Defaqto will explore the multi-asset versus MPS conundrum facing Advisers. With unparalleled insight and data coverage of the MPS arena, Defaqto will provide impartial analysis of both MPS activity and Adviser behaviour over the past several years. Sharing insight into the most frequently used search criteria from their Adviser platform ‘Engage, alongside the most commonly recommended solutions and key market trends.

We'll explore how embedding robust compliance isn't just about meeting rules, but about building a more resilient, reputable, and commercially successful business.

Attend 35 minute boardroom sessions over the two days of the conference with leading players including Albemarle Street Partners, Benchmark Capital, Clever Investment Management, Orbis and Quilter.

Albemarle Street Partners - Mindful markets

Social media is creating a generation of hyper-risk frenetic investors whose fear of missing out (FOMO) dominates all else. But could this dangerous force be harnessed for good by advisers to get more people investing sooner and with more conviction?

Speaker: Charlie Parker, Managing Director, Albemarle Street Partners

Benchmark Capital - Leveraging regulations to strengthen client trust and business outcomes

With Consumer Duty regulations now in effect, firms are shifting their focus from understanding compliance to delivering measurable benefits for clients. This session will examine how financial advisers can refine their approach, ensure adherence, and assess the progress of Consumer Duty implementation across the industry.

Learning outcomes:

• How firms can turn regulatory obligations into a competitive advantage by enhancing service quality and trust
• Demonstrate how to address some of the required outcomes based on practical examples
• Identify key performance indicators to measure the effectiveness of Consumer Duty initiatives and their impact on client satisfaction and loyalty.

Speakers: Dan Fairweather, Senior Business Development Consultant, Benchmark Capital

                    Lisa Jones, Head of Business Development, Benchmark Capital

Clever Investment Management - Future-proofing your business – Investment Tech is the key.

Join George Cliff, CIO and Director of Research at CleverIM, as he discusses how the use of science & technology in portfolio management can future proof client portfolios and adviser businesses through thick and thin.

Learning outcomes:

• The benefits of a systematic approach to portfolio construction & management 
• The risks of human-led approach
• The science behind robust asset allocation & fund selection processes
• The opportunities available to advisers today

Speaker: George Cliff, Co CIO & Director of Research, Clever Investment Management

Downing - The Two Big Risks Facing Advisers' CIPs

In this session, Alex Paget, Fund Manager of the MGTS Downing Fox Funds, will outline two risks that may impact your CIP – one to do with current market conditions, the other around the structures your investments are held within.

Learning outcomes:

• How ‘megatrends’ end, and what that does to markets
• How you can reduce your risk to megatrend overexposure
• How your product choice may be brewing up tax and regulatory problems

Speaker: Alex Paget, Fund Manager of the MGTS Downing Fox Funds, Downing

Orbis - Dependence On Great Expectations

In markets, great expectations have a tight relationship with great returns--if it's past returns you care about. If you're focused on the future, the reverse is true. When expectations are high, so is risk. As we look across markets today, we see all sorts of things that only make sense with great expectations: valuations in the US, crowding in stockmarkets, faith in low inflation, and concentrations in adviser portfolios, to name just a few. Looking at individual assets provides a different perspective. While expectations are high in some areas, they are depressed in others. For independent-minded investors, the neglected parts of markets provide opportunities to improve diversification, reduce risk, and enhance long-term returns.

Learning outcomes:

• Understand the types of expectations embedded in stockmarket prices 
• Articulate the link between those expectations and future returns
• Explain the relationships between debt, inflation, and bond returns
• Distinguish between name diversification and fundamental diversification

Speakers: Rob Perrone, Investment Counsellor, Orbis

                    Matt Spencer, Head of UK Retail

Quilter - Do passive multi-asset solutions exist?

We will be looking at multi-asset solutions and how these can be constructed using passive instruments. Even if you are an advocate of passive investing, many of the benefits of this approach are based on active decisions. For example: the asset allocation process, the passive instruments that are used, and how (or if) portfolios are rebalanced. Each of these decisions has an impact on the outcome for investors. In our session, we will consider three commonly used approaches and evaluate the pros and cons of each.

Learning outcomes:

• Understand how multi-asset solutions can be constructed using passive instruments
• Identify the importance of active decisions in passive investing
• Evaluate the pros and cons of three commonly used approaches in constructing multi-asset solutions

Speaker: Andrew Miller, Lead Investment Director, Quilter

Attend 35 minute boardroom sessions over the two days of the conference with leading players including Albemarle Street Partners, Benchmark Capital, Clever Investment Management, Orbis and Quilter.

Join our business leaders as we explore the complexities of equipping and future-proofing a thriving financial advice practice.

• Attracting and retaining talent: Exploring strategies to attract the best talent and retain them in a competitive market.
• Engaging with the next generation of clients: Learn how to connect with and meet the expectations of younger clients.
• Selecting, integrating, and keeping up with technological advancements: Discover how to choose and implement the right technologies to stay ahead.
• Ensuring compliance in an ever-changing regulatory landscape: Understand how to remain compliant and thrive amidst evolving regulations.
  

Cogs and wheels, engines and thought processes, they interact and affect each other. In the recent update publication from the Regulator on Price and Value (September 2024) it was stated

“ It is important not to consider the price and value outcome in isolation. It should be considered alongside the other outcomes and cross-cutting obligations under the Consumer Duty”

How can a firm connect up charging structures, CIPs, CRPs, platform delivery, investments strategies, and PROD in an easy way and be able to use this productively within their business?

These interactions can be complex, there’s a lot of moving parts, for instance how does your choice of investment selection affect aggregate charging, and does this charge therefore represent fair value, if it does how do you consider the most appropriate financial instruments to use with your selected target market and what tools do you used to make that choice and are they fully researched with adequate due diligence?

Then there are the new innovated solutions that address issues such as the advice gap and intergenerational wealth. How do you build that into a proposition?

How do you align acquisitions into your business to ensure unity? And how can you easily and effectively convey that to interested third parties, such as the regulator?

But that’s only one aspect, more importantly how can you harness it, so it becomes a valuable business tool and not just a regulatory exercise. This is The Everything Model.

In this session we will explore the issues in such as complex area and what the Model could look like, you’re all individual so each Model will be unique to you. The session will provide you with useful pointers and a basic framework to get you building your Model if you choose to do so.

Attend 35 minute boardroom sessions over the two days of the conference with leading players including Albemarle Street Partners, Benchmark Capital, Clever Investment Management, Orbis Investments and Quilter.