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The digital assets adoption, stock market situation, and the crypto winter are to be discussed at The Wealth Today Summit in its forthcoming edition by experts from ADGM, Kraken and TDeFi
The Wealth Today Summit agenda will holistically discuss the current investment climate and what the future of wealth and investment looks like.
The agenda will put a spotlight on some of the most critical themes including but not limited to family offices interests in digital assets and venture capital space, tokenization of funds, alternative assets and investing in offshore jurisdictions.
Dubai – UAE: As the wealth and investment management ecosystem matures in the era of technology, the latest trends including digital assets provide both opportunity and share of concerns. The rise of the crypto economy and other critical topics will be part of the agenda at The Wealth Today Summit scheduled for June 21, 2022, at the Address Dubai Mall Hotel.
The Summit will be an industry-driven event that will highlight critical emerging trends and unfold the nuances & top concerns over a day of interactive knowledge and networking sessions.
In 2021, a Goldman Sachs survey found that nearly half of over 150 family offices conduct business that wants to add digital currencies to their stable of investments.
In the run-up to the event, organizers have unveiled a list of distinguished speakers from top finance and digital asset management firms in the region, to be on the panel discussing these topics.
With decentralized finance leveraging emerging technology for financial transactions without reliance on intermediaries, there will be a fireside chat on the topic – ‘DeFi for family offices – a good diversification play?’ The panel will be made up of: Wai-Lum Kwok, CFA, Senior Executive Director, Authorisation & Fintech, FSRA, ADGM;
Benjamin Ampen, Managing Director MENA, Kraken Crypto Exchange, and
Dr. Ryan Lemand, Co-Founder & CEO, Neovision Wealth Management.
‘The obvious route for the institutional capital in the next decade’ will be discussed by: Saqr Ereiqat, Co-Founder, Crypto Oasis
Faisal Hasan, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Al Mal Capital
Basil Al Askari, Co-founder & CEO, MidChains
Jeff Zhou, CEO, Lbank Labs
Dr Ryan Lemand, Co-Founder & CEO, Neovision Wealth Management and
Moderated by Robert Ansari, Head of Investments and Retirement, IMETA, Mercer.
Cryptocurrencies are making their way into every investor’s playbook. On the panel discussing ‘Family offices investing in crypto: next steps’ will be: Phillip Gillespie, Co-CEO, B2C2, Stefan Kimmel, Chief Commercial and Operating Officer MENA, Kraken Crypto Exchange, Karim AbdelMawla, Research Associate, 21 Shares Bijan Alizadeh Fard, Co-Founder& Partner, Cypher Capital. Bhavin Shah, Partner and Head of MEA, Forensic Risk Alliance – Moderator The Future of Digital assets. Trends, challenges and opportunities for investors topic will be covered by: Zabella Demirchian, Head of FT NFT Marketplace, SoftConstruct With the ecosystem buzzing with the news on the adoption of digital assets, the session on ‘Tokenization of funds and virtual assets – the blueprint’ will include the following panelists: Gaurav Dubey, CEO, TDeFi – Crypto Incubator and Advisory Peter Coates, Head of Strategy, Peregrine Digital, Alexander Rapatz, Managing Partner, Black Manta Capital Partners, James Munce, CEO, Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners Gaurang Desai, Managing Director – Strategy, Equiti Group Bhaskar Dasgupta, Independent Board Director and Advisor – Moderator. Speaking into the future, the panel discussing ‘Navigating to tomorrow: investing in alternative investments and hedge funds’ will be: Hashim Kudsi, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Liwa Capital Advisors Obediah Ayton, Managing General Partner, Synaptech Capital Talal Tabbaa, CEO and Co-Founder, CoinMENA Vinay Bharathwaj, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Stockal Sonali Goila, Head, Venture Capital & Private Equity, Panthera Capital Investments Dr. Ataf Ahmed, CEO, Graphene Investments – Moderator Venture Funds are enjoying unprecedented returns aided by a robust economic ecosystem that is proving a perfect breeding ground for tech startups. Dialoguing on the topic ‘Family offices navigating the Venture Capital space: finding the right chemistry’ will be: Prashant Tandon, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Lighthouse Canton Capital, Chetan Mehta, CEO, Wami Capital Saeed Al Darmaki, Founder, Sheesha Finance Valerie Hawley, Affiliate Founding Partner, True Global Ventures 4 Plus, and Bhaskar Dasgupta, Independent Board Director and Advisor – Moderator. Discussing ‘Investing in offshore jurisdictions: themes and considerations’ will be: Jyoti Keshavan, Chief Executive Officer, Xanara, Muhammed Yesilhark, Chief Investment Officer, NOIA Capital, Michael A. Blank, Managing […]