SIPUG Day 2015 took place on 3rd of November at the Zurich Marriott Hotel. Full information below.
Program
A business forum with presentations, exhibitor booths and plenty of time to network with the key people both within the finance industry and from the supppliers themselves.
The event is designed for people directly involved with financial market data whether in banks & finance institutes or from providers.
| 08.30 – 09.15 | Reception with coffee, opening of exhibition | |
| 09.15 – 09.25 | «Welcome remarks» Jon Andrea Barblan, President of SIPUG |
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| 09.30 – 10.15 | «Digitalisation of Wealth Management (German presentation)» Felix Niederer, Founder and CEO: True Wealth A |
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| 11.00 – 11.45 | «Swiss FinteCH – insights from the local ecosystem» John Hucker, Founder & Leader, Swiss FinteCH / finteCH meetup zurich |
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| 12.00 – 13.00 | Lunch | |
| 13.30 – 14.15 | «In the Land of Milk & Honey, Switzerland: an outsider‘s view, from the inside» Diccon Bewes, Author of Swiss Watching and Slow Train to Switzerland |
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| 15.00 – 16.00 | «Fine Wines as an Asset Class»(German presentation) Christoph Pichler, Head of Rarities, Globalwine AG |
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| ab 17.00 Uhr | Networking reception | |
Speakers
Felix Niederer: True Wealth was founded in 2013 to enable efficient online investing & asset management. Felix Niederer, CFA, is a Physics graduate of Zurich’s ETH University and worked for many years in Swiss industry. Later he moved to the business of investing where he worked for nine years as a portfolio manager and risk modeller, including time at Swiss Re and LGT.
John is passionate about creating a world-class fintech hub in Switzerland and a global fintech hub network. He initiated fintech engagement for Credit Suisse in the Digital Private Banking innovation team. Prior to CS, he worked in wealth and asset management at UBS and TD Bank. John is a CFA and has an MBA from Said Business School, University of Oxford.
A degree in International Relations from LSE led Diccon to a career in travel writing at the Lonely Planet and Holiday Which? Ten years later, Diccon moved to Switzerland and became a book author too. His fascinating and humorous view of Switzerland has led to more books, blogs and speaking events.
Christoph Pichler has been running the Fine & Rare Wines division of Globalwine since 2006. This key department in Switzerland’s third-largest wine dealer thanks its success largely to Christoph who came to be a wine lover during an early career in hotels & catering.Venue
Zürich Marriott Hotel
Presentations
Please note the True Wealth presentation must be requested via admin@sipug.ch, or if you are a member please log-in.
