5th Annual Pennsylvania Institutional Forum 2018 | Markets Group | 30 October 2018 | Le Méridien Philadelphia, 1421 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA

The 5th Annual Pennsylvania Institutional Forum 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 roughly 75 staff members, investment officers, board members, trustees, and the institutional community representing Pennsylvania.

The program’s agenda will cover smart beta, pension fund management, private equity allocation trends, real assets, fund operational issues, global equity market landscape, hedge fund allocation trends, asset recovery, securities litigation, distressed cycle and credit market navigation, interest rates and the credit cycle, real assets and non-traditional asset classes, fiduciary responsibility,and fraud protection.

2018 Speakers

James Grossman
Chief Investment Officer, Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System

Bryan Lewis
Chief Investment Officer, Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System

Don Walker
Vice President & Deputy Chief, Investment Officer, Board of Pensions of The Presbyterian

Robin Wiessman
Former Treasurer, Pennsylvania, Secretary, Banking & Securities for Pennsylvania

Peggy Flynn
Plan Investments, American Water

Marcia Peters
Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Evaluations, Inc

David Moore
Director of Investments, American Baptist Home Mission Societies

Warren Tye
Investment Officer, Helmsley Charitable Trust

Benjamin Holland
Controller, Butler County, Butler County Retirement System

Andrew Dinger
Investment Officer, Haverford College

Derek Varner
Associate Director of Investments, Bucknell University

Nimisha Srivastava
Global Head of Credit, Willis Towers Watson

Christopher McDonough
Co-Chief Investment Officer, Investment Performance Services

Kevin McGrath
Portfolio Manager, New Jersey, Division of Investments

Christian Dunbar
Deputy City Treasurer, City of Philadelphia

Ben Baldridge
Director of Manager Research, Newport Group

Keith Hocter
Partner, Investment Consultant, Bellwether Consulting

Richard Shaffer
Senior Partner, Director of Research Chartwell Consulting

208 Sponsors

TITLE SPONSOR:
• Allianz Global Investors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• BNP Paribas
• Nuveen
• Vontobel
• Macquarie
• Advent

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Nikko am
• Voya
• BLB&G
• Newstar Financial
• Securian Asset Management
• Unigestion
• Ryan Labs Asset Management