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Thursday, 29th June, 2023 | Convene Bishopsgate, London

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Brought to you by Hedgeweek, the Hedge Fund European Digital Assets Summit is designed for operational and product specialists at European hedge funds to discuss key developments, trends, and issues driving the growth of digital asset strategies and funds.


This one-day event will explore a wealth of topics, including:

  • The case for investing in digital assets
  • Key legal and regulatory challenges
  • Custody, security and liquidity issues
  • Trading and investment strategies
  • Future developments and trends
  • Digital asset fund bootcamp for managers
  • The shifting sentiment of allocators toward digital asset funds

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CONFERENCE AGENDA

PRE-REGISTRATION AND INVITE-ONLY PRIVATE BREAKFAST DISCUSSION

7:15 AM

Invite only Breakfast

  • What steps should managers take as they assess and execute on a new digital asset fund or strategy?
  • A breakdown and explanation of all key considerations:

Surveying the digital asset landscape: A guided discussion for new entrants

  • Cost of set-up and pre-launch necessities
  • Strategy breakdown
  • Which jurisdiction to set-up in
  • Regulatory and tax considerations
  • Managing key relationships around valuations, exchanges and trading/tech stack
  • Explaining digital assets to your allocators

7:30 AM

REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

8:30 AM

  • Tony Griffiths, Head of Content, Hedgeweek

8:40 AM

OPENING REMARKS

  • Ben Crawford, Head of Research, BarclayHedge

8:45 AM

KEYNOTE

  • What does the ongoing FTX debacle mean for the space – how can we trust and monitor exchanges – and other key platforms?
  • Situational assessment: After all of 2022’s volatility, realistically what comes next for the sector?
  • Can an eco-system built for retail be bent to the needs of hedge funds? What’s currently working for institutional traders, what hasn’t and what needs to change to create a truly institutional grade infrastructure?

Is the elephant in the room over-shadowing opportunity? FTX, fraud and fears about liquidity crisis – will this market ever be institutionalised?

PANEL 1

9:00 AM

  • Bradley Howell, Managing Director UK, Keyrock (moderator)
  • Chantal Bradford, Business Development and Institutional Sales, Deribit
  • Paul Frost- Smith, CEO, Corinthian Digital Group
  • Mark Witten, CIO, Portal Asset Management
  • Vladimir Vishnevsky, Director - Digital Assets, St. Gotthard Wealth AG

Speakers:

  • What kind of institutions are actively participating in the digital assets ecosystem?
  • How will the market structure evolve based on the needs of institutions in terms of liquidity, latency, institutional grade infrastructure and custody?
  • Blockers and barriers to the industry maturing and becoming mainstream, including regulation and credit intermediation.

The exchange view: Is the institutional adoption of crypto on the horizon or still a mirage in the distance?

Fireside Chat

9:45 AM

Speakers:

  • Anatoly Crachilov, Founding Partner & CEO, Nickel Digital Asset Management
  • Jenna Wright, Managing Director, LMAX Digital
  • Review of key regulatory shifts impacting the space, particularly after wave of liquidations and scandals
  • Are we likely to see a degree of regulatory harmony for a truly global space – or a potentially disruptive process of increasingly radical nation-by-nation rules?
  • What is the FCA’s current stance and what are the other key regulatory developments in EU and US?
  • …and will ‘regulation by enforcement’ be replaced by something more sensible and partnership-based?
  • How will regulation impact managers…but also be applied to service providers, particularly exchanges?

After 2022 more regulation is inevitable – will this increased transparency help or prolong the chilling effect?

PANEL 2

10:00 AM

  • James Delaney, Director, Asset Management Regulation, AIMA (moderator)
  • Samed Bouaynaya, CFA, Portfolio Manager, Altana Wealth
  • Omar Cascun, Director Fund Solutions, Apex Group, a member of Finance Malta
  • Bruno Ramos de Sousa, Head of US / Head of New Markets, Hashdex Asset Management

Speakers:

NETWORKING BREAK

Coffee break and a chance to meet our experts

10:45 AM

Roundtables take place as repeated parallel sessions. Delegates register in advance for 4 of 5 topics.

ROUNDTABLE ROUND 1

Roundtable A: Fund structuring and launching a digi asset vehicle: dealing with the three Cs – complexity, cost and compliance

11:15 AM

  • Conrad Carvalho, Founder, Head of Trading, Oaktree & Lion
  • Mana Mahil, COO, Founding Partner, Curiosity Capital

Roundtable B: Strategy discussion and identifying emerging and digital assets classes – the journey from bitcoin and CeFi to DeFi and beyond

  • Samed Bouaynaya, CFA, Portfolio Manager, Altana Wealth
  • Edouard Hindi, Chief Investment Officer, TYR Capital

Roundtable C: The evolution of crypto prime brokerage – a multifaceted service to support capital efficient trading while reducing exchange risk

  • Cynthia Wu, Founding Partner & COO, Matrixport
  • Daniel Egloff, Head of Prime Brokerage Business, Matrixport
  • Omid Zadeh, Head of Business Development EMEA, Matrixport

Roundtable D: The post-FTX world: Dealing with exchanges, custodians and other counterparties and making sure your assets are safe

  • Jaime Baeza, Founder and Managing Partner, ANB Investments
  • Inigo de Diego, COO, ANB Investments
  • Darren Jordan, Head of Sales, Komainu

Roundtable E: Enabling the institutional adoption of crypto: the role of digital asset derivatives

  • Theodore Rozencwajg, CEO & Co-Founder, D2X Group
  • Jean-Marc Bonnefous, Managing Partner, Tellurian Capital Management

Roundtables take place as repeated parallel sessions. Delegates register in advance for 4 of 5 topics.

ROUNDTABLE ROUND 2

Roundtable A: Fund structuring and launching a digi asset vehicle

Roundtable B: Strategy discussion and identifying emerging and digital assets classes

Roundtable C: The evolution of crypto prime brokerage

Roundtable D: The post-FTX world

Roundtable E: Enabling the institutional adoption of crypto

12:00 PM

  • Edouard Hindi, Chief Investment Officer, TYR Capital
  • Roland Roventa, Portfolio Manager, Altana Wealth
  • Jaime Baeza, Founder and Managing Partner, ANB Investments
  • Darren Jordan, Head of Sales, Komainu
  • Theodore Rozencwajg, CEO & Co-Founder, D2X Group
  • Jean-Marc Bonnefous, Managing Partner, Tellurian Capital Management
  • Mana Mahil, COO, Founding Partner, Curiosity Capital
  • Cynthia Wu, Founding Partner & COO, Matrixport
  • Daniel Egloff, Head of Prime Brokerage Business, Matrixport
  • Omid Zadeh, Head of Business Development EMEA, Matrixport

NETWORKING LUNCH

12:45 PM

Clear and present danger: Against the background of uncertainty how can managers keep assets safe

PANEL 3

  • Safe keeping of assets after FTX are essential – how good are the custody solutions out there and do they work with all asset types?
  • How does custody help with emerging strategies and investment techniques like staking and cross exchange strategies - where are the assets actually held and how can you get full-transparency?
  • What are the emerging and new custody solutions that can help your business?
  • Do the increased partnerships between big banks and custodians show that managers can have more confidence? Or are the risks just as present?
  • How do you deal with allocators questions about asset safety – how can you answer these concerns?
  • Can we stop another FTX et al happening again?

2:00 PM

  • Peter Rigg, Head of Investment Research, Aaro Capital (moderator)
  • Maximilian Bruckner, Business Development, 21e6 Capital AG
  • June Li, Head of Business Development, LTP
  • Mike Roberts, Global Head of Sales, Copper.co

Speakers:

Roundtables take place as repeated parallel sessions. Delegates register in advance for 4 of 5 topics.

ROUNDTABLE ROUND 3

Roundtable A: Fund structuring and launching a digi asset vehicle

Roundtable B: Strategy discussion and identifying emerging and digital assets classes

Roundtable C: The evolution of crypto prime brokerage

Roundtable D: The post-FTX world

Roundtable E: Enabling the institutional adoption of crypto

2:45 PM

  • Inigo de Diego, COO, ANB Investments
  • Darren Jordan, Head of Sales, Komainu
  • Michael Silberberg, Head of investor relations, AltTab.Capital
  • Theodore Rozencwajg, CEO & Co-Founder, D2X Group
  • Jean-Marc Bonnefous, Managing Partner, Tellurian Capital Management
  • Mark Witten, CIO, Portal Asset Management
  • Toby Lewis, CEO, MetaLink Capital
  • Wilhelm Roth, CEO, Icoinic
  • Simon Goodman, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, PSG
  • Cynthia Wu, Founding Partner & COO, Matrixport
  • Daniel Egloff, Head of Prime Brokerage Business, Matrixport
  • Omid Zadeh, Head of Business Development EMEA, Matrixport

NETWORKING BREAK

Coffee break and a chance to meet our experts

3:30 PM

Data collection, management and accuracy: Finding harmony in a nascent industry

PANEL 4

  • Data management, aggregation, analysis, clarity and integrity is essential in the journey to successful investment. How are managers handling the data dimension of their business?
  • What are fund managers’ primary data sources? How do they bring together data sourced from exchanges, blockchain explorers, data providers and services like Bloomberg? And how is this then applied?
  • Is the lack of standarisation across the industry a significant challenge?
  • As the space becomes less liquid asset valuation can become more difficult. How are fund administrators evolving their services to support managers in this regard?
  • Fund benchmarking – how can managers compare their fund performance against that of their peer group? Are crypto indices a credible comparison source?

4:00 PM

Speakers:

  • Petr Fiala, Director, p-hat fund
  • Mauricio Ortiz, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Level III Capital
  • Christophe Sfeir, Director, Constella Capital
  • Stephen Wundke, Global Business Development Director, Algoz Technologies - A Quantitative Crypto Investment Firm

The future of digital assets 2

Fireside Chat

  • New horizons: with the big push of web 3 into gaming and metaverse products – how do you invest coherently and decipher data collection in the space?

4:45 PM

Answering big questions: Dealing with allocators and extending your distribution

PANEL 5

  • How can your fund answer the ‘big 3’ allocator questions about digital assets?
  • Existence – have I got what I say I’ve got?
  • Valuation – is it worth what I say it’s worth?
  • Cash – can anyone take the money?
  • How to sell the fund: Registering and distributing in different jurisdictions – using SMAs and platforms to navigate the patchwork of regulation
  • Educating and explaining – explaining recent problems to allocators and the narrative arc that will help traditional investors and investment consultants better understand the digital asset space

5:00 PM

  • Alexander Ahari, Managing Director, Resilient Partners (moderator)
  • Felix Dian, Founder and Portfolio Manager, MVPQ Capital
  • Louis Lavalle, Managing Director, 3iQ Digital Assets (US), 3iQ Digital Assets
  • Karine Seguin, Head of Business Development - Fund Services, Europe, Trident Trust
  • Jack Zumwalt, CEO & Co-CIO, Level III Capital

Speakers:

NETWORKING

5:45 PM

EVENT CLOSES

9:00 PM

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Alexander Ahari

Managing Director at Resilient Partners

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Jean-Marc Bonnefous

Jaime Baeza

Managing Partner at Tellurian Capital Management

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Founder and Managing Partner at ANB Investments

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Samed Bouaynaya, CFA

Portfolio Manager at Altana Wealth

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Chantal Bradford

Maximilian Bruckner

Business Development and Institutional Sales at Deribit

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Business Development at 21e6 Capital AG

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Conrad Carvalho

Founder, Head of Trading at Oaktree & Lion

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Omar Cascun

Anatoly Crachilov

Director Fund Solutions at Apex Group, a member of Finance Malta

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Founding Partner & CEO at Nickel Digital Asset Management

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Ben Crawford

Head of Research at BarclayHedge

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James Delaney

Director, Asset Management Regulation at AIMA

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Felix Dian

Founder and Portfolio Manager at MVPQ Capital

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Inigo de Diego

COO at ANB Investments

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Daniel Egloff

Petr Fiala

Head of Prime Brokerage Business at Matrixport

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Director at p-hat fund

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Paul Frost-Smith

CEO at Corinthian Digital Group

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Chief Investment Officer at TYR Capital

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Co-Founder and Managing Partner at PSG

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Edouard Hindi

Simon Goodman

Bradley Howell

Managing Director UK at Keyrock

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Darren Jordan

Head of Sales at Komainu

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Louis Lavalle

Managing Director, 3iQ Digital Assets (US) at 3iQ Digital Assets

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Toby Lewis

CEO at MetaLink Capital

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June Li

Mana Mahil

Head of Business Development at LTP

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COO, Founding Partner at Curiosity Capital

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Mauricio Ortiz

Chief Technology Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer at Level III Capital

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Bruno Ramos de Sousa

Peter Rigg

Head of US / Head of New Markets at Hashdex Asset Management

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Head of Investment Research at Aaro Capital

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Mike Roberts

Global Head of Sales at Copper.co

Wilhelm Roth

Roland Roventa

CEO at Icoinic

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Portfolio Manager at Altana Wealth

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Theodore Rozencwajg

CEO & Co-Founder at D2X Group

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Karine Seguin

Christophe Sfeir

Head of Business Development - Fund Services, Europe at Trident Trust

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Founder CEO at Constella Capital

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Michael Silberberg

Head of investor relations at AAltTab.Capital

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Mark Witten

Jenna Wright

CIO at Portal Asset Management

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Managing Director at LMAX Digital

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Cynthia Wu

Founding Partner & COO at Matrixport

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Stephen Wundke

Global Business Development DirectorAlgoz Technologies - A Quantitative Crypto Investment Firm

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Omid Zadeh

Head of Business Development EMEA at Matrixport

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Jack Zumwalt

CEO & Co-CIO at Level III Capital

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Director - Digital Assets at St. Gotthard Wealth AG

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Vladimir Vishnevskiy

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