OVERVIEW AGENDA SPEAKERS LOCATION POST EVENT COVERAGE Investment Innovation Conference Nov. 12-14, 2024 | Fairmont Pacific Rim, Vancouver, B.C. Keynote Speaker Lew Lukens Former ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau and senior partner, Signum Global Advisors Speakers Michael Arone Chief investment strategist, SPDR, State Street Global Advisors Michael Dawson Chief financial officer, Colleges of Applied Arts […]
OVERVIEW AGENDA SPEAKERS LOCATION POST EVENT COVERAGE Investment Innovation Conference Nov. 12-14, 2024 | Fairmont Pacific Rim, Vancouver, B.C. All times listed below are in Pacific Time. November 12, 2024 4:30 – 5:30 PM: Speaker rehearsal (Star Sapphire AB) 6:00 – 9:00 PM: Opening cocktail reception and dinner (Star Sapphire Foyer) November 13, 2024 7:30 – 8:30 […]
OVERVIEW AGENDA SPEAKERS LOCATION POST EVENT COVERAGE Investment Innovation Conference Nov. 12-14, 2024 | Fairmont Pacific Rim, Vancouver, B.C. Enhancing investment returns in an unpredictable world In the search for market-beating returns, institutional investors are facing a shifting geopolitical landscape, ongoing questions about monetary policy and the impact of climate change. At the 2024 Investment Innovation […]
OVERVIEW AGENDA SPEAKERS LOCATION POST EVENT COVERAGE Speaker Dustin Haygood, client portfolio manager, Aristotle Capital Management Dustin Haygood is a client portfolio manager at Aristotle Capital and a member of the investment team. Prior to joining Aristotle Capital, Haygood was lead analyst at Capital Alpha Partners where he performed political risk research for institutional investors. […]
Defined contribution pension plan providers and advisors say plan sponsors should offer and support in-plan decumulation options, according to a new survey by PIMCO Canada Corp. The survey, which polled 12 DC plan providers and advisors, found more than half (53 per cent) of respondents said their plan sponsor clients haven’t considered implementing in-plan decumulation options, […]
OVERVIEW AGENDA SPEAKERS ACTIVITIES LOCATION POST EVENT COVERAGE Speaker Paul Benson, head of efficient beta, Insight Investment Paul Benson joined Insight in September 2021 following the transition of Mellon Investments’ fixed income strategies to Insight. He has been in the investment industry since 1994. Benson is the head of fixed income efficient beta, responsible for […]
Market expansion in 2021 is a priority among Canada’s defined contribution pension consultants, according to a new survey by PIMCO Canada. The inaugural survey, conducted across 12 major DC consulting and advisory firms that serve roughly 2,500 Canadian plan sponsor clients, found up-market expansion and down-market expansion in 2021 were the top strategic priorities among […]
The majority (64 per cent) of consulting and advisory firms said their plan sponsor clients are looking to improve financial wellness programs, according to a new defined contribution plan consulting survey by PIMCO. The same percentage (64 per cent) of respondents said plan sponsors want to improve participant retirement education and evaluate investment fees. The […]
As institutional investors seek portfolio diversification and the insurance industry seeks additional capacity amid global growth, investment strategies incorporating insurance-linked securities are providing a solution for both parties. Insurance-linked securities allow insurers to transfer some of their risk to investors. For example, in the case of catastrophe bonds, the issuer pays a coupon to an […]
For the first time in its existence, the German 30-year government bond yield slipped into the negatives and it isn’t inconceivable that U.S. Treasuries could follow suit, said Joachim Fels, global economic advisor at PIMCO Corp., in a recent blog post. While negative yields have lately been cropping up in developed markets outside the U.S., […]