4th Annual Japan Institutional Forum 2024 | Markets Group | 8 July 2024 | The Okura Tokyo, 2 Chome-10-4 Toranomon, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0001, Japan

It is an educational initiative designed through close coordination with the region’s leading institutional investors to build peer communities that merge global best practices with local expertise. The forum is specially designed to bring together staff members, investment officers, board members, and trustees representing Japanese institutions.

The program’s agenda covers macro outlook, pension fund management, private credit allocation trends, real assets, global equity market landscape, ESG, private equity and fixed income.

Key Discussion Topics
• Macro Outlook and Global Asset Allocation
• Fixed Income - Realistic Expectations and Ways to Enhance
• How to Build a Great Core Equity Portfolio
• Evaluating ESG Strategies
• Alternatives & Private Credit - Moving From Assets to Outcomes
• Real Assets - Investments in Real Estate, Energy and Infrastructure
• Investing in Today's Private Equity Markets
• Chief Investment Officer Management

2024 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Hirowaka Murakami
Chief Investment Officer, Yamauchi-No.10 Family Office (Single-Family Office)

Tetsuya Oishi
Executive Director, Investment Department, Government Pension Investment Fund

SPEAKERS:

Naoya Sugimoto
Co-Chief Investment Officer, Head of Global Investments Department, Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST)

Stefan Nilsson
Co-Chief Investment Officer, Terrasias Capital (Single Family Office)

Hidetoshi Ono
Country Head - Japan, Tsao Family Office (Single-Family Office)

Max Weber
Chief Executive Officer, LGT Wealth Management Trust

Hisanori Takata
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Tokyo University of Science Innovation Capital

Norimitsu Takeda
Chief Investment Officer, Zurich Life Insurance Japan

Kiyoshi Iwashina
Chief Investment Officer, Noritz Corporate Pension Fund

Yoshi Kiguchi
Chief Investment Officer, Pension Fund of Japanese Corporations

Hiroshi Jinno
Chief Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation

Takako Koizumi
Chief Investment Officer, Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments

Nobuyuki Inomata
Head of Fund Investment Team, Alternative Investment Solution Department, Nomura Asset Management

Keisuke Okano
Head of Investment, Private Assets, ORIX Life Insurance

Kunio Katsube
Head of Investment Research, Japan Investment Corporation

Chikako Matsumoto
Chief Sustainability Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings

Taro Ogai
Head of International Investments, WTW

Ong Hsien Chih James
Chief Strategy Officer, TPC (Tsao Pao Chee)

Hiromi Matsuda
President & Chief Executive Officer, Intellectual Bank of Japan

Akira Ikeyama
Senior Manager, Private Equity Investments, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

Takashi Kisu
Senior Consultant, Fiduciary Management Department, Nomura Fiduciary Research & Consulting

Michael von Holtzendorff
Portfolio Strategist, Global Alpha, PSP Investments

Kiyotsugu Okuyama
Senior Product Specialist, Private Asset Group, Fund Research & Development Division, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB)

Shinya Obata
Senior Product Specialist, Fund Research and Development Division, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking

Len Umantz
Head of External Manager Research, Rogers Investment Advisors

Atsushi Matsumoto
Senior Economist, Nomura Asset Management

2024 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Fiera Capital
• Dbi
• Im Global Partner
• NorthLeaf
• Optiver
• P/E Investments

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Cushman & Wakefield
• Edelweiss Alternatives
• La Trobe Financial
• Nova Quest Capital Management
• PartnerRe

SILVER SPONSORS:
• J.C Flowers & Co.
• EnTrust Global
• LexingtonPartners
• Marcellus
• Principal
• Russell Investments

NETWORKING SPONSORS:
• Astris Advisory
• Lion Global Investors
• MacroBond
• Fair Oaks Capital
• Fisher Investments Japan