and panel discussions from leading researchers, portfolio managers and industry practitioners in quantitative strategies.

This year will feature private roundtable discussions* on multi-asset investing in portfolio construction, volatility, QIS strategies and opportunities in illiquid assets. Register to find out more and choose your roundtable.

*Roundtable discussion topics and details are subject to change. Eligible attendees will be notified of final topics and details closer to the date of the event.

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