By Jenny Adams, Editor In Chief, FundForum International
jadams@icbi.co.uk @JenLoewiAdams @FundForum
What a buzz. With over 1200 delegates from over 45 countries, 240 top tier speakers, over 150 different sessions and facilitated engaged conversation pieces, a new style agenda, more tweets, more social media coverage and more participation than ever, FundForum just felt great.
So what happened at FundForum International 2014? Choose from my top picks as recorded by our media teams and on the ground tweetmasters and reporters:
- Watch Video Of Summits Day Round Up
- Main Conference Day 1 Round Up
- Main Conference Day 2 Round Up
- Main Conference Day 3 – Think Like Amazon Workshop – Round-Up Below
How to engage the next generation of customers? We asked you to think big and imagine what would your business look like if Amazon or Google bought it? Would your job still exist? How would they transform your business, your products, your functions?
Led by Kenn Cukier, Data Editor, “The Economist”, co-author of NYT bestseller “Big Data” over 150 CEOs and business heads learnt the reality of the scale of disruption facing every industry sector. With head of the curve innovators as Furio Pietribiasi, CEO, Mediolanum; Nick Ring, Head of Distribution, Threadneedle, William ( Bill) Wrest, Head of Business Innovation for Non Bank Financial Institution , Barclays Corporate Banking, Mattijhs Ahler, OHPEN and Sebastian Dovey, Managing Partner, Scorpio Partnership, they looked at what this meant for financial services.
Secondly in highly energised and engaged second phase they worked through facilitated small group sessions examining future boardroom, marketing, distribution & product development strategy that would ensure the sustainability of their businesses.
Here’s what it looked like:
5. ‘Reality Check’ Tweets - follow these key ‘reality check points’ for the industry through my pick of the best Tweets at FundForum International below!
Fund managers still in denial and telling their own message in stead of listening to consumers #FFORUM14 pic.twitter.com/8ZPpiX1njH
— Angelique Schouten (@SchoutenA) June 23, 2014
The naked truth: Europe is doing something wrong #FFORUM14 @DianaMackay1 pic.twitter.com/oa3CvLK5QV
— Angelique Schouten (@SchoutenA) June 23, 2014
Here’s an interesting fact about tech growth in Africa – the continent now has more mobile subscribers than in Europe. #FFORUM14
— Sara Sjölin (@sarasjolin) June 23, 2014
Majority of audience at #FFORUM14 think that a fund needs AUM of 500m euro to be considered successful.
— Diana Mackay (@DianaMackay1) June 23, 2014
Akinyemi: at the top of his wish list is universal connectivity. This is the game changer. #FFORUM14
— VMaryAbraham (@VMaryAbraham) June 23, 2014
KPMG says half of all asset mgrs will disappear by 2030 due to new technologies & demographics if they don’t adapt. #FForum14 #assetmanager
— Swati Bhoumick (@Swati_StatPro) June 23, 2014
KPMG says half of all asset mgrs will disappear by 2030 due to new technologies & demographics if they don’t adapt. #FForum14 #assetmanager
— Swati Bhoumick (@Swati_StatPro) June 23, 2014
The great untold story of banksters: how do we drive the economy, fund retirement, how do we encourage innovation @Jim_Prior #FFORUM14
— Angelique Schouten (@SchoutenA) June 23, 2014
Something which this audience doesn’t get @VMaryAbraham: @Jim_Prior Brand = space btwn org’s capabilities & needs of target group #FFORUM14
— Angelique Schouten (@SchoutenA) June 23, 2014
From the Archive: In honor of #FFORUM14, here’s an Infographic that highlights the EU fund industry’s scale problem pic.twitter.com/0xc81Snwf5
— Sean M Tuffy (@SMTuffy) June 23, 2014
How can asset mgmt demonstrate its long term value to the wider world? #FForum14 asks today. What do you think?
— Securities Services (@BNPP2S) June 24, 2014
Schroders vice chair Tosato says #impinv is a hugely growing trend, especially among the young, but regulation stifles this #FFORUM14 #sri
— Rodney Schwartz (@rodneyschwartz) June 24, 2014
CEOs of this world deny being too much paid in the long only world…they see remuneration issues with hedge funds! #FFORUM14 @BNPP2S
— FundForum (@fundforum) June 24, 2014
“Should the industry be ahead of the society to be a leader rather than a follower?” Dr Ian Goldin #FFORUM14 @BNPP2S
— FundForum (@fundforum) June 24, 2014
Life after #taper is going to be tough as hell for asset managers #hendrickdutoit @investecam_uk #FFORUM14
— Shiv Taneja (@shivtaneja) June 24, 2014
The Asset management Industry is not using internet and lagging behind @FrancoisMarion #FForum14 pic.twitter.com/Fs8jBsFrHk
— Angelique Schouten (@SchoutenA) June 24, 2014
“People are massively underestimating liquidity risk”, Jan Straatman, Lombard Odier. #FFORUM14 #multiasset #Trends
— FBNW (@FBNW_Nordic) June 24, 2014
Great Breakfast Briefing today at #FFORUM14! pic.twitter.com/KHIuJP4QIT
— FundForum (@fundforum) June 24, 2014
Under-educated citizens of US and Europe will be left behind tech revolution which transforms rest of world – Alec Ross #FFORUM14
— Yuri Bender (@YuriBender) June 24, 2014
Shocking! As much as 38% of #FForum14 attendees think inducements should NOT be banned pic.twitter.com/K3aM8HNnct
— Angelique Schouten (@SchoutenA) June 25, 2014
Facebook is acquiring a bank licence in Ireland! #FFORUM14 @BNPP2S
— FundForum (@fundforum) June 25, 2014
The content today is amazing! Every session is a gem. Thank u ICBI! #FFORUM14
— ETF Business Review (@ETFBizReview) June 25, 2014
Salon A is a full house for @casparberry‘s Risk Masterclass…see what I did there…! #fforum14 pic.twitter.com/lsi1FGPUI5
— Amos Rojter (@AmosRojter) June 25, 2014
Why do all asset managers seek innovation in product innovation? In stead of direct distribution, marketing or digitalization? #FFORUM14
— Angelique Schouten (@SchoutenA) June 25, 2014
@kncukier – If you’re going to think out the box, you have to remove your tie… #FForum14 great talk! pic.twitter.com/C8iqrBhk4D
— Securities Services (@BNPP2S) June 26, 2014
#FForum14 @kncukier a list of #Google‘s #success factors as a business pic.twitter.com/lv97GS9QQM
— Securities Services (@BNPP2S) June 26, 2014
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