The second annual Greenwich Economic Forum will be anchored by famed Westport hedge fund manager Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates, organizers said in a statement released yesterday.

The forum will take place at the Delamar Greenwich Harbor Hotel Nov. 5-6.

This year’s speaker lineup includes such luminaries Dalio, David Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group, Marc Lasry of Avenue Capital, Gillian Tett of the Financial Times, Annie Lamont of Oak HC/FT and Robert Zhang of the Hedge Fund Committee of AMAC (China), with several more to be announced in the coming months. Many of the most prominent global institutional investors will also be participating, including the IBM Pension Fund, HESTA (Australia) and CIC (China).

Following its successful debut last year with over 350 attendees from around the world, GEF 2019 will be produced by the Greenwich Business Institute and the Financial Times, with the support of the state of Connecticut and the town of Greenwich.

“The Greenwich Economic Forum is pleased to announce that after an incredibly successful inaugural event, the conference is returning for its second year,” Bruce McGuire, cofounder of GEF and president of the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association, said in a statement. “We are looking forward to welcoming this extraordinary slate of global leaders.”

The agenda will explore the trends and disruptions reshaping global finance, including the opening of China’s financial markets, the growth of private equity and private credit, and the latest trends in ESG investing globally.