$100 billion fund director to attend Jersey Finance conference

Thursday 23 February 2017

A director of a fund said to be the largest in the world will be speaking at Jersey Finance’s annual funds conference in London on Tuesday 21 March 2017.

With up to $100 billion to invest in the global technology sector over the next five years, the Softbank Vision Fund is regarded as the world’s largest fund.

At the Jersey Finance event, Jonathan Bullock, Director of the fund and International COO and Managing Director for SoftBank Group International, will set out how SoftBank see the investments transforming the technology sector.

Mr Bullock will be joined at the event by broadcaster Nick Robinson and behavioural economist Tim Harford, an award-winning Financial Times columnist.

CEO of Jersey Finance Geoff Cook said: “Our funds conference is a flagship event for us, enabling us to promote Jersey as a centre of excellence. The leading members of London’s funds industry attend each year because we attract such high-calibre speakers to discuss the key contemporary issues, and I am delighted that this will continue in 2017.” 

Pictured: Geoff Cook, CEO of Jersey Finance.

The half-day conference is scheduled to be held at the award-winning 8 Northumberland Avenue and will also include a networking lunch, afternoon tea, and post-conference drinks.