8.00 Registration and breakfast
8.50 Welcome address: Structured Products magazine

9.00
Opening address: Developments and opportunities for structured products
-Structured products – seeing the big picture
-Managing uncertainty
-Amplifying the proposition
Mark Caffrey, Head of Investment and Funding Solutions, ULSTER BANK
Derek Sheehan, Head of Corporate and Institutional Sales, Structured Investment Products, ULSTER BANK

9.30
The authorised advisor experience
- Analysing the investment case: key criteria for FBD
- Analysing the sales case- is this different?
- What we want in a product provider
Ian Cooke, Head of FBD Investment Services, FBD LIFE

10.00
Interactive business networking session:
An effective form of networking designed to build lasting business relationships

10.30 Morning break and an opportunity to visit the exhibition

11.00
Structuring products in a low interest rate environment- current challenges and solutions
-The role of structured products in maximising profits in a low interest rate environment
-Designing attractive short-term, capital guaranteed products
-Calculating and managing exposure to volatility
Mark Tully, Investment Analyst, DUGGAN ASSET MANAGEMENT

11.30
Understanding risk and how to minimise its impact
-Asset allocation and alternative asset classes
-Structured investments and their use within portfolio construction
-A closer look at intelligent CPPI
Graham Fox, Investment Development Manager, IRISH LIFE

12.00
Utilizing structured products more efficiently: the view from a seller-turned-producer
-Using structured products in your investment portfolio
-Diversifying (not replicating) client exposures
-Adding value while creating a renewable income stream
David O’Shea, Investment Manager, QUINTAS WEALTH MANAGEMENT

12.30
Lunch and an opportunity to visit the exhibition

13.30
The fund wrapper as a route to market for structured products
- Questioning the boundaries between structured products and funds
-Improving the transparency of pricing
-Collateralisation and mitigating counterparty credit risk
-Up and coming solutions
Speaker to be confirmed

14.00
How have ETFs transformed the investment landscape?
-How can ETFs be used as a means of controlling risk and return in portfolios?
-Allowing investors of all sizes to implement the concept of risk budgeting
-Assessing collateral costs and counterparty risk exposure
-How to create and maintain a diversified or concentrated portfolio
- How to integrate investment strategies’ principles and practices with ETFs
Ronan O’Houlihan, Head of Asset Allocation, DAVY

14.30 Structured products for high gross worth investors through pensions
-Pension structures
-Pension investing
-Pension developers
-How changing times present opportunities
Clive Reynolds, Managing Director, OPES WEALTH TRUST

15.00 Afternoon break and an opportunity to visit the exhibition

15.30
Establishing structured products as a key asset class in an investor’s portfolio
-Moving away from the viewpoint of structured products as just a defensive play
-Considering what advisors want for investors
-Focusing on returns
-Routes to marketing the products
Iain Cahill, Director, ART OF WEALTH LTD and OPTIMA STRATEGIES

16.00
Roundtable: The future of structured products in Ireland
• The landscape for structured products for the coming year
• Which asset classes will dominate the market?
• Which products will be most popular with retail clients?
• Case studies from throughout the region and new solutions
Clive Reynolds, Managing Director, OPES WEALTH TRUST
More speakers to be confirmed

16.40 Chairman’s closing remarks
16.50 End of Structured Products Ireland conference and cocktail reception