Swiss, German and Austrian Summit - Alternatives and Private Markets 2017 | Institutional Investor Conferences | 25 October 2017 | The Dolder Grand, Kurhausstrasse 65, 8032 Zürich, Switzerland

This summit brings together Heads of Alternatives, Heads of Real Estates, Heads of Hedge Funds, as well as interested Chief Investment Officers to discuss investing in real assets and alternatives. Just like at our other events, is the setting private and confidential, with all discussions being held under the Chatham House Rule.

The Summit will be held in German and English. We leave it up to presenters and panellists to decide if they prefer to speak English or German. Simultaneous translation will be available in the main meeting room and the programme is available in both languages.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Alternatives and private markets
• Investing in new sectors and territories
• Real estate:non-domestic
​• The future of risk Premia
• Focus groups: Hedge funds, Private equity, Real assets
• Next generation: disruption, big data and blockchain
• Focus groups: Private debt, Infrastructure, Absolute return and liquid alternatives
• ILS and other "niche" alternatives
• Food for thought: investing in an age of disruption

Who Should Attend?
Chief investment officers, chief executive officers, heads of asset classes, investment committee members and senior investment staff of institutional investor entities directly or indirectly managing funds’ assets.

2017 Speakers:

Sergio Bortolin
Managing Director, ASGA, Switzerland

Christoph Zimmermann
Head of External Investments, AVS/AHV, Switzerland

Carlo Farina
Head of Private Market and Real Estate, CERN pension fund, Switzerland

Beat Wüst
Head of Asset Management, GastroSocial Pensionskasse, Switzerland

Mark Dieringer
Head of Alternative Investments & External Mandates, Novartis, Switzerland

Maxime Renard
Senior Portfolio Manager, Retraites Populaires, Switzerland

Nicolas Schaeppi
Head of Private Equity, Retraites Populaires, Switzerland