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Conference:
Day 1
24th March 8am - 5:30pm
Day 2
25th March 8am - 5:30pm
Workshops:
Pre-conference workshop: 23 March
Quantitative techniques for portfolio construction and optimisation
Post-conference workshop: 26 March
Recommended due diligence
procedures
› Full programme
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Conference day one, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 Conference day one, Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Morning refreshments and networking07.00 Registration and refreshments08.30 Welcome and chairperson’s opening remarks08.45 International keynote address: “Global economic outlook: opportunities for emerging markets”
- Global economic outlook: is the relationship between emerging and developed markets’ investment returns changing?
- Recent and future trends in investment flows to emerging market economies
- Sovereign wealth funds: attracting and regulating new sources of capital
Malan Rietveld, President
Rietveld Consulting, Canada
09.15 Keynote address: Capitalising on the current economic
landscape
- Asset allocation in an economic slowdown
- Global trends in asset allocation and drivers for future change
- Leveraging on current market developments
Carl Isernhinke, Chief Investment Officer
Clade Investment Group, South Africa
09.45 Keynote address: Responsible investment in a new era – Post Copenhagen
- Address will discuss the Climate Change Agreement, with particular emphasis on developing sustainable business practices and the role investors play in building a low – carbon, energy efficient global economy.
Head: Investment & Actuarial, Government Employees Pension Fund
10.15 Morning refreshments and networking11.00 Panel session: Diversification in the a new era
- Diversification issue: the law of small numbers
- The importance of diversification for institutional investors
- Turning to alternatives for optimal diversification
- Utilising diversification to reduce asset, sector, market and manager specific risk and optimise your risk adjusted returns
Head: Research & Investment Strategy, PHB Asset Management Head of Institutional Business, Coronation Fund Managers Chief Investment Officer, Mvunonala Investment Consultants Arno Lawrenz,
(Confirmed) Chief Investment Officer, Atlantic Asset Management
11.45 Institutional investors’ panel: Investment criteria and process
- Challenges facing today’s and tomorrows’ institutional investors
- Factors affecting investment performance – what to look out for?
- Protecting investor returns – how quickly do you know you are at risk?
Panellists:
Adv. Jan Koekemoer, Principal Officer
Cape Retirement Fund, South Africa
John Oliphant, Head of Investments and Actuarial
Government Employees Pension Fund, South Africa
Tiny Kgatlwane, Principal Officer
Debswana Pension Fund, Botswana
George Xoseni, Trustee
Municipal Councilors Pension Fund, South Africa
Linda Soga Mateza, Acting Chief Investment Officer
Eskom Pension & Provident Fund 13.30 Institutional investors’ panel: Investment criteria and process
- Exploring new areas of interest and actual investment processes
- The importance of increased liquidity and transparency
- What do institutional investors’ look for in an asset manager
Panellists:
Daniel Streicher, Principal Officer
Absa Small Enterprise Provident Fund, South Africa
Ephraim Letebele, Principal Officer
Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund 14.15 Panel discussion: Who’s Who in the Regulated Asset Allocation Environment?
- Managing Innovation, Protecting Investors, Managing Systemic Risk in a Local and Global environment
- Draft Regulation 28 proposals and its implications for Retirement Fund investors, asset allocators, advisors and asset managers.
- Consequences of changed regulatory policies
- Can the ability of investors to manage portfolio risk be improved through appropriate regulation?
Panellists:
Robert Foster, Director
Alfa, South Africa
Wendy Hattingh, Head: Supervision
FSB, South Africa
Francois Cilliers, Portfolio Manager
Novare Investments, South Africa
Stephen Smith, Senior Adviser: Savings & Economic Policy (Consultant) Asisa, South Africa
Johan Loubser, Senior Associate
Edward Nathan Sonnerberg, South Africa 15.00 Speed networking and afternoon refreshments Diversifying your portfolio – sector analysis15.45 Case study: Infrastructure outlook in the post crisis environment
- Long-term real returns with low levels of volatility – is this still the case?
- Infrastructure asset classes and their performance prospects
- How institutional investors should allocate infrastructural assets
Theo van Vuuren, Divisional Executive Manager – Portfolio Management – SA Operations
Development Bank of Southern Africa 16.15 Case Study: Valuable tactical asset allocation for the institutional market
- Value from TAA in the institutional market
- A framework for TAA
- How to benefit from TAA in the current volatile environment
- Valuation of South African asset classes
Director, Orthogonal Investments
16.45 Case study: Evaluating commodity performanceDo commodities represent a good diversification option?
Gold focus:
- What is the current state of the gold market?
- How to invest in gold as a strategic asset?
- Long-term outlook for gold?
Marcus Grubb, Managing Director, World Gold Council
17.15 Chairperson’s closing remarks and end of day one |
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