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TSAM
New York 2026
September 22-23, 2026
Two days of senior peer exchange bringing together the leaders of US asset management to address the defining strategic, operational, and technology challenges shaping the industry’s future
September 22, 2026 — The Competitive Landscape
September 23, 2026 — The New Frontier
TSAM New York 2026
Speakers
Melissa Stolfi
Global Chief Operating Officer
The TCW Group
Archana Kumar
Global Chief Operating Officer
Northern Trust
Chris Cafiero
Global Head of Asset & Wealth Management Regulatory Affairs
JPMorgan Chase
Cinda Whitten
Global Head of Investment Operations
Nuveen
Ron Ratcliffe
Managing Director
BlackRock
Bill Ahmuty
Global Head of Multi Assets and Model Portfolios
State Street Global Advisors
Kedar Sambhoos
Chief Data Officer, John Hancock
Manulife
Jonathan Wang
Chief Technology Officer
VanEck
Manish Ghayalod
Global Chief Technology Officer
The TCW Group
Carrie Benz
Global Investments COO
Janus Henderson Investors
Matt Goldwasser
Head of AI Data Science
T. Rowe Price
Leonora Xhekaj
Risk Professional
Dina Ting
SVP, Head of Global Index Portfolio Management
Franklin Templeton
Julie Gunts
SVP, Global Head of ETF Strategy and Partnerships
AllianceBernstein
Vince Sobocinski
Head of Portfolio Construction Methodology Research & Deployment
Vanguard
Katrina Dudley
SVP, Public Market Investments
Franklin Templeton
Kat Mello
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
Marina Severinovsky
Head of Sustainability, Americas
Schroders
Alex Grassino
Global Chief Economist, Multi-Asset Solutions
Manulife Investment Management
Keri Tusa
Global Head of Investment Technology
Lazard Asset Management
Katherine Southwick
Head of Product, Portfolio Construction and Management
Vanguard
James Ferguson
Chief Operating Officer, Partner | US Private Client, Endowments & Foundations
Brown Advisory
Anthony Medici
Managing Director
BlackRock
Brian Donnelly
SVP, Head of Sales Technology
Lazard Asset Management
Geeta Gupta
Head of Sales Enablement
Apollo Global Management
Anatoly Shtekhman
Head of Investment Research & Portfolio Management
Vanguard
Evan Fire
Chief Operating Officer
Pzena Investment Management
Sylvester Marbey
Chief Compliance Officer
Vontobel Asset Management
Nicholas Sambuco
Head of Multi-Asset Investment Consultancy & Engineering
Columbia Threadneedle Investments
Kate Schaeffer
Head of Investment Management Strategy and Governance
MassMutual
Raj Sriram
Head of Data Engineering (Data, Analytics, AI)
Barings
Mike Maxwell
Partner, Head of Operations
Brown Advisory
Gaurangi Patel
Sr. Manager Investments, Head of ESG & Proxy Technology
Invesco
Alex Golbin
Chief Technology Officer
Hudson Bay Capital Management
Kevin Hebner
Global Investment Strategist
TD Epoch
Daniel Jacobson
Managing Director
Fiera Capital
Philip Maymin
Director of Asset Allocation Strategies
Janus Henderson Investors U.S.
Bill Safarik
Head of Client Technology Strategy
Allspring Global Investment
Michael Soss
Chief Investment Officer
Millburn Ridgefield LLC
Rob De Gracia
Chief Technology Officer
Bregal Investments
Asha Mehta
Chief Investment Officer
Global Delta Capital
Milind Sharma
CEO
QuantZ Capital Management
James Stewart
VP, Strategic Execution Manager, Alternatives
AllianceBernstein
George Mylnikov
Portfolio Manager
Charles Schwab
TSAM New York 2026
Speakers
Jonathan Wang
Head of R&D Strategy and Partnerships
MassMutual
Mallory Vaughn
Director of Business Transformation
Liberty Mutual Investments
Antonio Ferreira
VP, Senior Director, Global Marketing Strategy & Digital Execution
MFS Investment Management
Blaise Jenkins
SVP
Fortitude RE
Edward Kim
Director, Performance and Analytics
Cambridge Associates
David Gulkowitz
Chief Operating Officer
DSC Meridian Capital LP
Rachel Dorris
Director, Distribution Enablement and Analytics
Principal Asset Management
Jared Eisenberg
VP / ETF Specialist
AllianceBernstein
Timothy Kirwan
Chief Compliance Officer
Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors
Nelda Kacyem
US Chief Compliance Officer
Partners Capital
Marat Molyboga
Chief Risk Officer, Director of Research
Efficient Capital Management
Lisa Sheeler
Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel
RhumbLine Advisers
Russell Newman
Chief Operating Officer
Great Lakes Advisors
Katy Rose
Head of Performance and Data
Amova Asset Management
Abhishek Sinha
CEO & CIO
Nelumbium Capital
Michelle Graham
Chief Operating Officer
NorthStar Asset Management
Rochelle Levy
Chief Compliance Officer
Bluespring Wealth Partners
Vinh Tran
Associate Director of Business Development
WisdomTree Asset Management
Ayesha Kiani
Chief Operating Officer
Monarq Asset Management
Steven Dorfman
Chief Operating Officer
Rhino Investment Partners
Clark Hsu
CIO
Paramita Capital
Esther Pan Sloane
Managing Director
Eyre Street Capital
Adam Sokolic
Chief Operating Officer
Bluespring Wealth Partners
Stephen Brown
VP
AllianceBernstein
Brian Tsai
CFO
Ardinall Investment Management
Jon Ambos
Chief Operating Officer
Bentley Road Group
Caroline Banfield
Head of Marketing
Bluespring Wealth Partners
Nick Stanojev
Founder and Principal
AnchorPointe Advisory
Professor Ned Gandevani
CEO/CIO
NMG Funds
Jason Thalmann
VP, ETF Operations
AllianceBernstein
Chris Theodore
Senior Solution Architect
Quadient
Rich Falk-Wallace
Founder & CEO
Arcana
Dean McIntyre
Chief Commercial Officer
SimCorp
Rochelle Glazman
VP of Product Marketing
Arcesium
Mei-Li da Silva Vint
Chief Commercial Officer
Brevet Capital
Kelly Mathieson
Chief Business Development Officer
Digital Asset
Gary Hoberman
Founder and CEO
Unqork
Sarah Hoffman
Director of AI Thought Leadership
AlphaSense
Gregoire Hug
CEO
WeeFin
Spencer Edman
Senior Account Executive
Responsive
Arianna Colombo
UK Operations Manager
MDOTM
Tom Wheatley
COO
Watson Wheatley
Sean Tuffy
Strategic Regulatory Advisor
Firebrand Research
Ron Allen
CEO
OnCorps
TSAM New York 2026
The Competitive Landscape — Tuesday, September 22, 2026
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration and Coffee |
| 9:00 - 9:40 |
Opening Keynote
Fireside Chat with Melissa Stolfi, Global Chief Operating Officer at the TCW Group
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| 9:45 - 10:25 |
Plenary
What the Winning Operating Model Looks Like For the Modern Asset Manager
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| 10:25 - 11:25 | Networking & Solutions Spotlights |
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10:30 - 10:45 — Build, Rebalance & Explain Portfolios at Scale With AI - MDOTM
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10:50 - 11:05 — Automated Reconciliation & Data Aggregation - Watson Wheatley
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11:10 - 11:25 — Scale to Win: Transform RFP & DDQ Workflows with AI - Responsive
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| Stream A – Operations & Technology | Stream B – AI & Data | Stream C – Clients, Talent & Growth | Stream D – Strategy & Leadership | Roundtables | |
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| 11:25 - 11:55 |
Unqork Opening Remarks
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AI Beyond Alpha: Where It's Actually Earning Its Keep Across the Firm
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From Content to Conversation: How AI Is Transforming Marketing and Client Engagement
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Rethinking the Menu: A Macro View amid Evolving Landscapes where Global Diversification Matters
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Waystone Roundtable
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| Stream A – Operations & Technology | Stream B – AI & Data | Stream C – Clients, Talent & Growth | Stream D – Strategy & Leadership | Roundtables | |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Scaling Smart: Overcoming the Modern Investment Operational Challenges for Boutique & Institutional Asset Managers
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BNY Custom Session
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The Talent and Capability Reckoning: Building the Workforce the New Operating Model Requires
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Rebuilding the Core: How To Modernize Without Losing 3 Years and a Fortune
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F2 Roundtable
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| 12:30 - 14:15 | Lunch & Solutions Spotlights | ||||
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12:50 - 13:05 — Quadient
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13:10 - 13:25 — Fractal Analytics
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13:30 - 13:45 — DEFT Consulting
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13:45 - 14:00 — Solutions Spotlight G
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| 14:15 - 14:45 |
The New Investment Operations Mandate: Scaling Complexity Without Scaling Headcount
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AI- and Data-Driven Alpha: Democratizing Intelligence Across the Front Office
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Serving the Individual Investor: the Retail Rebuild and the Great Wealth Transfer
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AI Governance That Holds Up Without Holding Back: Cyber, Data Leakage and Third-Party Risk
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Growing Without Strain: Building the Operating Model for the AI Era - MAIA
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| Stream A – Operations & Technology | Stream B – AI & Data | Stream C – Clients, Talent & Growth | Stream D – Strategy & Leadership | Roundtables | |
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| 14:50 - 15:20 |
Protiviti Custom Session
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Everyone's a Builder Now: Governing the Explosion of Individual-Made AI Tools
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What Needs to be Built, Offered, and Changed to Win the Model Portfolio Channel
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After the Label: The Future of Sustainable Investing at US Asset Managers
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Ridgeline Roundtable
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| 15:20 - 16:00 | Afternoon Refreshments & Exhibition | ||||
| 16:00 - 16:30 |
After the Deal: The Operational Reality of Making M&A Work
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Foundations First: The Data Layer Behind Better Investment Decisions
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Vanguard Presentation - Personalization at Scale: Why Models and Rules Run Out, and the Operating Model That Replaces Them
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Regulation After the Reset: Where Rules Have Changed, and Where Risk Hasn't
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Build vs Buy Roundtable
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| 16:35 - 17:05 |
Operating Across Public and Private: the Multi-Strategy Data, Valuation and Servicing Model
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The Agentic Frontier: What Autonomous AI Workflows Look Like in Production
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The Human Edge: Distribution Effectiveness, Trust and the Story Only Your People Can Tell
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Stress-testing Claude: A Live Teardown on Reconciliation, Statement Review & Data Extraction
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Are We Creating AI Dependency Without Realising It, or is This the New Normal?
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| 17:05 | Networking Drinks | ||||
TSAM New York 2026
The New Frontier — Wednesday, September 23, 2026
| 9:30 - 10:10 |
Opening Keynote
The Last Moat: Will AI Widen or Narrow the Edge Between Asset Managers?
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| Stream A – Investment Operations of Tomorrow | Stream B – Technology & Data: The Next Chapter | Stream C – The Growth Frontiers | Roundtables | |
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| 10:15 - 10:50 |
When Vendors Fail: Vendor Concentration Risk and What Real Third-Party Resilience Looks Like
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Tokenisation in Practice: From Pilot Funds to Live Infrastructure
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Customization at Scale: Direct Indexing & SMAs
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Retail Alternatives in Practice: Making Private Markets Work in Advisor Portfolios
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| 10:50 - 11:30 | Morning Networking Break | |||
| 11:30 - 12:05 |
Private Credit: the Operational Readiness Gap
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AI in 2026: The Shifts Reshaping Business
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The Rise of Private Markets: Reshaping the Future of Asset Management - Harvard Professor Ned Gandevani
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Winning Advisor Trust, Model Access and Shelf Space in the ETF Market
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| 12:05 - 13:25 | Lunch | |||
| Peer Benchmarking Roundtables | ||||
| 13:25 - 14:00 |
Investment Operations Leaders
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Data, AI & Technology Leaders
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Client, Distribution & Marketing Leaders
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Product & Investment Strategy Leaders
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Women in Asset Management Leadership
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Boutique & Mid-Sized Managers
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Global & Mega-Scale Asset Managers
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Wealth, Retirement & RIA Channel Leaders
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| 14:00 | Drinks Reception and Cocktail Bar | |||

