1:00 PM – 1:30 PM

REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

1:30 PM – 1:40 PM

WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS

Stevan Kruscic, Head of Commercial DACH & CEE, S&P Dow Jones Indices

1:40 PM – 2:05 PM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: GLOBAL MACRO OUTLOOK AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GERMANY AND EUROPE

Dr Jörg Krämer, Chief Economist, Commerzbank

2:05 PM – 2:45 PM

PUTTING SUSTAINABILITY AT THE CORE IN A FAST-CHANGING WORLD

·         Using index-based sustainability tools to align strategies with goals and values

·         Accessing the growing liquidity ecosystem surrounding the S&P 500^® ESG Index

·         Understanding the shifting role of sustainability within the broader investment landscape

Moderator: Jaspreet Duhra, Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainability Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Panelists:

·         Vincent Denoiseux, Head of Investment Strategy, Amundi ETF

·         Luca Tomasello, ESG Product Strategist, BlackRock

2:45 PM – 3:25 PM

HOW S&P GLOBAL’S DATA INTELLIGENCE IS FUELING TOMORROW’S INNOVATION

·         How S&P Global’s unique datasets shed light on the energy transition and power sustainable thematics

·         Accessing data to better understand markets surrounding essential metals, batteries, clean energy, electric vehicles and more

·         The role that indices can play in tracking world-shaping megatrends

Moderator: Ari Rajendra, Senior Director and Global Head of Thematic Indices,

S&P Dow Jones Indices

Panelists:

·         Gareth Taylor, Global Head Commodities Market Development, S&P Global Market Intelligence

·         Graham Evans, Director, Electrification Technology Research, S&P Global Mobility

·         Steve Bullock, Managing Director, Global Head of Research and Methodology, S&P Global Sustainable1

3:25 PM – 3:45 PM

REFRESHMENT BREAK

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM

USING INDICES TO ELEVATE ASSET ALLOCATION STRATEGIES

·         How investors are using indices and SPIVA^® Scorecard insights to help inform investment decision-making

·         Exploring the growing liquid ecosystem surrounding indices - from ETFs to derivatives

·         Using dispersion to gauge risk and opportunity in the world’s largest equity market

Moderator: Tim Edwards, Managing Director and Global Head of Index Investment Strategy, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Panelists:

·         David Litchfield, Director, Derivatives Sales, Cboe Global Markets

·         Deborah Fuhr, Managing Partner & Founder, ETFGI

·         Konrad Kleinfeld, SPDR Head of Fixed Income ETF Sales EMEA, State Street Global Advisors

4:15 PM – 4:55 PM

EXPRESSING EQUITY MARKET VIEWS WITH INDICES 

·         Using indices across the size spectrum to look beyond mega caps

·         Using sectors to tactically express views in a U.S. election year

·         Tapping into a range of strategies based on the S&P 500 from equal weight to sustainability

Moderator: Hamish Preston, Head of U.S. Equities, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Panelists:

·         Joseph Hickey, Executive Director, Equity Products, CME Group

·         Olivier Souliac, Team Lead Product Specialists Xtrackers, DWS

·         Ulrich Cord, Head of Wholesale and ETFs Germany, Invesco

·         Ryan Reardon, Senior ETF Strategist, State Street Global Advisors

4:55 PM – 5:35 PM

INNOVATION IN THE FIXED INCOME ECOSYSTEM

·         Accessing a wide range of exposures with credit and bond markets via indices

·         Using index-based tools to mitigate risk, focus on income and diversify

·         Top trends driving the modernization in today’s fixed income markets

Moderator: Smadar Shulman, Head of Fixed Income Core and ESG Indices,

S&P Dow Jones Indices

Panelists:

·         Nicolas Werbach, BlackRock EMEA Portfolio Analysis & Solutions, BlackRock

·         Loki Zanini, Head of Investment, DFV Deutsche Familienversicherung AG

·         Frederike Bauer, Product Specialist – Xtrackers Core Indexing, DWS

5:35 PM

CLOSING REMARKS

Stevan Kruscic, Head of Commercial DACH & CEE, S&P Dow Jones Indices

FOLLOWED BY NETWORKING RECEPTION