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The FOCUS 2026 Main Stage explores how connected intelligence is redefining what it means to lead in investment management—and why the ability to act on insight has never mattered more. Bringing together forward-thinking clients, partners, and industry leaders to challenge assumptions and elevate thinking, the 2026 sessions focus on the ideas and shifts shaping the future of the industry.
Discover how today’s leading investment teams turn insight into action with FactSet Masterclasses. This series of five concise, role-based sessions brings innovation to life through real-world investment workflows, using a practical “day in the life” approach. See firsthand how FactSet’s connected intelligence seamlessly combines data, analytics, and AI to power smarter, faster decisions at every stage of the investment process.
FactSet Masterclass
The Future of Investment Research and How To Stay Ahead
Generating alpha today isn’t about having more data—it’s about identifying the right signals faster. In an environment defined by information overload, leading fundamental investors are turning to AI not to replace analysts,
but to cut through the noise, enhance productivity, and make high-conviction decisions with speed and confidence.
Join Jana in this FOCUS Masterclass and discover how FactSet unifies trusted data, powerful research
workflows, and advanced AI capabilities within the FactSet Workstation. Through practical examples, you’ll see how these tools work together to streamline research, surface insights faster, and deliver a sustainable research
edge.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Jana Ievins, Strategic Relationship Manager – FactSet
FactSet Masterclass
Leveraging Portfolio and Trading Tools to Enhance Your Day-to-Day Workflow
Turn portfolio vision into trading precision with the right lifecycle tools. Learn how leading firms save time, act faster, and make smarter, more impactful decisions across multi-asset portfolios. Join Matt McLean, Senior Director - Trading Sales, in this FOCUS Masterclass to explore how FactSet’s Portfolio Management and Trading Solutions—including PM Hub, Portware Enterprise EMS, and LiquidityBook OMS—connect research, compliance, order, and trade workflows. See how integrated tools help you move seamlessly from strategy to execution and gain a true competitive edge in today’s markets.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 11:15 PM- 12:00 PM
Matt Maclean, Senior Director, Trading Sales – FactSet
FactSet MasterClass
Smarter Workflows for Seamless Systematic Investing
Markets no longer move on instinct—they move on systems. In this FOCUS Masterclass, Jayden will explore how quantitative investors transform data into decisions, from systematic research and signal generation to stress testing
and optimized portfolio construction.
This session will demonstrate how FactSet brings these capabilities together in a connected quantitative research ecosystem—enabling firms to move faster, test smarter, and scale
systematic investing. See how an integrated approach to quant research empowers teams to build resilient portfolios and deliver results with confidence, every day.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Jayden Rufus
FactSet MasterClass
Convert History, Power Analysis, and Learn How to Measure What Matters Next
Great performance means little if you can’t clearly explain what drove the results. For both institutional and wealth audiences, raw analytics are no longer enough. Today's clients expect clear, actionable answers. Join Matt in this FOCUS Masterclass and follow the day of a modern performance manager to see how firms use total portfolio performance to move beyond static reporting. Learn how enhanced attribution, deeper insights, and more intuitive analysis help teams communicate results more effectively and strengthen client relationships.Wednesday, 6 May 2026 | 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Matthew Ross, Vice President, Director, Performance Product Management
FactSet Masterclass
Integrated Analysis & Reporting Empowering Daily Portfolio Insights
Today’s portfolios are more complex than ever. To fully understand them, you need to see the whole picture. Join Joe in this FOCUS Masterclass session and explore how investment teams use holistic portfolio analysis to connect
risk, performance, and exposure across the entire portfolio.
See how FactSet’s Whole Portfolio Intelligence brings these elements together to deliver clearer insights, stronger analytics, and reporting you can trust—empowering
teams to make better decisions and manage portfolios with confidence every day.
Wednesday, 6 May 2026 | 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Joe Correia, Vice President, Principal Sales Specialist – FactSet
BREAKOUT TRACK
Join industry leaders to explore how private markets are evolving across institutional and wealth segments. Examine trends in allocation, access, and innovation as asset owners and managers adapt to shifting dynamics. Learn how modern technology is enhancing transparency, data management, and efficiency—reducing operational burdens and unlocking new opportunities across private asset classes.
Breakout Session
Rising rates, dislocations in valuations, and extended fund timelines are impacting how investors manage liquidity across their private allocations. This session explores how asset owners are responding to today’s liquidity crunch. Hear how different investors are navigating compressed liquidity and discover what's helping firms plan with greater confidence in the future.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Breakout Session
In an increasingly crowded private markets landscape, access to top-tier managers remains critical to long-term performance. This discussion examines how asset owners identify, evaluate, and secure access amid rising competition for capital. Learn how due diligence is evolving, where judgment still matters most, and how data, transparency, and AI are impacting underwriting and manager engagement.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Breakout Session
Measuring private markets performance means navigating valuation lags, evolving metrics, and imperfect benchmarks. This session explores how firms assess performance while integrating results into multi-asset portfolios. Learn how firms approach benchmarking, proxying, and how they explain outcomes to stakeholders.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Breakout Session
Traditional risk measures--like factor exposures, value at risk, and expected tail loss--still play a role in private markets. This session explores leveraging market risk models and frameworks, focusing on private markets in the context of a multi asset class portfolio. Learn how effective risk oversight is leading to more resilient portfolios.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Breakout Session
Despite technological advances, reporting from GPs remains largely unstructured and PDF-based, slowing insight and increasing manual effort. This discussion explores how firms are modernizing their technology stacks and using AI for automation, data extraction, and enrichment. Hear where these approaches are delivering value, where challenges remain, and how modern tech stacks have shortened the time to insight.
Breakout Session
As private markets reach broader audiences, fund structures continue to evolve. This session examines different fund structures-evergreen, interval, traditional drawdown, and secondary strategies—highlighting benefits, risks, and appropriate use cases. Learn how liquidity, pricing, transparency, and allocation size factor into structure selection and investor education.
Offering private markets funds and capabilities to clients requires new investment expertise, operational capabilities and distribution channels. This session explores how firms navigated building internally, acquiring expertise, or partnering to scale efficiently. Hear how organizations are balancing cost, control, brand recognition, and access as demand for privates grows.
Breakout Session
Private credit is moving beyond traditional middle-market corporate lending into asset-backed, specialty, leasing, and more. This discussion examines how these shifts are changing underwriting, portfolio composition, and risk assessment. Learn how firms are evaluating credit risk today and discover what the current environment may signal for defaults and opportunity.
BREAKOUT TRACK
Discover how unified front- and middle-office solutions help asset managers, asset owners, and wealth professionals drive agility, insight, and scale. From research and trading to risk, performance, and reporting, learn how firms are redefining operating models through stronger connectivity, automation, and data-driven analytics.
Breakout Session
Discover how integrating your Order Management System (OMS) and your Investment Book of Record (IBOR) can transform operational efficiency and drive growth in this insightful panel discussion. Learn how optimized connectivity reduces risk, enhances scalability, and empowers firms to expand into new products, markets, and trading volumes with confidence. Industry experts will share best practices, both operational and technological, for building a seamless, future-ready infrastructure that supports innovation and resilience.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Breakout Session
Dive into the growing role of Performance teams as they navigate legacy roadblocks, adopt automation, and leverage emerging technologies to modernize workflows and streamline the performance cycle. This discussion will explore how functions can be automated, reimagined, or removed entirely--and explain how Performance teams are transforming into strategic advisors to the front office. Learn how these teams are driving smarter decision-making by calculating, analyzing, and distributing validated insights to downstream consumers with greater efficiency.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Breakout Session
Client personalization is a powerful tool for retaining clients and attracting new assets, but how far should firms go to meet individual demands? This fireside chat will explore the balance between delivering tailored solutions, such as custom indices, investment inclusions or exclusions, and personalized reporting, while maintaining operational efficiency. Join the discussion to uncover where to draw the line and how to delight clients without overextending resources.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
In a rapidly changing world, effectively measuring and managing risk has never been more critical. This discussion will explore the models and strategies needed to accurately assess various types of risk, the role of stress-testing, and the importance of accounting for macroeconomic impacts in today’s unpredictable environment. Gain insights into innovative approaches for de-risking portfolios and staying resilient amidst global uncertainty.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 2:00 PM -2:45 PM
Breakout Session
As investment strategies grow more sophisticated and global, firms face increasing challenges in managing data volume, complexity, and disparity. This panel will explore how organizations can enhance data governance, build effective quality control processes, and leverage AI and cloud-based solutions to streamline operations and reduce costs. Gain valuable insights into optimizing data management strategies to meet compliance needs, improve efficiency, and stay competitive in a data-driven industry.
Breakout Session
Uncover how digital transformation is reshaping client reporting, moving from static PDFs to interactive, dynamic portals that foster growth and deepen client relationships. Discover how innovations like personalized dashboards, streamlined onboarding, mobile apps, and self-service platforms are not only unlocking new market opportunities but also enhancing client engagement and trust. In this session, we'll delve into how these cutting-edge tools are empowering firms to retain clients, grow assets under management (AUM), and stay competitive in an ever-evolving financial landscape.
Breakout Session
During this fireside chat, we’ll explore the evolution of operating models in today’s dynamic landscape. From the shift between open and closed systems to the growing role of outsourcing and managed services, we’ll unpack the biggest drivers of change that's shaping the industry. Gain insights into building resiliency, future-proofing decisions, and understanding the competitive advantages and trade-offs of each approach to stay ahead in a rapidly transforming market.
Breakout Session
Discover how the buy-side is transforming their approach to delivering products to the home office, wealth advisors, and retail investors. This panel discussion will examine the shifting strategies used to connect with end consumers, including innovative offerings and more efficient delivery methods. Learn how the relationship between product distribution and client needs is driving change across the industry.
BREAKOUT TRACK
Explore the major forces shaping institutional and wealth management firms today and tomorrow. From the rise of artificial intelligence and data-driven strategies, to sustainability and global economic shifts, this track brings together expert insight, real world case studies and actionable ideas to help you be better positioned for your next investment opportunity.
Breakout Session
The buy-side is drowning in data—but alpha comes from insight, not volume. This session explores how generative AI is reshaping the research workflow, helping investment teams move faster from raw information to actionable decisions while maintaining rigor, transparency, and control.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Breakout Session
Systematic investing is evolving rapidly as data availability, compute power, and AI transform how models are built and deployed. This session explores how next-generation quant workflows are enabling faster research cycles, more adaptive strategies, and improved portfolio outcomes.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Breakout Session
From execution analytics to AI-assisted decision-making, data is transforming how trades are planned, executed, and evaluated. Learn how modern trading desks are leveraging advanced analytics and automation to improve performance and reduce execution risk.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Breakout Session
The global shift toward a low-carbon economy is reshaping industries, capital allocation, and investment risk. This session provides a framework for understanding how climate transition dynamics are influencing markets—and where investors can uncover both opportunity and exposure.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Breakout Session
Global macro dynamics are evolving at an unprecedented pace, reshaping markets, asset allocation, and risk management decisions across the buy side. In this session, we’ll explore the key macro forces redefining the investment landscape, from shifting monetary policy and geopolitical realignments to structural changes in growth and inflation.
Wednesday, 6 May 2026 | 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Breakout Session
In today’s complex and fragmented markets, understanding true liquidity and the real drivers of trade costs is more critical than ever. This session will explore how investors can move beyond traditional metrics to gain a more accurate, actionable view of liquidity, transaction costs, and execution quality. Join this session to learn smarter measurement frameworks, data-driven insights, and practical strategies for optimizing trading decisions in a rapidly evolving market environment.
Wednesday, 6 May 2026 | 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Breakout Session
An unprecedented generational shift in wealth is reshaping investor expectations, asset allocation, and engagement models across the industry. This session will explore how the transfer of wealth is influencing market behavior, product demand, and portfolio strategies, and what firms need to consider to stay relevant with the next generation of investors. Join this session for a forward-looking discussion on data-driven insights, emerging trends, and strategic implications of this historic transition.
Wednesday, 6 May 2026 | 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Breakout Session
As cloud technologies continue to redefine how firms operate, digital transformation has become a strategic imperative rather than a technical upgrade. This session will explore how investment organizations are leveraging the cloud to modernize workflows, improve scalability, and accelerate innovation across research, trading, and risk.
Wednesday, 6 May 2026 | 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Breakout Track
Capital Connected will explore how leading allocators are redefining mandates, models, and tools to navigate today’s complex investment landscape. From total portfolio thinking and performance measurement to in-house capabilities, data-driven decision-making, and evolving risk frameworks, this track unites the innovators shaping the next era of portfolio construction and capital deployment across public and private markets.
Breakout Session
Asset owners are rethinking traditional strategic asset allocation and moving toward a holistic view of risk, liquidity, and return. This session explores the Total Portfolio Approach (TPA) and what it looks like in practice, the cultural and structural barriers to adoption, and how technology enables whole-portfolio visibility. Through case studies and a dynamic panel discussion, we’ll compare TPA to traditional models, examine the role of private markets, and hear where leading institutions are on this journey.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Breakout Session
From liquidity pressures to ESG fatigue, asset owners are challenging long-held beliefs about diversification, private markets, and manager selection. In this candid discussion, industry experts will share contrarian views, such as why some are stepping back from private equity, questioning brand-name managers, and rethinking emerging markets. Join us for an unfiltered look at the strategic calls shaping portfolios today.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Breakout Session
As private markets and alternatives become a larger share of portfolios, fragmented data systems can hinder visibility and slow decision-making. This session will dive into how asset owners and wealth firms are integrating public and private market intelligence to enable holistic portfolio analysis, real-time risk oversight, and faster, more informed investment calls. Learn what best-in-class data integration looks like and why unified data is becoming a source of alpha.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Breakout Session
Delivering strong performance with limited resources requires tough choices. This session explores how asset owners balance portfolio complexity, governance demands, and lean staffing, while managing fee pressures and political optics. Hear how smaller teams leverage consultants, outsourcing, and technology to “punch above their weight,” and debate the trade-offs between simplification and specialization in today’s investment landscape.
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Breakout Session
Asset owners are increasingly moving beyond traditional allocator roles to build internal investment capabilities—from direct deals and overlays to hybrid models. This session examines the cost-benefit tradeoffs of internalization, the talent and governance challenges it brings, and how institutions are blending internal and external strategies to meet performance and stakeholder expectations.
Wednesday, 6 May 2026 | 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Breakout Session
Risk management is evolving beyond volatility and standard deviation. Today’s complex portfolios demand integrated frameworks that account for liquidity, leverage, and scenario-based risks across public and private markets. This session explores how asset owners and wealth managers are modernizing risk oversight, from stress testing and factor-based analysis to actionable insights that align governance, reporting, and investment decisions.
Wednesday, 6 May 2026 | 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Breakout Session
The era of near-zero rates is behind us, and persistent inflation is reshaping portfolio strategy. This session explores how asset owners and wealth managers are navigating higher-for-longer rates—from rethinking duration and liability matching to leveraging real assets, structured credit, and new sources of diversification and income. Join us to examine the trade-offs and tactics for building resilience in today’s rate regime.
Wednesday, 6 May 2026 | 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Breakout Session
Technology and AI are transforming how asset owners manage portfolios, assess risk, and communicate with stakeholders. This session examines the evolving allocator tech stack from build vs. buy decisions to practical applications of AI in research, signal detection, and scenario modeling. We’ll also tackle governance and fiduciary considerations to ensure responsible deployment of these powerful tools.
Wednesday, 6 May 2026 | 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
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