Where Institutional Investors Meet Expert Investment Practioners

Now in its 7th year, IFFI has over 80 expert speakers coming to Amsterdam in February and will play host to over 250 attendees including:

  1. Institutional Investors from Pension Funds, Endowments & Foundations
  2. Thought Leaders from the Investment Consultancy and Gatekeeper community
  3. Market Leading Institutional Asset Managers
  4. Fiduciary Managers

The Market Leading Institutional Investor Forum

Key Institutional Investment Issues On The Agenda For 2009:

  • Asset Allocation Strategies For Institutional Investors
    • What are investor concerns in the current financial environment & what do they want from their managers?
      Prominent investors from a pension fund, an endowment and a private bank, will be sharing their views on short and long term investment goals and how these have been affected by the recent market turmoil.
  • Institutional Asset Management: CEO 360˚ Market Overview
    • An annual highlight of the conference, the IFFI CEO panel delivers strategic expertise from the CEOs of Europe's leading institutional asset management houses.
    • Against the backdrop of the credit crunch, it is essential to build a diversified business model to remain robust in different cycles. Find out how from the experts how you can extend yor product offering, broaden your client type and geographical spread.
  • Fund Manager Selection Summit - Monday 23 February 2009
  • An unmissable summit in the current climate! The Fund Manager Selection Summit takes a close look at trends in fund manager selection criteria. Delivered from the perspective of investors and gate keepers, you will find out:

    • What do best in class managers have in common?
    • What are investors looking for these days when they re-assess their managers?
    • What are the new criteria investors and gatekeepers are using to spot out-performing managers?
    • How to Create Value(s) during manager selection
    • Strategies for ongling manager research and montioring
  • SRI & Embedding ESG In The Mainstream
    • During our research with over 50 senior institutional investors, we were asked to put together a session to capture the growing importance of environmental, social and governance criteria in mainstream investing.
    • To bring you the latest thought leadership and best practice in embedding ESG concepts into everyday investment processes, are:
    • Hugh Wheelan, RESPONSIBLE INVESTOR, Rob Lake, APG INVESTMENTS, David Summerfield, USS and James Gifford, UN PRI.
  • The Evolution Of Fiduciary Management
    • European asset managers have been watching the development of this new investment management strategy as it has become the most significant development in the northern European institutional fund management market. To answer your questions on how the rules of engagement with clients are changing is an excellent panel of Fiduciary Management pioneers:
    • Moderated by expert Author of "Fiduciary Management, Blueprint for Pension Fund Excellence", Anton van Nunen, who is joined by original Fiduciary Managers: 
      Ruud Hendriks, MD & Chairman, GSAM BENELUX
      Wouter Pelser,
      CIO, MN SERVICES
      Bart Heenk,
      MD, Benelux & Nordics, SEI
  • and it's all 100% FREE for Institutional Investors!
    • Institutional investors are our VIP guests and get to attend the whole conference and both summits for free!  (Subject to qualification and Conference Director\'s discretion). So that you have the chance to meet and share expertise with your international counterparts, we will also be hosting an exclusive VIP investor only dinner.
    • Investors that qualify for a free pass are those organisations that are solely investing on their own behalf and do not sell any investment products or services on to other clients i.e. pension funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth
    • To find out whether you qualify, send your company details and job function to: lgriffin@icbi.co.uk
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80+ Expert Investors & Market Focussed Speakers including:

Dr. Ros Altman
Dr. Ros Altman Leading Pensions Expert & Policy Advisor SPECIAL GUEST!
Don Reynolds
Don Reynolds Futurist & Real World Economist SPECIAL GUEST!
Amin Rajan
Amin Rajan CEO CREATE RESEARCH
Charles Dumas
Charles Dumas Director LOMBARD STREET RESEARCH
Lars Rohde
Lars Rohde CEO ATP
Gumersindo Oliveros
Gumersindo Oliveros Dir. Pension Plan THE WORLD BANK
Hasse Jørgensen
Hasse Jørgensen CFO SAMPENSION
Pranay Gupta
Pranay Gupta
Alan Brown
Alan Brown CIO SCHRODERS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Roderick Munsters
Roderick Munsters CIO APG INVESTMENTS
Michael O'Brien
Michael O'Brien Hd of Distribution, EMEA BGI
Jan Straatman
Jan Straatman CIO ING INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Anton van Nunen
Anton van Nunen Author FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT
Wouter Pelser
Wouter Pelser CIO MN SERVICES
Ruud Hendriks
Ruud Hendriks Managing Director GOLDMAN SACHS
Bart Heenk
Bart Heenk MD, Benelux & Nordics SEI

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