8th Institutional Investment Forum Japan 2019 | Haymarket Media Group | 17 June 2019 | The Ritz-Carlton, Japan, 〒107-6245 Tokyo, Minato City, Akasaka, 9 Chome−7−1 Tokyo Midtown

Japan is far from insulated from the ongoing volatility and uncertainty affecting assets and markets across the world. The domestic market also continues to face challenges of its own and, coupled with the country’s evolving investment landscape and reform regime, the 8th Institutional Investment Forum Japan comes at a crucial time for many of the country’s leading institutional investors. With recessionary fears rising, investment teams must focus on how they can adapt their views – and in turn their asset allocations – to ensure current portfolios and future strategies remain relevant.

Institutions need to address various issues, ranging from how to monitor assets effectively with limited resources (especially for corporate pension funds), to the need for greater diversification, to understanding the real value of ESG, to applying technology innovations to increase their efficiency and optimise portfolios.

More than 150 decision-makers from leading insurance companies, public and corporate pension funds, trust banks, government entities will convene at the event to determine what the future is for global portfolios

Why you should attend:
• Understand how institutional investment peers, both at home and from abroad, are tackling market-changing developments
• Determine how to implement best-practices in asset allocation and fund selection
• Engage with the investment community in interactive discussion and debate
• Network to deepen relationships with existing contacts and find potential co-investment opportunities

Who should attend

The forum is tailored to the Japanese institutional audience and free of charge* for professional institutional investors and fund distributors from Japan from the below categories:
• Pension funds
• Insurance companies
• Asset management companies
• Government investment funds
• Family offices
• Private banks
• Commercial banks

2019 Speakers

Brad Glosserman
Author, Peak Japan

Chisato Haganuma
Chief strategist, global asset management business, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation

Eric Stein
Co-director of global income, Eaton Vance

Geoffrey Lunt
Product specialist, Asian Fixed Income, HSBC Global Asset Management

Hiromichi Tamura
Head of research, Asia Pacific, FTSE Russell

Katsuyuki Tokushima
Head of pension research, Financial Research department, NLI Research Institute

Kumi Fujisawa
Chief executive officer, Think Tank SophiaBank

Matthew McAdam
Director, Asia-Pacific, UNPRI

Pierre Chartres
Fixed income investment director, M&G Investments

Rajeev Radhakrishnan
Head of fixed income, SBI Funds Management

Tatsuo Ichikawa
Managing director, head of quant team, Investment Division, Japan Post Bank

Tokihiko Shimizu
Senior managing director, head of investment banking division, Japan Post Bank

Yoshisuke Kiguchi
Chief investment officer, Okayama Metal and Machinery Pension Fund

2019 Sponsors

• Eaton Vance
• FTSE Russell
• HSBC Global Asset Management
• M&G Investments
• S&P Global
• TGIM Assets