Spear’s 500 Live – the premier live event for private client professionals – returns to The Savoy on 23 May 2024.
This marquee, one-day live event brings together the very best advisers and service-providers from a variety of interrelated fields, creating valuable, cross-disciplinary conversations and connections.
Click here to register for Spear’s 500 Live 2024
The keynote speeches, interviews, panel discussions and roundtables that constitute the day’s agenda are designed to assist wealth managers, lawyers and other private client professionals in navigating the world of their high-net-worth clients.
Covering the broad expanse of HNW issues – from wealth and tax to philanthropy – topics addressed this year include ‘From consolidation to consumer duty – the forces shaping the evolution wealth management for UHNW clients in the UK’ and ‘Tax and The Future of Non-Doms: What will the next election mean for UHNWs in the UK?’
You can secure your place at Spear’s 500 Live – but act quickly: spaces are strictly limited to 500.
Why attend?
Spear’s 500 Live attracts leading private client professionals – from wealth management and private banking to philanthropy, luxury, law, property and beyond – to share insight, strengthen networks and hone their understanding of the forces that shape the lives of ultra-high-net-worth clients.
Spear’s 500 Live 2024: the agenda
This is subject to change and will be updated.
8.15-9.00: Breakfast and networking
9.00-9.10: Welcome remarks
By Edwin Smith, Editor-in-chief of Spear’s
9.10-9.30: Keynote: Geopolitics in 2024: what the West gets wrong
By Robert Amsterdam, lawyer and founding partner, Amsterdam & Partners LLP
09.30-09.50: Keynote: CIO Outlook: Navigating the economic currents of the next 12 months
With Simona Paravani, Managing Director, Global CIO of Solutions, Multi-Asset Strategies and Solutions, BlackRock
9.50-10.35: From consolidation to consumer duty – the forces shaping the evolution of wealth management for UHNW clients in the UK
With speakers:
- Grant Parkinson, head of wealth and retail banking for Europe, Standard Chartered
- Chris Fisher, CEO, Multrees
- Alec Marsh, contributing editor, Spear’s
10.35-11.00: Coffee and networking
11.00-11.45: Where the smart money’s going: The changing shape of the super-prime property market
With speakers:
- Nick Candy, CEO, Candy Capital
- George Azar, Chairman and CEO, Dubai Sotheby’s International Realty
- Edwin Smith, editor-in-chief, Spear’s
In association with:
Sotheby’s International Realty
11.45-12.30: Philanthropy: can you master the art of giving?
With speakers:
- Nicola Johnson, Chief Philanthropy Officer, Stewardship
- Joe Crome CAP, Head of Business Development and CAF American Donor Fund, Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
- Stephanie Bridger-Linning, digital director, Spear’s
In association with:
CAF and Stewardship
12.30-13.30: Lunch and networking
13.30-14.15: Brain longevity: enhancing and extending brain health for entrepreneurs
With speakers:
- Dr Antoinette Sarasin Gianduzzo, Director of Biomecular Restoration, Nutrition & Lifestyle, Member of the Board of Directors, The Kusnacht Practice
- Dr Paul Ettlinger, Founder and Medical Director, The London General Practice
- George King, senior wealth manager, MASECO
- Stephanie Bridger-Linning, digital director, Spear’s
In association with:
The Kusnacht Practice
14.15-15.00: Artisans of education: How to foster the entrepreneurs of tomorrow
With speakers:
- Anita M. Gademann, Member of the Board & Head of Innovation, Institut auf dem Rosenberg and Co-Founder, Edu Smart Technologies
- Bernhard O.A. Gademann, President, Institut auf dem Rosenberg, Principal/CEO, Pioneer Ventures and CEO, Edu Smart Technologies
In association with:
Institut auf dem Rosenberg
15.00-15.30: Coffee break
15.30-16.15: Tax and the future of non-doms: what will the next election mean for UHNWs in the UK?
With speakers:
Matt Goodwin, Academic and best-selling author
In association with:
Invest Barbados
16.15-17.00: The Spear’s Interview
17.00-18.00: Drinks reception
In association with:
Justerini & Brooks
Spear’s 500 Live Partnership opportunities
Spear’s is proud to welcome a number of distinguished partners for Spear’s 500 Live 2024.
For speaking opportunities and partnership enquiries, contact Spear’s commercial director Shady Elkholy (shady.elkholy@spearswms.com).
*Available to all (U)HNWs and advisers to (U)HNWs. **A conference pass is also available to all professionals interested in or/and providing third-party or direct services to those working in the (U)HNWs industry e.g. recruitment agencies, tech providers. A 25% off group discount booking is available for 3+ passes bought by the same company.
Click here to register for Spear’s 500 Live 2024