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Rico Blaser, CEO of vestr, shares his journey from competitive swimming to building a fintech that streamlines Actively Managed Certificates. He unpacks the challenges of manual investment operations, the risks and rewards of AMCs, and why investing, speculating, and betting may be more alike than we think.

Daniel Knoblach, Managing Partner at Super Global, explains how custom indices empower asset managers to personalize strategies while streamlining execution and compliance. From ESG filters to sector-specific exposure, he shares how AMCs and AIFs can deliver branded, rules-based investment products with full control and transparency.

Jacob Ayres and Hassan Salamony of 3AI reveal how AI is reshaping investment strategy—by unlocking alpha through vast, structured data. They explain how explainability, ensemble modeling, and common sense filtering help detect market surprises, avoid bias, and deliver actionable insights to institutional investors.

Pathmajan Rasan, CEO of SmartRisk Alpha, shares how decades of systematic investing led to a powerful digital platform enabling professionals to design personalized, risk-aware strategies. He explores portfolio diversification, risk measurement, ESG, and why investing is “building returns brick by brick.”

Volodymyr Gubskyi, CEO of IVM Markets, explains how structured products can be fully personalized in minutes using powerful optimization tools, enabling higher client returns and more efficient pricing. He also shares insights on digitalization trends, lifecycle integrations, and demystifying complex payoffs.

Ai For Alpha CEO Béatrice Guez shares how machine learning enables investment professionals to detect market regimes, adapt to new conditions, and build resilient asset allocations. Their AI models analyze 150+ features to uncover key market drivers, offering a transparent, data-driven approach to portfolio construction.

Richard Waddington, founder of Sherpa Funds Technology, explains how data-driven decision-making can enhance portfolio construction. By helping managers align their portfolios with both constraints and conviction, Sherpa reduces downside risk while maintaining upside potential—turning portfolio "salads" into optimized "soups."

Joe Elmlinger of Lake Hill Capital explains how options can be used to tailor portfolio solutions, focusing on hedging, income generation, and tactical trading. He highlights their probability-driven approach, real-time monitoring of 10,000+ S&P options, and how dynamic strategies help manage risk in changing markets.

Benjamin Soh, co-founder of STACS, explains how tokenized bonds built on distributed ledger technology (DLT) can transform financial markets by automating lifecycle events, reducing human error, and embedding ESG criteria directly into smart contracts, offering transparency, efficiency, and greater accessibility.

Joost Burgerhout and Harry Benchimol from Marex discuss how structured products are evolving with crypto, including risk-managed Bitcoin strategies, the cash & carry trade, and new DeFi access tools. They also explore their Coinbase partnership and how tokenization is reshaping structured finance.