The SEC’s Division of Investment Management will host its annual Conference on Emerging Trends in Asset Management. The conference will bring together a variety of asset management industry participants and academics.

The event will be open to the public in-person and via live webcast. Registration | More Information 

See agenda and bios.

AGENDA

• 9:00-9:15 a.m. | Introduction, Director Natasha Vij Greiner

• 9:15-9:30 a.m. | Keynote Address, Chair Gary Gensler

• [+]9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. | Regulatory Perspective: Andrea Seidt, Ohio Securities Commissioner

  Moderator: Deputy Director Sarah G. ten Siethoff

• [+]10:00a.m.-11:15 a.m. | Session 1: Trends in Asset Management Products and Strategies

  Session Moderators: Co-Chief Counsel Kaitlin C. Bottock, Senior Counsel Shayna Gilmore

  Panelists:

  • Anna Paglia, Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer, State Street Global Advisors
  • John Rekenthaler, Director of Research, Morningstar Research Services LLC
  • Leonard Ng, Partner and Head, UK/EU Financial Services Regulatory Group, Sidley Austin LLP

• [+]11:15-11:30 a.m. | Closing Thoughts on Morning Session and Preview of Afternoon Session

  Managing Executive Aimée Primeaux

• 11:30-1:00 p.m. | Lunch Break

• [+]1:00-1:30 p.m. | Regulatory Perspective: Erica Y. Williams, Chair, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

  Moderator: Senior Special Counsel Jennifer B. McHugh

• [+]1:30-2:45 p.m. | Session 2: Asset Management Trends: Past, Present and Future

  Session Moderators: Assistant Director Michael J. Spratt, Senior Counsel Jaea F. Hahn

  Panelists:

  • Diana B. Henriques, Author and Financial Journalist
  • Usha R. Rodrigues, University Professor & M.E. Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law, University of Georgia School of Law
  • Susan Ferris Wyderko, Director Emeritus and Former President and CEO, Mutual Fund Directors Forum

• 2:45-3:00 p.m. | Coffee Break

• [+]3:00-3:30 p.m. | Regulatory Perspective: Camille Blackburn, Director of Wholesale Buyside, Asset Management Division, U.K. Financial Conduct Authority

  Moderator: Co-Chief Counsel Thoreau Bartmann

• [+]3:30-4:45 p.m. | Session 3: Technology-Driven Trends

  Session Moderators: Associate Director Tim Husson, Financial Analyst Kevin Treharne

  Panelists:

  • Christine Moy, Partner leading Digital Assets, Data & AI Strategy, Apollo Global Management
  • Alberto G. Rossi, Professor of Finance and Director of the AI, Analytics and Future of Work Initiative, Georgetown University
  • Russell Wermers, Paul J. Cinquegrana Endowed Chair in Finance and Director, Center for Financial Policy, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

• 4:45-5:00 p.m. | Concluding Remarks, Director Natasha Vij Greiner