Members of the Buchanan Investment Companies team were pleased to attend the Annual Investment Funds conference hosted by the London Stock Exchange Group.
There was a compelling agenda for the event that was also extremely well attended by the industry. The conference kicked off with an excellent keynote speech by Peter Harrison, Group Chief Executive of Schroders who set the tone for a day of discussion and debate. This was then followed by multiple panels where industry leaders answered relevant questions and discussed the pertinent topics of the day, ranging from changing institutional allocations, to the future landscape for alternative assets and much more.
The panel discussions were supplemented by Q&A sessions as well as a fireside chat with Tom Slater, the Manager of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. The conference then wrapped up with a powerful address from Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted, Non-Executive Director, London Stock Exchange plc, on the defence of the Investment Companies industry in response to external pressures.
It was excellent to see the sector come together to celebrate the strengths of the sector, as well as some of its headwinds with insightful discussions and a shared feeling of positivity about the future.
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