Citywire MPS Forum North 2025
Following the success in the South, we’re heading North for our inaugural MPS North Forum and this is your exclusive opportunity to be a part of it. Keep the morning of 9 October free because you are not going to want to miss being at Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow for it!
Whether you already outsource client assets to discretionary managers and may be looking at other options, or are considering doing so for the first time, we are thrilled to be launching a half-day event just for you.
The forum proves to be a fantastic opportunity to meet with discretionary fund managers who will present their outsourced solutions that will allow you to focus on your holistic proposition and client relationships. Rather than a stage-based presentation, participants will have a workshop-based agenda, with an emphasis on meaningful, interactive conversation.
We will also be joined by former Royal Marines Commando officer, Phil Ashby. He will be using his experience of evading and escaping the jungles of Sierra Leone in particular to discuss resilience and teamwork in difficult situations.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify and assess a variety of outsourced investment solutions, explaining their suitability for different types of client assets.
- Analyse the potential benefits and drawbacks of adopting a more outsourced investment strategy for your firm, and formulate actionable next steps for implementation.
- Evaluate how effective teamwork in high-demand situations contributes to operational success, and apply these principles to improve collaboration and efficiency within your own workplace.
Being our first event of its kind in the area, demand is already high. Register today to avoid disappointment!
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Agenda
08:30 - 09:20
Arrival and Registration
09:20 - 09:30
Welcome with Aidan Banks-Broome
09:30 - 10:00
Guest Speaker - Phil Ashby
10:00 - 10:30
Workshop 1
10:40 - 11:10
Workshop 2
11:20 - 11:50
Workshop 3
12:00 - 12:30
Workshop 4
12:40 - 13:10
Workshop 5
13:10
Buffet Lunch
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Derek Mclay
Business Development Manager

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Craig Donaldson
Business Development Consultant

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Keynote Speaker

Phil Ashby
Phil is a British Mountain Guide and a member of the International Federation of Mountain Guides Association. He was brought up in the Scottish Highlands, educated at Glenalmond and sponsored by the Royal Marines to read Engineering at Pembroke College, Cambridge (1988-1991). On completion of Royal Marines Commando Officer training in 1992, he was awarded the Commando Medal as one of the top recruits. Phil served on operations and training exercises around the world, undergoing a further year of arduous training to become a Mountain Leader Officer in 1996. When promoted in 1999, Phil was the youngest Major in the UK. In May 2000, Phil was awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal (QGM) after leading an audacious escape out of captivity from the clutches of the Revolutionary United Front in war-torn Sierra Leone. Badly injured during escape and evasion in the jungle, Phil spent a difficult period recovering from partial paralysis and was forced to leave the Marines in 2003. His autobiography ‘Unscathed’ (published by Macmillan in May 2002) rocketed into the bestseller list.