Odyssey Brings Together Leading Banks at Annual Wealth Management Conference

Odyssey Highlights New Business Opportunities for Banks in the Post-MiFID World.

Odyssey Financial Technologies, a global provider of private wealth and asset management solutions and services, today opens its eighth annual Wealth Management conference, Leveraging Compliance as a Competitive Edge. Around 300 people have registered to attend the conference including many delegates from tier one banks in the UK and Europe as well as leading global financial services firms.

Senior bankers speaking at the conference include: John Russell, IT manager - Fixed Income IDS, Schroder Investment Management, London, who will explore advanced solutions in asset management; and Guy Hedley, head of Private Bank, Macquarie Bank, Sydney, who will focus on alternative investments in portfolio allocation. Alexander Kotchoubey, managing director, Renaissance Investment Management, Moscow, will discuss the US/EU regulatory impact on Russian and CIS investors while Christopher Preston, head of the wealth management division of Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, Lausanne, will give an overview of private banking strategies in a universal bank.

Antoine Duchateau, chairman & chief executive officer, Odyssey Financial Technologies, comments: “It is an exciting time for wealth management as the next generation of solutions allows greater product innovation. Our annual conference provides an opportunity for leading banks, financial service firms and consultancies to exchange experiences and ideas. With an excellent lineup of speakers, we aim to ensure new business opportunities are explored.”
Coinciding with the conference Odyssey has issued a white paper, Turning Compliance into a Competitive Edge, which offers insight into how several financial institutions have used the implementation of MiFID Article 19, on the conduct of business, to launch new business initiatives and completely re-design their investment advisory value proposition. To download a copy of the white paper please click on the following link: http://www.odyssey-group.com

Other keynote speakers include industry specialists: Rohitha Perera, partner, IBM Global Business Services, who will discuss compliance and the opportunities to differentiate products and services; Mark Halverson, global executive partner, Wealth & Asset Management, Accenture, with a presentation on the US perspective of balancing wealth; and Alois Pirker, senior analyst, Aite Group, will address ways to increase efficiency in the wealth management front office.

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