Probus Pleion Outlook 2026

What will drive markets in 2026? Is the AI boom sustainable or are we witnessing another tech bubble? Curious about uncorrelated strategies that have quietly delivered impressive returns?

Join us for an insightful webinar featuring industry experts as we tackle these critical questions.

Our speakers

Adrian Kirigin

CIO

Probus Pleion Middle East Limited

Dubai, UAE

Daniel Blesi

Head of Investment Advisory, EAMs & AMCs

Vontobel

Zurich, Switzerland

Marcel Schnyder

Founding Partner

Alternative Partners

Zug, Switzerland

Adrian Kirigin will open our session by providing a comprehensive market outlook, where he will discuss the macroeconomic landscape, interest rates, equity markets, and key asset classes for the year ahead.

Daniel Blesi will then guide us through a critical reassessment of Artificial Intelligence investments. Five years ago, when we first hosted Bank Vontobel's team on this topic, optimism was high. Today, with growing concerns about valuations, energy consumption, and actual productivity gains, we will reassess the landscape and discuss what this means for investors.

Marcel Schnyder will introduce music royalties as an alternative investment strategy that has consistently delivered strong returns with remarkable stability and independence from traditional market movements.

Time:

• CET: 9:30 AM

• Hong Kong & Singapore: 4:30 PM

About our speakers

Daniel Blesi

Daniel Blesi is an experienced financial professional with a strong background in advising and managing both Swiss and international clients. He has expertise in Swiss equity sales, as well as in trading equities, options, and futures.

Daniel holds the Swiss Federal Diploma in Financial and Investment Advisory (AZEK), the FINRA Series 7 license, and is a Certified Wealth Management Advisor (CWMA). He combines analytical rigor with practical market insight to offer valuable perspectives on market trends and investment strategies.

With years of experience in delivering thoughtful guidance and strategic market perspectives, Daniel is well-equipped to provide insights on both macro and microeconomic factors that impact investors.

Marcel Schnyder

Marcel Schnyder is the founding partner of Alternative Partners (AP). Marcel has more than 20 years of experience in finance/banking and asset management. After 5 years at Allied Finance as Head Fund & Asset Management, he joined LGT Capital Management Ltd. ("LGT CM") in 2005 as a portfolio manager for institutional clients and multi asset funds. At LGT CM Ltd. Marcel was promoted to CIO and a member of the executive board, responsible for the LGT Houseview, the asset allocation and the investment teams multi asset class including the princely portfolio of Liechtenstein, equities, fixed income, commodities, absolute return & ILS.

In 2014 Marcel took over the CEO position at LGT CM and got a Managing Partner at LGT Capital Partners Ltd. When LGT CM and LGT Capital Partners Ltd. had merged. Prior to founding AP, Marcel was CEO of Reichmuth & Co Investment Management in Lucerne with infrastructure, fund of hedge funds, equity and multi asset teams and funds.

Marcel started his career in 1992 at Raiffeisenbank, completed his studies in commercial banking in 1995 and worked another three years at Raiffeisen as a mortgage credit analyst and investment advisor. He holds a degree in Business Administration and Economics at the University of Applied Science in Chur - Switzerland, specialising in Banking and Finance.

Your host

Mark Staudenmann

Partner

Probus Pleion Suisse SA (Zurich)

e  mstaudenmann@probuspleion.ch

t  +41 43 322 15 80