Future of Asset Management Middle East

The Middle East presents a complex and dynamic landscape for asset management. As the region continues to deal with conflict and geopolitical challenges, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has demonstrated remarkable resilience, fostering growth and attracting continued investment rates above the global average. 

Entering a new era of investment, the GCC is propelled by robust sovereign wealth funds, large-scale domestic projects, and supportive government initiatives. Initiatives such as Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030, and the Dubai Economic Agenda D33 are driving economic growth and establishing the region as a premier investment destination. Positioned as a crucial economic hub between the East and West, and offering dollar-denominated returns with emerging market growth, the GCC offers unparalleled advantages for global trade and investment. Despite its growth potential, the region poses challenges for asset management firms, including a scarcity of skilled professionals, complex and evolving regulatory landscapes, and fierce industry competition. As governments increasingly encourage the reshoring of assets domestically, how can local and international asset managers strategically position themselves to seize these growth opportunities while addressing challenges?

Hosted by the Financial Times, in collaboration with MandateWire, Future of Asset Management Middle East is a must-attend, two-day conference gathering leading executives from top asset management firms, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices across the Middle East and beyond. Featuring industry debates, intimate breakout sessions, and exclusive roundtables, the event will uncover opportunities for growth in this dynamic region amidst global economic and political shifts. 

Who will you meet?

The event will provide the invaluable opportunity to meet with C-suite executives from world-leading asset management firms, institutional investors, regulators, asset servicers, academics, and renowned FT journalists.

Use our dedicated networking app, powered by Brella, to schedule meetings with industry peers away from the buzz of the main stage and make valuable connections. Engage in meaningful discussions, foster new relationships, and expand your professional network in an environment designed to facilitate collaboration and innovation.

• Regulatory evolution: Integrating compliance and innovation in the Middle East
• Geopolitical insights: strategic approaches to regional investments   

• Green ambitions: Unlocking sustainable investment opportunities in the GCC 
• Private markets: Harnessing the boom in the GCC

• Wealth and legacy: Preparing for the great wealth transfer
• Sovereign wealth funds: transitioning to third-party asset managers 

Gain access to in-person sessions. Network and connect with your peers during drinks receptions across both days. Watch full video footage on-demand post-event.

Gain strategic insights from industry experts on regulatory changes and innovative investment strategies.

Network with C-suite executives from top asset management firms, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices.

Discover emerging investment hotspots and explore the potential of private markets and alternative investments in the GCC.

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MandateWire, a service from the Financial Times helps institutional asset managers and consultants win investment mandates and raise capital by providing timely and actionable data and intelligence on the investment appetite of investors globally.

Our regional editorial teams leverage their close relationships with thousands of institutional investors globally, to report on the latest manager searches and investment plans and activity of public and private sector pension funds, charities, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, DC plans, insurers, family offices, wealth managers and more.

Unique to MandateWire is the ability of our skilled, multi-lingual teams of journalists and researchers across EMEA, North America and APAC, who bring first-hand, early stage and pre-RFP intelligence out into the open, surpassing tools that simply repackage publicly available information.

Speaking Opportunities

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Sponsorship Opportunities 

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