Investment, Wealth and Savings (IWS) 2018
Program
In 2018, large central banks may start soaking up liquidity from the market, the ECB may start tightening, while many are trying to guess when the high stock prices will get lower and when inflation and the increase of yields will commence, bringing significant changes on the bond market as well.
Last year, most of the domestic investment products were able to profit from the stock market rally but what can Hungarian private banks and fund management companies offer to their clients? What do an institutional client and retail client want and how will the service providers be able to comply? In the panel discussion institutional clients will be debating with representatives of asset management companies.
Financial service providers must face with the impact of blockchain and cryptocurrencies on investment behaviours. Where will it lead that even the greengrocer on the corner is talking about bitcoin? To what extent will cryptocurrencies transform investment habits and how will their fast spaced spreading influence investment psychology?
Banks, brokerages, fund managers and investment advisers involved in MiFID 2 regulation have not received substantial responses to many of their questions even till today. What are the early experiences in the first couple of months after the enforcement of MiFID 2? What are the advices that international and domestic supervisory bodies can give to the market?
Despite the fact that MiFID 2 already entered into force, there are still many questions on the market. What impact will GDPR have on the investment services after it is enforced on 25 May? How will MiFID 2 impact government bonds and their trade? What are the challenges of ex-post cost statements?