IBA Annual Conference Rome 2018
7 Oct - 12 Oct 2018
Session Room I, Level -1
Session information
The investment fund manager's guide to risk management: mitigating litigation, regulatory and other existential franchise risk
Tuesday 9 October (1115 - 1230)
Session Room I, Level -1
Committee(s)
Asset Management and Investment Funds Committee
(Lead)
Description
This session will explore the strategies employed to manage the significant risks that are facing investment firms, from those that could be costly distractions to those that could damage the firm's reputation or even severely impact the firm's ability to continue operations. These risks include regulatory enforcement, including global securities, anti-money laundering and bribery laws; investor and employee litigation risk management; and portfolio investment-related risks, including environmental and employee pension liabilities.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Rebecca Silberstein | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, New York, USA; Co-Chair, Asset Management and Investment Funds Committee |
Speakers
| Geoffrey Bailhache | The Blackstone Group, London, England |
| Adi Herzberg | Credit Suisse Asset Management, New York, New York, USA |
| Marco Masotti | Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, New York, USA |