Cafemutual is set to hold its fourth edition of Cafemutual Confluence 2015 (CC15) on Friday, September 11.
The theme for this year’s CC15 is ‘Being Future Ready’. To do justice to the topics, Cafemutual has lined up 30 speakers who will deliberate on a wide range of topics.
The event will begin with a panel discussion consisting of India’s top CIOs - Anoop Bhaskar, Anup Maheshwari, Gopal Agrawal, Prashant Jain and S.Naren who will deliberate on challenges in fund management and how they overcome the same. The well-known journalist from CNBC, Sonia Shenoy will moderate this discussion.
S. Naganath, President & CIO, DSP BlackRock MF will make a Keynote Address on the theme of the event ‘Being Future Ready’. Also, the EY Cafemutual Being Future Ready will be released on this occasion.
M J Akbar, noted journalist & Chief Spokesperson BJP will address the issue uppermost on the minds of most Indians - under Mr. Modi, will India achieve its full potential?
Rolf Hermans, Director, Portfolio and Pension Research, Robeco will share tips on managing pension funds and share his views on how India can grow its pension market.
Digitalization is changing our day-to-day lives and this will impact all stakeholders in the MF business. A panel comprising Karan Datta, CBO, Axis MF, Rahul Parikh, Head- MyUniverse, Aditya Birla Financial Services, Prabal Nag, Vice President, CAMS, Srinivas Yelandur, Director & Digital Advisory, Services Leader, EY, Tushar Vyas, Group Strategy Officer South Asia Group, V. Balasubramanian, Chief Business Officer, BSE will discuss:
- In which ways is digital impacting or likely to impact MF business?
- How can MF manufacturers and distributors use big data/analytics?
- Why should AMCs and distributors have a robust social media strategy?
- Will Roboadvisers disrupt MF distribution?
- With information easily accessible and transaction execution through smartphones, will investors prefer the direct route?
Jayendra Kachalia, Owner, Navnit Marine who deals with the uppermost crust of luxury (yachts, private jets) will share insights on the characteristics of ultra HNI, their likes and dislikes and share a few tips on how to deal with them.
Apart from the wealthy, there are many different investor segments - each with its own set of preferences, knowledge and behavior. AMCs and distributors need to be more focused as they cannot expect to reach and serve the entire population. Ravi Trivedy, ex-Executive Director, KPMG, will interview investors of different profiles - HNI, successful woman, retired, retail, young professional.
Having just 10,000 active advisors for a country of 125 crore will be a serious constraint in the expansion of the MF industry in the future. What can the industry do to enhance the number of distributors and activate the inactive ARNs? How can PSU banks play a more active role? What can be done to make the profession more aspirational? A panel comprising Chandresh Nigam, MD & CEO, Axis MF, Dinesh Khara, MD & CEO, SBI MF, Ramesh Bhat, General Secretary, Voice of MFD, Vishal Kapoor, General Manager - Wealth Management, India & South Asia, Standard Chartered Bank will discuss how the industry can expand its reach. Rajiv Bajaj, Vice Chairman & MD of Bajaj Capital will helm the discussion.
Finally, striking a right balance is essential to grow the industry. An august panel consisting of Anup Bagchi, MD & CEO, ICICI Securities, Ashish Mehrotra, MD & Country Head, Retail Banking, Wealth Management, & Retail Commercial Bank, Citibank, Milind Barve, MD, HDFC MF,Sunil Subramaniam, CEO, Sundaram MF and Vivek Kudva, Managing Director, India and CEEMEA, Franklin Templeton will deliberate on what the industry could do collectively to ensure a harmonious alignment of interest among all stakeholders - investors, distributors, AMCs and the regulator. Kayezad Adajania, Dy.Editor, Mint Money will moderate the discussion
