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	Time	Session title	Session title	Name	Name	Title	Title
Time	08:30 - 09:00	Session title	Registration & Breakfast	Name	NA	Title	NA
Time	09:00 - 09:10	Session title	Welcome & Introduction	Name	Erik Carell	Title	Head Wholesale Client Coverage Nordics, Country Head Nordics, UBS Asset Management
Time	09:10 - 09:45	Session title	Macro Outlook and Portfolio Allocation Panel	Name	Erik Lundkvist Marc Andersen Barry Gill	Title	CIO Coeli Co-Head CIO Global Asset Allocation, UBS Global Wealth Management Head of Investments, UBS Asset Management
Time	09:45 - 10:15	Session title	Index Investment Panel	Name	Jonas Thulin Kristian Mikelsons Slawomir Rzeszotko Florian Cisana	Title	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
Time	10:15 - 10:45	Session title	Challenges and Solutions within Alternative Investments	Name	Lukas Erard Alvaro Cabeza Fabienne Piller Virgilio Zaldivar	Title	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
Time	10:45 - 11:00	Session title	Closing Remarks & Networking	Name	TBC	Title	TBC

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