Annual Malta Funds Conference. 5 November Corinthia Hotel London - Whitehall Place, London, United Kingdom. Established Experienced Committed

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1 Annual Malta Funds Conference 5 November Corinthia Hotel London - Whitehall Place, London, United Kingdom

2 About Malta Malta is no longer an emerging funds domicile and is now regarded as a wellestablished jurisdiction of considerable depth and sophistication. Various fund typologies, such as Professional Investor Funds, Alternative Investment Funds including Loan Funds and Shariah Funds, and UCITS funds can be set-up enabled by robust fund regulatory regimes under different legal forms. The industry is supported by legal, accounting and tax professionals as well as a large number of international servicing operations including Asset Management & Investment Advisory, Administration, Custody and Advisory and Corporate Services. Malta has a Securitisation Act providing opportunities for securitisation solutions. Testament to the robust structure of the Malta Funds Industry is the Most favoured Fund Domicle recognition awarded to Malta by the Hedge Funds Review in 2013 and 2014.

3 Programme 8:30am 9:00am 9:10am 9:30am 10:15am 11:00am 11:30am Registration and Breakfast Introduction and opening remarks Chairman, Malta Funds Industry Association and Finance Malta Keynote Speaker Director General, Malta Financial Services Authority Panel Discussion - Opportunities for setting up Servicing Operations Mr Lino Finini Head of Back Office & Banking Applications, Swissquote Bank Ltd Dr Danièle Cop Head of Legal, Sparkasse Bank Malta Limited Mr Hakon Haugnes Partner & Chief Operating Officer, Andurand Capital Management LLP Director General, Malta Financial Services Authority Panel Discussion - Opportunities for setting up Regulated Vehicles Dr Louis de Gabriele Partner, Camilleri Preziosi Advocates Dr Andre Zerafa Ganado Advocates Mr Chris Casapinta Country Leader, Alter Domus Mr Simone Russo Co-Founder, Member of the Board and Head of Business Development of Amagis Capital Closing Remarks Chairman, Malta Funds Industry Association and Finance Malta Lunch and Networking

4 Speakers Chairman - Finance Malta and Malta Funds industry Association Kenneth is the Chairman of Finance Malta, Malta s national promotional body for financial services, and also serves as Chairman of the Malta Funds Industry Association. He is also the Chairman of Malita Investments p.l.c. which is listed on the Malta Stock Exchange. Kenneth joined Bank of Valletta p.l.c., Malta s largest banking group, in 1985 and has occupied various positions within the Bank. Kenneth currently holds the post of Chief Business Development Officer at Bank of Valletta p.l.c. and sits on the Management Board. Kenneth is responsible for the improvement of the Bank s market position and the achievement of financial growth, including long-term strategic business goals, key customer relationships, business opportunities and monitoring of current market conditions. E: info@mfia.org.mt T: W: Director General - Malta Financial Services Authority joined MFSA in 1995 and held several senior positions within the Securities Unit. She later served as Deputy Director in the newly formed Pensions Unit and was a member of the Pensions Working Group set up by the Government. As Deputy Director of the Pensions Unit, she established and developed a new regulatory framework for retirement pension schemes. Following a reorganisation of the MFSA in 2010, Ms Scicluna was entrusted with the creation of a new Authorisation Unit. Following Malta s accession to the European Union, she has also been involved with various working groups related to the financial sector. Ms Scicluna is professionally qualified in finance and regulation of financial services holding an Honours Degree in Banking and Finance and Management from the University of Malta and a Master degree in Financial Regulation and Compliance Management from London Metropolitan University. Mr Lino Finini Head of Back Office & Banking Applications, Swissquote Bank Ltd As a Director, Head of Back Office and Banking Applications and Senior Member of Management at Swissquote Bank Ltd since May 2001, and reporting directly to the Chief Technical Officer, Lino is responsible for a staff compliment of 60 and the day to day running of all aspects of the banking operations and Core Banking systems within Swissquote Bank. Lino also holds the position of Chairman of the Operational Committee and responsible for coordinating the business needs and operational strategy with Swissquote Group Ltd. As a Director of Swissquote Financial Services (Malta) Ltd, Lino was instrumental is its establishment in 2012 under its then CAT3 licence, as well as the change in business strategy and upgrade to a full Depositary licence (CAT4A) in Prior to joining Swissquote, Lino held the position of Software Architect at LaserCom Ltd. Dr Danièle Cop Head of Legal - Sparkasse Bank Malta p.l.c. Dr Danièle Cop is Head of Legal at Sparkasse Bank Malta p.l.c. Sparkasse Bank Malta p.l.c. is a Maltese bank, which forms part of an Austrian banking group and focuses on wealth management, private banking and custody services for collective investment schemes. Before joining the bank, Danièle was a partner at one of the top tier law firms in Malta, specialising in funds, custody, prime brokerage, investment and payment services. She studied law at the University of Antwerp (Belgium) and obtained a post-graduate degree in Economic Law at VUB in Brussels (Belgium). E: Daniele.Cop@Sparkasse-Bank-Malta.com T: W: Mr Hakon Haugnes Partner & Chief Operating Officer - Andurand Capital Management LLP Mr Hakon Haugnes is a Partner and COO of Andurand Capital Management LLP and responsible for all operational and financial (non-investment) aspects of the company. Hakon was previously Risk Manager for BlueGold Capital ( ), reporting to the CFO and CIO on all risk management aspects of the hedge fund which at its peak managed over $2 billion USD. Mr Haugnes also developed BlueGold s information systems and headed up the in-house development team. Hakon was Business Analyst for BlueGold from 2009 to Prior to BlueGold, Haugnes was co-founder and president of Global Name Registry, a private company which was sold in Q to VeriSign Inc (NASDAQ:VRSN). He served with the Norwegian Armed Forces as Strategist and holds a Masters degree (honours) in mathematical modelling from the Institute of Cybernetics at the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology (NTNU) and studied engineering at Institut National des Sciences Appliquees (INSA) in Toulouse, France. E: HHaugnes@andurandcapital.com T: W:

5 Speakers Dr Louis de Gabriele Partner - Camilleri Preziosi Advocates Dr Louis de Gabriele heads the Corporate and Finance practice group of the firm. Here, he has developed a broad-based practice in corporate, commercial and finance areas ranging from bank lending and banking products to privatisations, capital markets, M&A transactions, corporate finance, securitisations and asset management. He has extensive experience in advising banks and financial institutions on the regulatory aspects of their business including those international clients who need to establish new operations in Malta E: louis.degabriele@camilleripreziosi.com T: W: Mr Chris Casapinta Country Executive - Malta and Italy Desk Leader AlterDomus Mr Chris Casapinta is Country Executive Malta and Italy desk leader. He joined Alter Domus in July Before joining Alter Domus, Chris was a senior manager at PwC. He started his career at the end of 2000 in the Malta office. He then spent a significant time of his career within the Luxembourg office where he was responsible for managing assignments in the fund industry and large multinationals. His ten year career with PwC gave him opportunities to work on various other high profile audit and advisory assignments within various offices of the PwC network including Boston (US), New York (US), London (UK) and Milan (Italy). Chris is a certified public accountant and auditor and is a member of the Malta Institute of Accountants. E: chris.casapinta@alterdomus.com T: W: Dr André Zerafa Partner - Ganado Advocates Dr André Zerafa heads GANADO Advocates Investment Services and Funds team. André regularly advises promoters on various corporate, regulatory and other legal issues involved in the setting up of asset management firms, administrators, custodians, prime brokers and advisers. He also specialises in the structuring and establishment of alternative investment funds (hedge funds), UCITS funds and other retail funds. André also acts as an external examiner and tutor at the University of Malta for dissertations relating to investment services and funds. He also chairs the Investment Business Committee of the Maltese Institute of Financial Services Practitioners. E: azerafa@ganadoadvocates.com T: W: Mr Simone Russo Co-Founder, Member of the Board and Head of Business Development of Amagis Capital Simone started his career in 1998 at JPMorgan in the London fixed division. In 2000 he moved to Equity Derivatives where he became co-head of the Italian equity team in Since 2004 he was also in charge of the Greek team. In 2006 Simone joined Goldman Sachs as managing director with responsibilities on the Italian and the Greek Structured Sales teams. He was responsible for launching the ART product (Absolute Return Tracker) replicating hedge funds indices. In 2007 he became coresponsible for the Structured Funds Platform within GSI.In 2009 Simone became board member and co-founder of Luxembourg regulated Fund Platform and of a Swiss Family Office. Simone has a major in Economics & Finance, magna cum laude, from Bocconi University in Italy. is a reporter for Hedge Funds Review, a Risk.net magazine. He previously wrote for beyondbrics, an emerging markets blog at the Financial Times, and Insurance Insider, a commercial insurance magazine. He was a Marjorie Deane finance and economics intern at the Economist. E: luke.smolinski@incisivemedia.com T: W: