Marine Money Gears Up for Annual Superyacht Finance Forum

Marine Money preparations are underway for its 7th Annual Superyacht Finance Forum scheduled for September 23rd, 2014.

The most recent program for the event, published today, outlines the following agenda:

8:20 Registration and Welcome Coffee Opens

9:00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Hugo Modderman, Dolfinance

9:10 Wind In Your Sail: The UHNW Customer For The Luxury Yacht Market
Mykolas Rambus, CEO, Wealth-X

9:55 Sale and Purchase and New Order Scorecard
Speaker TBA, Boat International

10:15 A Broker’s Perspective on the Market
Joseph F. Killian, Founder & CEO, Killian Yacht & Ship Brokers

10:35 Networking Break

11:20 Tax/VAT Update
Ayuk Ntuibane, Partner, Moore Stephens Isle of Man
Anthony Galea, Partner, DF Marine
Thierry Voisin, Partner, SOS Yachting France

12:20 Luncheon – L'Horizon Top Deck, Fairmont Monte-Carlo

2:15 Yacht Ownership; The Priceless Experience - An Owner's Perspective
Chip Fichtner

2:45 Financing Superyachts Today
Olivier Blanchet, Head of Shipping Clients Services & Yacht Finance, BNP Paribas
Chrystelle Cavernes, Head of Yacht and Private Jet Financing Department, Societe Generale Private Banking (Monaco)
Richard Kearsey, Managing Director, Close Brothers Aviation and Marine
Lisa Verbit, Senior Vice President, Marine Lending, Bank of America
Hugo Modderman, Dolfinance
Moderator: Panos Pourgourides, Partner, Hill Dickinson LLP

3:25 Networking Break

4:00 A Private Equity Perspective on the Superyacht Market
Norma Trease, Director, Marine Division, Salamanca Group

4:20 TBA

Chairman’s Closing Remarks

The day's events will culminate in a cocktail reception once again graciously hosted by the Marshall Islands Registry.

For further updates to the conference program or to register for the event, visit http://www.marinemoney.com/forums/Monaco14/index.