Investment Education Symposium 2024 | Opal Group | 7 February 2024 | The Royal Sonesta New Orleans, 300 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA

This event aims to provide broad education and information on investing, fiduciary responsibility, and selection of money managers to the key decision makers and other representatives of the nation's largest pension funds, endowments, foundations and other institutional investors. Participants of this conference will have the chance to exchange ideas and learn from other delegates and presenters who manage some of the largest capital flows within both the traditional and the alternative investment communities. Institutional investors will come from across the country not just to network but also to learn from the nation's leading institutional investors, asset managers, hedge fund managers, consultants and more.

2024 Speakers

MODERATOR:

Robert Grden
Executive Director, Wayne County Employees Retirement System

William Beck
Senior Vice President, Wilshire Associates Incorporated

James Thompson
Board Member, Louisiana Trustee Education Council (LATEC), General Counsel, Denver Employees Retirement Plan (DERP)

Frank Jobert, Jr.
Executive Director, Louisiana Trustee Education Council and Trustee, Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana Pension Plan (TMSEL)

PANELISTS:

Marco Vicenzino
Director, Global Strategy Project

Adam Phillips
Managing Director, Loop Capital Asset Management

David Center
Managing Director, Fund Evaluation Group LLC

John Fleming
State Treasurer, State of Louisiana

SPEAKERS:

Dennis White
Partner, Kahn Swick & Foti LLC

Frank Jobert
Jr. Executive Director, Louisiana Trustee Education Council and Trustee, Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana Pension Plan (TMSEL)

Richard Hampton
Jr., President, Louisiana Trustee Education Council (LATEC)

Senator Edward Price
Chairman of the Senate Retirement Committee, District 2, State of Louisiana

John Keane
Trustee, Police Officers and Firefighters Health Insurance Trust

Jeff James
Portfolio Manager, Driehaus Capital Management

Jim Robertson
Executive Vice President – Private Debt, ATEL Growth Capital

Matthew Sweeney
Managing Director, Private Credit, Macquarie Asset Management

John Broussard
Chief Investment Officer, Louisiana State Treasury

Matthew J. Freedman
CFA, CAIA, Chief Investment Officer, La. School Employees' Retirement System

2024 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSOR:
• Wolf Popper

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Amundi
• Atel
• BLB&G
• Chimicles
• Driehause
• KSF
• Loop Capital
• Mazquarie
• Motley Rice
• Solyco Capital

BRONZE SPONSOR:
• MFS