Conference on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds

By Jointly organized by CJEB and APAR, Columbia Business School

Date and time

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 · 1:15 - 5:30pm EDT

Location

The Italian Academy, Columbia University

1161 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10027

Description

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Conference on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 1:15 - 5:30 p.m.
The Italian Academy, Columbia University
(1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027)


This is the inaugural conference of the
Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds (PPPSF) at the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School. The PPPSF was established at CJEB under the guidance of Professor Takatoshi Ito to examine and conduct extensive research on how public pension funds and sovereign wealth funds should be structured, both in portfolio and governance. For more information about PPPSF including its new Working Paper Series, please visit its website.
The complete agenda is available here.

Session topics:

  • Investment Challenges in an Environment of Secular Stagnation
  • Best Practices: The Case of GPIF
  • Seeking Alpha - The Role of Alternatives in Asset Allocation

Confirmed Participants:

Kevin Bong, Senior Vice President, Economics and Investment Strategy, GIC
Joyce Chang, Global Head of Research, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Richard Clarida, C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics and International Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Scott Evans, Deputy Comptroller for Asset Management and Chief Investment Officer, NY City Retirement Systems
John Gandolfo, Chief Investment Officer, the World Bank Group Staff Retirement and Benefit Plans
Sadayuki Horie, Nomura Research Institute; former GPIF Investment Advisory Committee

Takatoshi Ito, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
William Kinlaw, Senior Managing Director and Global Head, State Street Associates
Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg, Founder and Chairman, Strategic Investment Group

Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB, Columbia Business School
Bob Prince, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Bridgewater Associates
Andrew Rozanov, Associate Fello, Chatham House

Geoffrey Rubin, Managing Director and Head of Portfolio Construction and Research, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Chris Schindler, Managing Director Portfolio Management and Asset Allocation, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Fiona Stewart, World Bank
Lawrence Summers, Harvard University
Norihiro Takahashi, President, Government Pension Investment Fund

Advance registration is required.
Videotaping prohibited. Reporting will be according to Chatham House rules; no direct attribution.

Your presence at this event indicates your willingness to appear in any photos as produced by CJEB. If this is an issue, please let us know. Thank you.

General Contact: Andy Wanning, aw2040@columbia.edu
Media Contact: Ryoko Ogino, ro2213@columbia.edu

Organized by

Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business Schoolwww.gsb.columbia.edu/cjeb 

Advanced Projects and Applied Research in Fintech (APAR)ech

www.gsb.columbia.edu/fintech 

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