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Upcoming Programs

2008 PPI Executives Seminar
October 26-29
Japan

2008 Asian Pension
Fund Roundtable
October 29-31
Kyoto, Japan

2009 Winter Roundtable
February 25-27
 San Diego, CA

2009 Summer Roundtable
July 8-10
 Bay Area, CA

 

 

Robert Astley was named chairman of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. He succeeds Gail Cook-Bennett, whose term expires Oct. 26.

Anne Sheehan was named director of corporate governance for the California State Teachers’ Retirement System. Ms. Sheehan will begin the new position in October.

PPI welcomes IDFC Ltd., represented by Veronica John, as a new member.

William Crist, professor emeritus, California State University, Stanislaus, has been named chair of the Governance for Owners Group effective October 2008.

The National Pension Service of Korea under the leadership of new CEO, Park Hae-choon, intends to increase its holdings of domestic and overseas stocks to roughly 40% of total assets by the end of 2012. NPS will cut its weighting of bonds to 50% down from 78.9% as of June, 2008.

The Korean Investment Corporation has announced that Young Wook Chin will be its new Chief Executive Officer.

Joseph Dear, Executive Director of the Washington State Investment Board has been selected to chair the Council of Institutional Investors.

Shelley Smith,Vice-Chair, LACERS, was re-elected to the Board of Directors of the Council of Institutional Investors (CII). She was additionally elected to serve as co-chair of the Public Fund Constituency for CII. Shelley is also treasurer for PPI.

Hiroki Yamada, DIAM Co., Ltd., has announced his retirement as Deputy President in April. He is succeeded by Masataka Hama, Co-Chief Executive Officer.

PPI Members Click here to see a full list of our membership.

 

The 2008 Asian Pension Fund Roundtable
October 29-31, 2008 - Kyoto Hotel Okura, Kyoto, Japan

2008 Asian Pension Fund Roundtable

The Pacific Pension Institute is organizing our sixth annual Asian Roundtable with this year’s in-country host and PPI member, the Pension Fund Association of Japan. This year’s program will begin on Wednesday, October 29 with an Asian Network dinner for plan sponsor participants followed by our Roundtable for all participants on Thursday-Friday, October 30-31.

Headline speakers will examine how continued volatility in the global financial markets is affecting the outlook and investment strategies of pension funds and other institutional investors in Asia and globally. A series of hands-on workshops will take a close-up look at investment concerns across relevant asset classes; issues related to governance; and the recruitment and retention of investment talent.

Key Discussions

  • Asian capital markets in a time of global turmoil
  • Weathering the storm? Pension funds and the social contract
  • The year that shook faith in international finance
  • Asian markets: The players and the issues

Confirmed Speakers

  • Dai Xianglong, Chairman, National Council for Social Security
    Fund, China
  • Tomas Franzén, Chief Investment Strategist, Second National
    Pension Fund, Sweden
  • Daisuke Hamaguchi, Director, Pension Investments and
    Yuji Kage, Managing Director, Pension Investments, Pension
    Fund Association of Japan
  • Robert Holzmann, Sector Director, Social Protection Unit in the
    Human Development Network, World Bank
  • Knut Kjaer, Former Chief Executive Officer, Norges Bank
    Investment Management
  • Farouki A. Majeed, Senior Investment Officer, California Public Employees’ Retirement System
  • Priya Mathur, Trustee, California Public Employees’
    Retirement System
  • Kathy Matsui, Chief Japan Equity Strategist and Co-Director of
    Pan-Asian Investment Research, Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.
  • Bob Maynard, Chief Investment Officer, Public Employees
    Retirement System of Idaho
  • Representatives from the Government Pension Investment
    Fund, Japan
  • Shelley Smith, Trustee, Los Angeles City Employees'
    Retirement System
  • Visit Tantisunthorn, Secretary General, Government Pension
    Fund, Thailand
  • Gillian Tett, Capital Markets Editor, Financial Times
Registration for this event is now open
For more information, please contact: info@pacificpension.org.

The 2008 Summer Roundtable:
Re-Pricing Risk - Key Players in a Changing Landscape
July 23-25, 2008 - The Salish Lodge, Snoqualmie, Washington

Summer 2008 Roundtable

Click here to see the online photo gallery from the event!