Thursday, 23 April 2026
London Volatility Investing Event 2026
Venue
UBS AG London Branch, UBS AG, 5 Broadgate, London, EC2M 2QS
Our agenda
Please note that this event is for Professional/Accredited/Qualified investors only. Unfortunately we are not able to accept retail investors.
8:30am – 9:30am
Registration and Breakfast
9:30am – 9:40am
Welcome Remarks
Richard Haworth | Portfolio Manager, 36 South Capital Advisors
Louise Schröder | Head of Client Coverage, 36 South Capital Advisors
9:40am – 10:00am
AI Investment Agents - A New Frontier?
George Adcock Rodriguez | Head of Trading & Deputy Portfolio Manager, 36 South Capital Advisors
10:00am – 10:45am
Manager Panel Discussion - Maximising opportunity in volatility markets: how to best take advantage of and position for volatility dislocations
Managers:
Alexandre Ryo | Head of Alternative & Risk Mitigation Strategies, Ellipsis AM
Dr Lester Coyle | Chief Investment Officer, III Capital Management
Ryan McRandal | CEO & CIO, Light Arc Capital Management
Moderator:
Matthew Riley | Institutional Sales EMEA, Eurex
10:45am – 11:15am
Coffee Break
11:15am – 11:55am
Back To The Old Drawing Board: First Principles And The Art Of Investing Through Crises
Grant Williams | Co-founder of Real Vision and renowned for his incisive views on macro, markets and investing
11:55am – 12:55pm
Allocator Panel Discussion - Breaking Silos: Debating Convexity in a Total Portfolio World
Allocators:
Gordon Nicholson | SVP & Portfolio Manager, Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions
Jack Collini | Portfolio Manager, RBC Wealth Management
Khalisa Valani | Principal, OPTrust
Manoj Soni | Chief Investment Officer, Capricorn Private Investments
Moderator:
Jack de la Fargue | Chief Investment Officer, 36 South Capital Advisors
12:55pm – 1:55pm
Lunch Break
1:55pm – 2:55pm
Key Note Speaker
Tim Marshall | Bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
2:55pm – 3:55pm
Manager Panel Discussion - Maximising convexity: How to structure protection efficiently?
Managers:
Daniel Stone | Principal & Portfolio Manager, Ionic Capital Management
David Dredge | Chief Investment Officer, Convex Strategies
Neale Jackson | Portfolio Manager, 36 South Capital Advisors
Patrick Kazley | President & Head of Solutions, One River Asset Management
Moderator:
Nick Smith | Index Options Sales, Nasdaq
3:55pm – 4:00pm
Closing Remarks
Jerry Haworth | Partner & Co-founder, 36 South Capital Advisors
4:00pm
Drinks and Networking
Event Concludes