Agenda

Sunday, 19 June

Guest arrival and check in, refreshments

Time

From 11:30 a.m. CET

Welcome to the 28th Reserve Management Seminar in the bar area

Time

19:30 p.m. CET

Willem van Breugel

Head of Global Sovereign Markets, UBS Asset Management

Monday, 20 June

Reserve management in a shifting geopolitical environment

Time

8:30 a.m. CET

Massimiliano Castelli

Head of Strategy & Advice, Global Sovereign Markets, UBS Asset Management

Pierre Cardon

Senior Strategist, Asset Management, Bank for International Settlement, Basel

Coffee break

Time

10:00 a.m. CET

Global economic and financial outlook

Time

10:30 a.m. CET

Arend Kapteyn

Global Head of Economics and Strategy Research, UBS Investment Bank, London

Jonathan Davies

Senior Portfolio Manager Investment Solutions, UBS Asset Management, London

Massimiliano Castelli

Head of Strategy & Advice, Global Sovereign Markets, UBS Asset Management (Moderator)

Group photo

Time

12:15 p.m. CET

Lunch

Time

12:45 p.m. CET

Politics session: Current geopolitical landscape and pressure points

Time

14:30 p.m. CET

Preston Keat

Head of Political & Country Risk, UBS London

Raivo Vanags

Head of Market Operations, Latvijas Bank

Massimiliano Castelli

Head of Strategy & Advice, Global Sovereign Markets, UBS Asset Management

Philipp Salman

Strategy & Advice, UBS Asset Management (Moderator)

Day one conclusion

Time

16:00 p.m. CET

Drinks and dinner

Time

19:00 p.m. CET

Tuesday, 21 June

Keynote speech: Gold, central bank digital currencies and the evolving global reserve system

Time

9:15 a.m. CET

Ousmène Mandeng

Strategy and Economics of Payment Innovation, Accenture, London

Panel discussion: When will it be gold’s time to shine?

Time

9:45 a.m. CET

Joni Teves

Precious Metals Strategist, UBS Investment Bank, London

Kurtulus Taskale Diamondopoulos

Director, Central Banks and Public Policy, WGCl, London

Philipp Salman

Strategy & Advice, UBS Asset Management (Moderator)

Coffee break

Time

10:45 a.m. CET

Keynote speech: Developments and trends in the Virtual Assets space

Time

11:15 a.m. CET

Malte Holzberger

Virtual Assets Lead Products & Co-Lead Research & Intelligence, UBS Asset Management

Lunch

Time

12:00 p.m .CET

Keynote speech: The great demographic reversal: ageing societies, waning inequality, and an inflation revival

Time

14:30 p.m. CET

Manoj Pradhan

Founder Talking Heads Macroeconomics, London

Keynote speech: Inflation and the changing global economy

Time

15:30 p.m. CET

Paul Donovan

Global Chief Economist, Wealth Management International, London

Coffee break

Time

16:15 p.m. CET

Panel discussion: Inflation: transitory or regime shift?

Time

16:30 p.m. CET

Manoj Pradhan

Founder Talking Heads Macroeconomics, London

Paul Donovan

Global Chief Economist, Wealth Management International, London

Massimiliano Castelli

Head of Strategy & Advice, Global Sovereign Markets, UBS Asset Management (Moderator)

Keynote speech: The changing competitiveness of countries

Time

17:30 p.m. CET

Arturo Bris

Professor of Finance & Director, IMD World Competitiveness Center (WCC), Lausanne

Day two conclusion

Time

18:15 p.m. CET

Drinks and dinner

Time

19:00 p.m. CET

Wednesday, 22 June

Asset allocation for reserve managers: dealing with the end of the fixed
income market boom

Time

8:45 a.m. CET

Massimiliano Castelli

Head of Strategy & Advice, Global Sovereign Markets, UBS Asset Management

Keynote speech: Asset allocation and sustainability

Time

9:15 a.m. CET

Michele Gambera,

Co-Head Strategic Asset Allocation, UBS Asset Management, Chicago

Panel discussion: Rising rates and Fixed Income markets

Time

9:45 a.m. CET

Ning Zhang

China Economist, Asia Economics, UBS Investment Bank, Hong Kong

Uta Fehm

EM Fixed Income, UBS Asset Management, Zurich

Massimiliano Castelli

Head of Strategy & Advice, Global Sovereign Markets, UBS Asset Management (Moderator)

Coffee break

Time

11:00 a.m. CET

Panel discussion: Should reserve managers further diversify in alternative asset classes?

Time

11:30 a.m. CET

Jonathan Davies

Senior Portfolio Manager Investment Solutions, Head of Currency Strategy, UBS Asset Management, London

Rene Steiner

Head of HFS Investment Specialists, UBS Asset Management, Zurich

Joe Azelby

Head of Real Estate and Private Markets, UBS Asset Management, New York

Lunch

Time

12:30 p.m .CET

Panel discussion: Challenges and opportunities for reserve managers

Time

14:30 p.m. CET

Jan Schmidt

Executive Director of Risk Management and Transaction Support Department, Czech National Bank

Aram Sahakyan

Head of Global Markets Division, Central Bank of Armenia

Willem van-Breugel

Global Head Global Sovereign Markets, UBS Asset Management, London

Massimiliano Castelli

Head of Strategy & Advice, Global Sovereign Markets, UBS Asset Management (Moderator)

Day three conclusion

Time

15:30 p.m. CET

Free afternoon

Drinks and dinner

Time

19:00 p.m. CET

Thursday, 23 June

Opening remarks

Time

8:45 a.m. CET

Axel Weber

Former Bundesbank President and ex-Chairman UBS

Panel discussion: Central banks and Inflation

Time

9:10 a.m. CET

Jacob A. Frenkel

Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Group of Thirty (G30) and former Governor, Bank of Israel

Eddie Yue

Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Axel Weber

Former Bundesbank President and ex-Chairman UBS (Moderator)

Massimiliano Castelli

Head of Strategy & Advice, Global Sovereign Markets, UBS Asset Management (Moderator)

Coffee break

Time

10:30 a.m. CET

Keynote speech: The approach of Sovereign Funds to Net Zero

Time

11:00 a.m. CET

Havard Halland

Senior Economist, OECD Development Center, Paris

Lunch

Time

12:00 p.m .CET

Keynote speech: Driving change with engagements

Time

13:30 p.m. CET

Lucy Thomas

Head of Sustainable Investing, UBS Asset Management, Zurich

Market outlook: A conversation with our Head of Investments

Time

14:30 p.m. CET

Barry Gill

Head of Investments, UBS Asset Management

Massimiliano Castelli

Head of Strategy and Advice, UBS Asset Management (Moderator)

Closing remarks

Time

15:15 p.m. CET

Massimiliano Castelli

Head of Strategy & Advice, Global Sovereign Markets, UBS Asset Management

Day four conclusion

Time

15:30 p.m. CET

Departure for external dinner venue

Time

16:00 p.m. CET

Drinks, dinner and conference awards ceremony

Time

19:30 p.m. CET

Friday, 24 June

1st shuttle bus departs for Zurich Airport and then goes onto downtown Zurich

Time

7:00 a.m. CET

2nd shuttle bus departs for downtown Zurich and then goes onto Zurich Airport

Time

8:00 a.m. CET

City tour

Time

10:00 a.m. CET

(pre-registration required)

After city tour finishes transfer to Zurich Airport

Time

11:30 a.m. / 12:00 p.m. CET

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