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Edinburgh Business School
14 June 2011

09.00 Welcome & Introduction

Bill Jamieson, Executive Editor, The Scotsman

09.10 Global Trends

Rob Dobson, Markit Economics Download Presentation

Trevor Williams, Chief Economist, Research, Lloyds Banking Group
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10.00 SWFs - how big could they actually get?

Gavin Kretzschmar, Lecturer, University of Edinburgh of Business School
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Ben Aris, Editor-in-Chief, Business New Europe

...Refreshments...

11.00 The Role of Chinese Sovereign Wealth Funds

Dr Gerard Lyons, Chief Economist & Head of Global Research, Standard Chartered Bank

11.45 The Global Impact of Sovereign Wealth Funds

Rachel Ziemba, Senior Research Analyst, CEEMEA and Global Macro,
Roubini Global Economics Download Presentation

...Lunch...

13.15 The Scottish Perspective

Alastair Bryce, Global Head, Government Sector, HSBC

John Swinney, MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth

13.45 Recent trends in SWF investing & the Norwegian SWF case study

Dr Tom Fearnley, Investment Director, Norwegian Ministry of Finance
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Owen Kelly, Scottish Financial Enterprise

...Refreshments...

15.00 Evaluating Sovereign Wealth Funds

Alexey Moiseev, Deputy Chief Economist & Head of Macroeconomy, VTB Capital
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Courtney Fingar, fDi magazine Download Presentation

15.45 Establishing a SWF

Kazakhstan National Fund (invited)

16.30 Conference Summary

Bill Jamieson, Executive Editor, The Scotsman

...Reception...