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Global Investment Solutions Conference
Geneva | 20th November 2025

In a period of persistent inflation, technological disruption, and shifting global capital flows, investors face a complex and rapidly evolving market landscape. Our conference brings together a curated group of local asset allocators, CIOs, macro experts and investment strategists to share insights on how best to position portfolios amid these structural changes.

Designed for professionals in fund selection, portfolio construction and investment advisory, the conference, now in its 10th year, offers macro and strategy plenaries led by global and Swiss market experts, small-group roundtables focused on practical allocation themes and private networking with peers and leading managers in a confidential and collegial setting.

In a period of persistent inflation, technological disruption, and shifting global capital flows, investors face a complex and rapidly evolving market landscape. Our conference brings together a curated group of local asset allocators, CIOs, macro experts and investment strategists to share insights on how best to position portfolios amid these structural changes.

Designed for professionals in fund selection, portfolio construction and investment advisory, the conference, now in its 10th year, offers macro and strategy plenaries led by global and Swiss market experts, small-group roundtables focused on practical allocation themes and private networking with peers and leading managers in a confidential and collegial setting.

Plenary Speakers

CHARLES HENRY MONCHAU

CHARLES-HENRY MONCHAU
Chief Investment Officer
Banque Syz

Dr. ANASTASIA NESVETAILOVA

Dr. ANASTASIA NESVETAILOVA
Head, Macroeconomic & Development Policies Branch
UNCTAD/GDS




NICOLAS BICKEL

NICOLAS BICKEL
Group Head of Investment Private Banking
Edmond de Rothschild




ANNELISE PEERS

ANNELISE PEERS
Chief Investment Officer
Investec




RETO CUENI

RETO CUENI
Chief Economist
Banque Syz




ALEXANDER DE BRUIN

ALEXANDER de BRUIN
Head of Fund Research
Edmond de Rothschildz




SÉBASTIEN GENTIZON

SÉBASTIEN GENTIZON
Head of Fund and Manager Research
Pictet




CHRISTOPH BONER

CHRISTOPH BONER
Chief Investment Allocation Officer
Vontobel




STEFAN GERLACH

STEFAN GERLACH
Chief Economist
EFG Bank




COLLA RENSCH

COLLA RENSCH
Head of Alternatives, Funds &
Quant Research
Syz Group




Charlie Carre

CHARLIE CARRÉ
Senior Economist
CBH Bank




MARCO BONAVIRI

MARCO BONAVIRI
Head of Portfolio Management
CBH Bank

Belal Khan

BELAL KHAN
Consultant
KS Advisory




Roundtable Presenters

FRANCIS ELLISON

FRANCIS ELLISON
Client Portfolio Manager
Columbia Threadneedle Investments

FLORIAN TÖPFL

FLORIAN TÖPFL
Equity Specialist / Analyst
UBS Asset Management

FILIPPO GUERZONI

FILIPPO GUERZONI
High Yield Portfolio Manager
Eurizon Capital

CLAUS F NIELSEN

CLAUS F. NIELSEN
Head of Diversified Equity/Multi Asset
Nordea

LEJDA BARGJO

LEJDA BARGJO
Deputy Head Quant Client
Portfolio Management
Robeco

CONRAD MANET

CONRAD MANET
Client Portfolio Manager
Pictet Asset Management

Event Sponsors

Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues, Geneva

20th November 2025

Register for Event

There is no cost to attend, and places are reserved exclusively for professionals involved in, supporting, or influencing fund selection and/or allocation decisions within their firms.

Past Speakers

CHRISTOPH BONER

Christoph Boner

CIO
IHAG Privatbank

PATRICK ZWEIFEL

Patrick Zweifel

Chief Economist
Pictet Asset Management

DAN SCOTT

Dan Scott

Head of Multi Assets
Vontobel

ANNELISE PEERS

Annelise Peers

CIO
Investec Bank

CHARLES HENRY MONCHAU

Charles-henry Monchau

CIO
Bank Syz

STEFANO ZOFFOLI

Stefano Zoffoli

Chief Strategist
ZKB

GUILLAUME MENUET

Guillaume Menuet

Head of Investment Strategy and Economics
EMEA Citi Private Bank

MATTHIEU MOUGEOT

Matthieu Mougeot

Sustainable Investments
Director Europe, Mercer

ADRIEN PICHOUD

Adrien Pichoud

Chief Economist Banque Syz

NICOLAS BICKEL

Nicolas Bickel

Group Head of Investment
Private Banking
Edmond de Rothschild

Past Sponsors

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FRANCIS ELLISON

FRANCIS ELLISON
Client Portfolio Manager
Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Francis Ellison is a client portfolio manager in the European equities team. He joined in 2007 and provides information on capabilities and investment views to clients, consultants and other intermediaries. Francis was a portfolio manager, first at MIM Britannia and then at Kleinwort Benson Investment Management.

 

In 1992 he became Managing Director of Bank of Ireland Asset Management (UK). Francis was head of institutional sales and client servicing at Jupiter Asset Management from 2000 to 2005, then moved to SEI as Head of UK institutional sales. Francis holds a BA (Hons) in Law from Durham University and speaks German, French and Italian.

FLORIAN TÖPFL

FLORIAN TÖPFL
Equity Specialist/Analyst
UBS Asset Management

Florian Töpfl fulfils a hybrid role as Equity Specialist and Equity Analyst in which he closely collaborates with our global equity investment teams within UBS Asset Management.
Based in Zurich, he is mainly responsible for the investment communication of the Swiss active equity strategies and additionally contributes to the Swiss Equities team with his coverage as an equity analyst. Further, in his role as Equity Specialist he represents our Global Equity Long Short (GELS) capability.


Florian started in the Investment specialist team at UBS Asset Management in June 2019, after he successfully graduated from his MSc dual degree in (International) Banking and Finance.

FILIPPO GUERZONI

FILIPPO GUERZONI
High Yield Portfolio Manager
Eurizon Capital

Filippo is a Portfolio Manager within the Credit Strategies team, bringing over ten years of experience in the financial industry. His career began at banking institutions such as BPER Banca and BNP Paribas. Before specializing in the management of Eurizon’s High Yield funds, he gained experience as an analyst in the Macro Research Strategy team and as an analyst and manager within the Investment Grade segment. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Banking and Finance from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, and later earned a Master of Science in Finance from Luiss University in Rome.

CLAUS F NIELSEN

CLAUS F. NIELSEN
Head of Diversified Equity/Multi Asset
Nordea

Claus F. Nielsen is the Head of Diversified Equity in Nordea Asset Management. He attended the University of Aarhus where he gained an MSc in mathematics & economics. Claus started his career in 1987 as an analyst at Livsforsikring. Between 1991 and 1998 he worked for Baltica, Danica and Danske Capital as a portfolio manager and in 1998 he joined Tryg-Baltica in the same position. Claus joined Nordea in 1999 as a portfolio manager and since 2004 he has been head of the diversified equity team. Claus has been managing funds for over 22 years.

LEJDA BARGJO

LEJDA BARGJO
Deputy Head Quant
Client Portfolio Management
Robeco

Lejda Bargjo is Deputy Head of Quant Client Portfolio Management. She conducts client and consultant meetings, speaks at conferences and gives seminars about Robeco’s Quant Investing capabilities. Before joining Robeco in 2020, she worked at Bankhaus Lampe as a Quantitative Portfolio Manager. She has also worked at FactSet and Citigroup. Lejda started her career in the industry in 2008 as a Risk Manager. She holds a Master’s in Money and Finance from Goethe University in Frankfurt and a Bachelor’s in Mathematical Engineering from Polytechnic University of Tirana.

CONRAD MANET

CONRAD MANET
Client Portfolio Manager
Pictet Asset Management

Conrad Manet joined Pictet Asset Management in 2020 and is a Client Portfolio Manager specialising in Alternative Fixed Income & Credit strategies, both public and private credit. Previously, Conrad had been a Senior Reporting Analyst covering Alternative Fixed Income & Credit strategies.


Conrad holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Exeter.