Digital Assets 2024

14 - 15 May, 2024

Business Design Centre, London

Louis LaValle

Managing Director 3iQ Digital Assets

Louis LaValle is Managing Director and Head of 3iQ Capital Management. Louis joined 3iQ in 2021 and is responsible for the development, execution, and investment management of 3iQ’s institutional investment platform. He is head of the 3iQ Capital Management Operating Committee and serves as Senior Portfolio Manager for the 3iQ Managed Account Platform (QMAP). Louis brings over 20 years of experience advising global institutions on hedge fund, private equity, and digital asset investing. Prior to 3iQ, Louis held senior leadership positions at several alternative investment management firms including Neuberger Berman, EACM Advisors (BNY Mellon), Permal Group (Legg Mason) and SkyBridge Capital. He previously served as strategic advisor to Crescent Crypto Asset Management, a digital asset investment firm that created one of the industry’s first suites of investable crypto index solutions. He began career in investment management working with family offices and institutional clients of Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse. Louis holds a bachelor’s degree with honors from New York University (NYU).

Day 1 | 14th May

10:25 AM Crypto 101 Briefing (Chatham House): Understanding the investable landscape to inform allocation strategies

Open to 25 participants and hosted under Chatham House Rule


  • Defining and classifying the asset class
  • Who are the key participants, service providers, auditors, and administrators in the ecosystem?
  • How many hedge funds are in the digital assets market, how do they generate capital and what are the different strategies?
  • How is custody different in digital vs traditional assets?

This session is positioned for pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, traditional fund of funds and private banks who are looking to understand the crypto investment landscape, and how to access it.

3:40 PM *Chatham House* Asset Manager Crypto 101 Workshop- Outsource vs In-house: How can asset managers participate in this market, and what are the key considerations?

Leave this workshop with a clear understanding on the different ways asset managers can participate in this market.


  • How to determine whether to outsource to a fund manager, or whether to build out a division?
  • ETF’s, Mutual funds, fund managers- how can you participate?
  • If building in-house, what are the regulatory, counterparty and advisory considerations?


Hosted by a leading fund of fund and market expert: Louis LaValle, Managing Director, 3iQ Digital Assets

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Louis.

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