Businessday to hold Investing and Capital Markets Conference

All is set for the 2020 edition of Businessday’s Investing and Capital Markets Conference holding Thursday, September 10, 2020, with the theme ‘ New Perspectives on Asset Allocation and Behavioural Finance in Volatile Markets.’ Yearly, Businessday Media Limited and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) jointly host the Investing and Capital Markets Conference.

The conference, which starts at 10am with opening remarks by Frank Aigbogun, publisher, Businessday Media, will be followed by a welcome address by Oscar Onyema, CEO, NSE. It will be followed by a presentation by Erik Renander, portfolio manager, HI EMIM Africa Fund on “Chasing Alpha on a treadmill? A fund manager’s view of trend and bends in Nigerian markets”.

There will also be a fireside chat with Lamido Yuguda, director-general, Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC), and Oscar Onyema. Thereafter, a presentation by Haruna JaloWaziri, CEO, Central Securities Clearing Systems plc.

The Panel 1 titled “Row, row, row your boat: An investor’s guide through choppy markets,” which will be moderated by Omobolanle Adekoya, partner, Capital Markets and Accounting Advisory Services, PWC, will feature Haruna Jalo-waziri; Nnamdi Nwizu, co- managing partner, Commercio Partners; Ete Ogun, MD, Anchoria Asset Management, and Uche Val Obi, a senior advocate of Nigeria/ managing partner, Alliance LP. This will be followed by a presentation by VFD Group.

The Panel 2 themed “Is it all in the mind? Interpretations and perceptions of market events against performance,” which will be moderated by Tosin Ajose, lead advisor, Deal HQ, will feature Lilian Olubi, CEO, EFG Hermes Nigeria Limited; Niyi Adenubi, executive director, Institutional Business and Investor Relations, VFD Group, and Bunmi Asaolu, head of equities, FBN Quest. There will also be a presentation by Guy Czartoryski, head, research, Coronation Asset Management, titled “Rediscovering Risk: Not so bad after all”.