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AI for Finance Summit London

Name: AI for Finance Summit London
Start: 2026-09-16T10:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-09-16T15:30:00+01:00
Location: Deutsche Bank

Where systematic and discretionary research converge under agentic AI

Date: 16 September 2026
Time: 10:30-15:30 BST
Venue: Deutsche Bank

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Why this event

The convergence of systematic and discretionary research under agentic AI.

Across 4 expert panels and a fireside chat, you will explore: How agentic AI is merging systematic and discretionary research. What it takes to put research agents into production on the buy side. Where humans stay in the loop — and where they don't. Candid perspectives from quants, portfolio managers, and research leaders at leading funds and platforms.

Agentic AI is collapsing the line between systematic and discretionary research. Join 60 senior quants, portfolio managers, and research leaders in London for 4 expert panels and a fireside chat on how leading funds are rebuilding research and the investment process around AI agents. Doors from 10:30; programme 10:30–15:30, anchored by a hosted lunch.

How agentic AI is merging systematic and discretionary research.
What it takes to put research agents into production on the buy side.
Where humans stay in the loop, and where they don't.

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Programme

How the day develops

The convergence of systematic and discretionary research under agentic AI.

10:30
ceremony
Registration & Opening Remarks

Doors, coffee, and a short framing of the day.

10 min
10:40
panel
Panel 1 · The Augmented Investor: AI in Fundamental Investing

What changes for a fundamental investor when an agent has read every filing, transcript and broker note before you have? Where AI is genuinely lifting research quality on the discretionary side, what it has not solved, and how teams are rebuilding the analyst's day around it.
- Stephanie Niven
  
  Portfolio Manager, Global Sustainable Equity
- Thierry Ciszewski
  
  Head of Equity Capability
- Edward Ralph
  
  Executive Director, Head of AI Product Management, AM Investment Platform
- Alistair Jackson
  
  Senior Business Analyst
- Hojun Choi
  Moderator
  Co-Founder & Co-CEO
40 min
11:20
fireside
Fireside · Quantitative Research in the Age of AI: Beyond Chatbots and Agents

Two research traditions that spent decades apart are now reaching for the same tools. Caio Natividade on what actually converges, what stays distinct, and what a quantitative research function looks like on the other side of it.
- Caio Natividade
  
  Managing Director, Global Head of QIS Research
- Jacob Chanyeol Choi
  Moderator
  Co-Founder & Co-CEO
30 min
11:50
Live demo
Demo 1

Ten minutes, live. A practitioner takes one problem end to end — what they built, the code behind it, and what it still does not solve. Working systems, not product walkthroughs. Presenter to be confirmed.

10 min
12:00
break
Lunch & Networking

A hosted lunch — and for many, the part of the day that pays for the trip.

60 min
13:00
Live demo
Demo 2

The second demo slot, straight after lunch and in the same shape: ten minutes on a system that already runs, shown by the person who built it. Presenter to be confirmed.

10 min
13:10
panel
Panel 2 · Signals at Scale: Agentic AI in Systematic Investing

Systematic teams have used machine learning for years — so what is different about agents? Where agentic methods are earning their place in signal research, the cost and latency of running them at scale, and how to tell a real edge from a well-dressed backtest.
- Wai-Chung Ip
  
  Senior Quant Developer, QIS Research
- Richard Goldman
  
  Global Head of Buyside GTM
- Roel Oomen
  
  Global Head of FIC Quantitative Trading
- Fayssal El Mofatiche
  Moderator
  Founder & CEO
40 min
13:50
panel
Panel 3 · Human in the Loop: Trust, Control, and Governance for AI in Finance

Where a person must stay in the loop, and where insisting on one is theatre. Practitioners running AI inside regulated institutions on model risk, explainability and audit — and what changes when a system starts acting rather than advising.
- Vivek Anand
  
  Director, Cross-Asset Quantitative Research
- Dara Sosulski
  
  Managing Director, Head of AI for Operations and Controls
- Namid Stillman
  
  Head of AI
- Robert Smith
  
  Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
  Logos Research
- Hojun Choi
  Moderator
  Co-Founder & Co-CEO
40 min
14:30
panel
Panel 4 · The Foundation Layer: Data and Infrastructure Behind AI in Markets

None of it works without the plumbing. What data estate, tooling and engineering discipline a firm needs before research agents are useful, and the unglamorous decisions that determine whether a pilot ever reaches production.
- Vlasios Voudouris
  
  Chief Product Officer
- Justin Xu
  
  Chief Quant and AI Officer
- Alistair MacDonald
  
  Head of Capital Technology
- Jacob Chanyeol Choi
  Moderator
  Co-Founder & Co-CEO
- Jamie Prangnell
  
  Director, Product Management
  Third Bridge
40 min
15:10
networking
Closing & Networking

Closing remarks, then drinks and conversation.

20 min