Edinburgh event: Risk management and portfolio resilience for the new normal

Thursday 20 November 2025 | 18:00 - 20:30 | Evening Event

In a world where monetary policy shocks and geopolitical risks can upend markets overnight, resilience is no longer optional, it’s essential.

Join us for an unmissable session starting with a keynote on portfolio stress testing, exploring how to anticipate the impact of Fed independence scenarios, geopolitical disruptions, and cross-asset vulnerabilities.

Then, dive into a dynamic panel discussion on the tools, data, and AI-driven innovations that are transforming investment processes. While AI is already reshaping productivity and product design, discover how leading firms are using it to explain risk, uncover alpha, and scale without sacrificing quality.

What you’ll learn:

• How to design robust stress-testing frameworks for today’s volatile markets.

• Quantitative portfolio construction strategies that demonstrate the real value of active management.

• Cutting-edge applications of AI to elevate risk management and portfolio performance

Attendees will gain practical insights from leading practitioners on how to build resilience into portfolios, prove the value-add of active management, and integrate innovative tools for better decision-making.

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Speaker

Christoph Schon, Head of Investment Decision Research

Christoph Schon is Head of Investment Decision Research in EMEA, generating insights into recent portfolio and market risk trends.

Christoph has extensive experience in the portfolio risk and performance analysis space, having previously worked for Lehman Brothers/Barclays POINT and UBS Delta, where he held various roles as account manager, head of client services and client-facing quant. He started his career in 2000 as a fixed income research analyst at Dresdner Bank in Frankfurt before joining Dresdner’s FI index research group in 2002. Christoph also served as a member of the iBoxx European technical committee until 2006.