Join us at our 2025 London Conference!
Join us at Quantifi's annual conference in London, where industry leaders will come together to explore the latest challenges and opportunities driven by commodity volatility and macroeconomic trends. This exclusive event will host over 100 senior professionals from hedge funds, banking, commodity trading firms, and key industry organisations.
- Date: Thursday, 6 November 2025
- Registration: 5:00pm | Conference: 5:30pm |
Networking Drinks: 7:30pm - Venue: Painters’ Hall, 9 Little Trinity Lane, London, EC4V 2AD
- https://www.paintershall.co.uk/
Registration
Commodity Volatility and Macroeconomic Trends Conference
Event Information
Agenda and Speakers
Opening Remarks
We are delighted to welcome you to Quantifi’s annual financial markets conference in London. This event brings together senior professionals from across the industry to exchange insights on the forces shaping today’s markets. From commodity volatility to macroeconomic trends, our panels will address the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing the financial sector. We look forward to an engaging and thought-provoking evening.
Panel 1: Risk, Return, and Resilience: Commodities in Times of Volatility
This panel will examine the current drivers of commodity market volatility and their impact on risk and return. Experts will share practical approaches to risk management, including the role of insurance, and discuss how firms can build resilient frameworks to withstand market shocks. With commodity prices increasingly shaped by global supply chains, policy shifts, and evolving demand patterns, this session will provide timely insights into managing uncertainty and safeguarding performance.
Panelists:
- Diana Higgins, Senior Credit Risk Manager, Drax Group
- Mario Dell’Era, Senior Market Risk Manager, EnBW
- James Purdie, Partner and Head of Investor Relations, Arion Investment Management
- Jack Goss, Director of Global Professional Services, Quantifi
Risk in Real Time: A Quantifi Demonstration
See how Quantifi delivers instant insight across market and credit risk. In this concise demo, we'll walk you through market risk stress tests, Monte Carlo VaR as well as our complete and configurable counterparty credit risk management solution. Discover how Quantifi translates complex analytics into well-informed, real time business decisions.
Panel 2: The Impact of Macroeconomics on Markets
This panel will explore the profound effects of macroeconomic trends, including inflation, shifting interest rates, and evolving geopolitical developments on investment strategies and market volatility. Experts will examine how economic policies and global shifts influence asset classes, reshape market dynamics, and redefine risk management in an increasingly unpredictable world. With monetary policy and geopolitical uncertainties driving new challenges and opportunities, this discussion has never been more timely.
Panelists:
- Duncan Toms, Associate Director, Multi-Asset Strategist, HSBC
- Ayomide Mejabi, Senior Economist, JP Morgan
- Oliver Jones, Head of Asset Allocation, Rathbones
- Jeff Simmons, Former CRO, MUFG Securities Europe

