Event

The Red Thread - Nordic Conference

Global themes and outlook 2025

We are delighted to host the second edition of the UBS Asset Management annual macro outlook, as part of our Red Thread roadshow. Every year, we aim to bring you our sharpest thinking on the key themes shaping global markets. As ever, there will be plenty to talk about.

Macroeconomic regime changes are always tricky to navigate. Complicating matters further, having only just adjusted to a move higher in interest rates, investors are now trying to digest tentative interest rate easing from major central banks. Geopolitics, along with domestic politics has loomed large and investors anticipating a US recession are having their patience tested. Artificial intelligence continued to dominate headlines, as well as the hearts and minds of investors with a narrow set of US stocks – the Magnificent Seven – driving global equity market returns.

At this in-person event, we will cover big picture views, diversification and offer ideas on how to navigate portfolios through testing times.

Please join us at the Grand Hotel Stockholm, for a day of bold ideas, dynamic presentations, and interactive panel sessions.

Date

09 Apr 2025

Location

Grand Hotel StockholmSödra Blasieholmshamnen 8Box 164 24103 27 Stockholm

Start time

08:30 Central European Time (CET)

Duration

2,5 Hours

We are delighted to host the second edition of the UBS Asset Management annual macro outlook, as part of our Red Thread roadshow. Every year, we aim to bring you our sharpest thinking on the key themes shaping global markets. As ever, there will be plenty to talk about.

Macroeconomic regime changes are always tricky to navigate. Complicating matters further, having only just adjusted to a move higher in interest rates, investors are now trying to digest tentative interest rate easing from major central banks. Geopolitics, along with domestic politics has loomed large and investors anticipating a US recession are having their patience tested. Artificial intelligence continued to dominate headlines, as well as the hearts and minds of investors with a narrow set of US stocks – the Magnificent Seven – driving global equity market returns.

At this in-person event, we will cover big picture views, diversification and offer ideas on how to navigate portfolios through testing times.

Please join us at the Grand Hotel Stockholm, for a day of bold ideas, dynamic presentations, and interactive panel sessions.

Time	Session title	Name	Title
08:30 - 09:00	Registration & Breakfast	NA	NA
09:00 - 09:10	Welcome & Introduction	Erik Carell	Head Wholesale Client Coverage Nordics, Country Head Nordics, UBS Asset Management
09:10 - 09:45	Macro Outlook and Portfolio Allocation Panel	Erik Lundkvist Marc Andersen Barry Gill	CIO Coeli Co-Head CIO Global Asset Allocation, UBS Global Wealth Management Head of Investments, UBS Asset Management
09:45 - 10:15	Index Investment Panel	Jonas Thulin Kristian Mikelsons Slawomir Rzeszotko Florian Cisana	CIO AP3 Portfolio Manager Swedbank Robur Head of Institutional Sales & Trading, EMEA at Jane Street Moderator, Head ETF & Index Fund Sales Strategic Markets EMEA, UBS Asset Management
10:15 - 10:45	Challenges and Solutions within Alternative Investments	Lukas Erard Alvaro Cabeza Fabienne Piller Virgilio Zaldivar	Head of Distribution, Unified Global Alternatives, UBS AG Head GWM & WS Client Coverage EMEA, UBS Asset Management Head Institutional Client Coverage EMEA & Alternatives Partnerships, UBS Asset Management Moderator, Head of Nordics Institutional Client Coverage, UBS Asset Management
10:45 - 11:00	Closing Remarks & Networking	TBC	TBC

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