How the liberal-Left became pro-censorship and why that's bad for democracy
Toby Young is the General Secretary of the Free Speech Union. In addition, he is the Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Sceptic and an Associate Editor of the Spectator.
Keynote
Thought Leadership
Chris Cater, Stephen Mistretta
Fable Capital
Unlocking home-ownership
- Chris Cater (CEO)
- A proven entrepreneur and qualified accountant with over 20 years of experience. Began his career in the digital advertising industry in 2012. Chris then co-founded YunoJuno, an online marketplace for creative and technology freelancers, which he grew to £160m GMV.
- Stephen Mistretta (CIO)
- Almost 10 years as a banker. Alumni: JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank and Bear Stearns. Then nearly 10 years of building and trading complex algorithmic investment strategies. Established three investment funds and held positions such as Fund Manager, Investment Director and Board Member. Moved into Fintech in 2014.
Keynote
Private Company
Real Estate, Technology
Giuseppe Bivona, Marco Taricco
Bluebell Capital Partners
Bluebell Capital Partners: Activism, Western European Focus, Large Caps
Giuseppe Bivona is Partner and CIO. Previously Giuseppe accumulated 18 years’ experience with the investment banks Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers. Before that, Giuseppe worked at McKinsey and IBM. In his last position at Goldman Sachs, he was responsible for Fixed Income Sales in Italy, with direct responsibility for financial institutions' coverage and structured business across clients.
Marco Taricco is Partner and CIO. Previously Marco accumulated 23 years' experience with the investment banks Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan. In his last position, he was responsible for JPMorgan’s Italian Investment Banking Advisory and Coverage of corporate clients.
Keynote
Alternative Investment Fund
Impact, Hedge Funds
Lorenzo Guidi
Banor Capital
BSS focuses on special situations investments, particularly on secured loans and/or real estate assets in prime locations in UK and Italy
Lorenzo is the PM and his background has focused, over the course of
the 20+ past years, on the buy-side both in real estate and
credit space, on behalf of large international financial
institutions. The geographic focus of his experience has
been mainly in UK & Southern Europe.
He has a degree in Political Sciences from the University of
Turin, a MSc in Management from ESCP Europe (‘01) and
is a graduate of Harvard Business School (OPM 43).
HIS MAIN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES HAVE BEEN WITH:
Banor Capital, Investment Manager & Executive Board Member, London
Och-Ziff Management Europe, European Head of Illiquid Structured Credit, London
Fortress Investment Group, Managing Director, Credit Opportunities Funds, London
Keynote
Alternative Investment Fund
Real Estate
Caroline Simmons
UBS Wealth Management
Chief Investment Officer UK, UBS Global Wealth Management
Caroline is the Chief Investment Officer UK, and in this capacity regularly presents on the global house view, and the UBS Wealth Way, as well as more specific UK topics and markets. She is a regular media commentator, and frequently meets UBS GWM clients.
Caroline is a strategist based in London, specialising in UK equities. She has 20 years of investment experience and has a background as a UK consumer analyst and prior to joining UBS in 2004 she was a fund analyst. Caroline is a graduate of the University of Oxford, a CFA charter-holder, and holds both the Financial Planning Certificate and the Investment Management Certificate. She recently acquired the Dell EMC Associate in Data Science.
Caroline has a passion for financial education. She is a Company Nominated Director for the UBS (UK) Pension and Life Assurance Scheme, and is a Trustee for psychological wellness charity Foundation for Change.
Keynote
Asset Management - Large
Hedge Funds
Jonny Blausten, Daniel Lehmann
Sprout
Sprout - Making top-tier VC funds accessible
Co-Founders Jonny Blausten & Daniel Lehmann are private markets professionals with experience across venture capital & private equity. Frustrated by the paucity of private market investment opportunities, and the inaccessibility of the best funds, they founded Sprout in 2021, and have since partnered with a host of leading funds, including Speedinvest & Episode 1 Ventures
Keynote
Investment Services
Venture Capital
Corporates
Company backgrounds and useful links.
Toby Young
How the liberal-Left became pro-censorship and why that's bad for democracy
The Free Speech Union is a non-partisan, mass membership public interest body that stands up for the free rights of its members and campaigns for free speech more widely.
Keynote
Thought Leadership
Fable Capital
Chris Cater, Stephen Mistretta
Unlocking home-ownership
Fable, the UK's first rent-to-own digital platform, will deliver the country’s largest private residential fund by solving Generation Rent. 3.5m renters want to own a home but struggle to save a deposit. Using technology, Fable aggregates demand-led residential real estate portfolios at scale, unlocking access to the fragmented single-family home market.
The sector is expected to receive £75B of institutional capital within five years. The UK has a low institutional ownership rate of 3% compared to 18% in the US and 40% in Germany. Through our end-to-end technology platform, institutions deploy capital quickly, cost-effectively and efficiently at scale.
Keynote
Private Company
Real Estate, Technology
Bluebell Capital Partners
Giuseppe Bivona, Marco Taricco
Bluebell Capital Partners: Activism, Western European Focus, Large Caps
Bluebell Capital Partners is a European focused activist investor. The firm manages a concentrated portfolio of mainly European, large cap public listed companies and creates long term shareholder value through the implementation of an active engagement strategy.
Keynote
Alternative Investment Fund
Impact, Hedge Funds
Banor Capital
Lorenzo Guidi
BSS focuses on special situations investments, particularly on secured loans and/or real estate assets in prime locations in UK and Italy
Banor Capital Limited (“BC”) is a UK-based independent investment management firm authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority
• BC specializes in fundamental value-based strategies and manages sub-funds for Banor SICAV and Aristea SICAV, two Luxembourg-based UCITS V umbrella funds, and for Banor Alternative Assets, a Luxembourg based SICAV-RAIF
• Established in 2010 by Massimiliano Cagliero (also CEO of Banor SIM S.p.A. - Milan), and partners. The management team has been working together for 20+ years
• BC’s team is comprised of five investment managers, four traders & portfolio analysts, three sales, two compliance & administrative, one risk manager, one marketing & communication, one system development
• Banor Capital, together with Banor SIM and Banor SAM, is part of a universe with more than €10bn of assets under management/influence and +150 employees
• Banor’s offices are based in London, Monte Carlo, Milan, Rome and Turin
Keynote
Alternative Investment Fund
Real Estate
UBS Wealth Management
Caroline Simmons
UBS provides financial advice and solutions to wealthy, institutional and corporate clients worldwide, as well as private clients in Switzerland. UBS's strategy is centered on our leading global wealth management business and our premier universal bank in Switzerland, enhanced by Asset Management and the Investment Bank. The bank focuses on businesses that have a strong competitive position in their targeted markets, are capital efficient, and have an attractive long-term structural growth or profitability outlook.
Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, UBS has offices over 50 regions and locations, including all major financial centers, and employs over 68,000 people around the world. UBS Group AG is the holding company of the UBS Group. Under Swiss company law, UBS Group AG is organized as an Aktiengesellschaft, a corporation that has issued shares of common stock to investors.
Keynote
Asset Management - Large
Hedge Funds
Sprout
Jonny Blausten, Daniel Lehmann
Sprout - Making top-tier VC funds accessible
Sprout is a venture capital investment platform for the underserved investor. We work to give professionals, high net worth individuals, and family offices access to top-tier venture capital funds at more palatable amounts. Sprout screens and curates a selection of leading funds, for its community of 500+ investors. Sprout also produces content, education, and hosts events to educate and engage a community of serious investors looking to expand in the world of VC funds.
