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Venue of the Lupus alpha Investment Fokus: the Alte Oper Frankfurt - also at this year's 21st edition of the traditional investor event.
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Ralf Lochmüller, CEO of Lupus alpha, expressed his optimism that Germany can pull off a turnaround and regain its place as the driving force of Europe.
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Prof. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Ischinger, president of the Munich Security Conference’s Foundation Council, warned: “We must not underestimate the magnitude of this turning point in history. This is a very serious situation.”
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The morning podium discussion focused on hurdles to innovation in Germany and discussed an explosive question: Are we getting left behind?
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Dr. Theodor Weimer, CEO of Deutsche Börse AG: “The USA and China are striving for technological leadership in the most brutal way possible.”
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Jonas Liegl, Portfolio Manager of Lupus alpha Micro Champions: “Politicians don’t develop vaccines for pandemics; only resourceful companies can do that”.
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Inflation was the main topic of discussion on the capital markets podium, with the four panellists agreeing that it would remain high for a while longer yet.
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Every year, Lupus alpha asks its conference guests about their expectations for the capital markets. They believe it could take more than two years before we see inflation rates of 2% to 3%.
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Ralf Lochmüller in conversation with Wolfgang Ischinger on the sidelines of the Lupus alpha Investment Fokus.
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Dr. Martin Lück, Head of Capital Markets Strategy for Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Eastern Europe at BlackRock: “Central banks will accept entering a recession.”
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Dr. Christian Rouette, Managing Director, Henkel Family Office: “In the last few crises, central banks supported the capital markets. Now they have returned to pursuing their actual goal.”
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View into the engine room of the Lupus alpha Investment Fokus.
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Richard Gröttheim, CEO of Swedish pension fund AP7 Såfa: “Investing globally means losing a little here and gaining a little there.”
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Thanks from Ralf Lochmüller to the presenter of the day, Corinna Wohlfeil from ntv. We look forward to seeing you again on November 8, 2023.