Japanese Global Pension Symposium 2018 | Pensions & Investments | 13 November 2018 | TBA, Tokyo, Japan

The 2018 symposium aims to help plan sponsors determine if this is the year to take on riskier investment strategies or to align liabilities and risks more closely. Attendees will hear from top industry experts on how best to fulfill retirement promises made to participants while keeping corporations, foundations and endowments financially stable.

Global recovery from the sovereign debt crisis created by the recession has taken a decade. Despite favorable developments of robust economic expansion and decreased unemployment in many parts of the world, inflationary pressures remain weak. Underlying inflation has been basically flat over the past five years and wage growth does not yet show convincing upward momentum. Meanwhile, investors are increasingly looking for strategies that can help mitigate equity market volatility while preserving asset class exposure to risk. As central banks move away from unprecedented monetary easing, the main issue for bond investors is shifting from survival in a low-yield environment to dealing with policy normalization.

The Pensions & Investments 12th Annual Global Pension Symposium aims to help investors struggling to get acceptable returns from bond portfolios as historically low interest rates begin a move toward being normalized. Attendees will discover innovative strategies in fixed income, equity, alternative assets, and will gain knowledge from plan sponsor case studies on topics such as ESG investing benefits. Participation in the program includes valuable insights from investment experts on best practices for managing retirement portfolios and the effect of rising interest rates will have on investment returns as monetary policy normalization takes effect across the globe.

2018 Speakers:

Christopher J. Battaglia
Vice President and Group Publisher, Pensions & Investments

Takashi Tachi
Principal Managing Director, Head of Global Research and Fiduciary Service Research

Prof. Kohei Komamura
Professor of Economics, Director of the Research Center for Financial Gerontology, Keio University

Stefan Hubrich, CFA, Ph.D.
Multi-Asset Research Director, T. Rowe Price

Motoya Fukuzawa
Head of Product Management, Schroders (Japan)

Hiroki Masuoka
Executive Director, Nitto Denko Pension Fund

Hiroki Nakamura
Pension Investment Consulting Dept., Daiwa Fund Consulting Co., Ltd.

Hisae Sato
Chief Investment Officer, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd

Makoto Hoshino
Investment Consulting Senior Consultant, Mercer Japan Ltd.

Wataru Araiso
Director, Fixed Income Business Development (Japan), AllianceBernstein Japan Ltd.

Hiroshi Yokotani, CMA
Portfolio Strategist - Fixed Income and Currency, State Street Global Advisors (Japan) Co., Ltd.

Shinji Kanetake
Chief Analyst, Asset Management Consulting Dept., Investment Evaluation Division, Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I)

Dr. Tadashi Kikugawa
Managing Director, Head of Quantitative Index Strategies, Global Markets Structuring, Japan, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Masahiro Suzuki
Investment Risk Management Office Senior Investment Specialist (Head of Office), National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel

Tomonori Uchiyama
Tokyo Metropolitan Univ. Professor

David Seex
Head of Alternatives, Asia Pacific, Schroders

Wiliam Nicoll
Co-Head of Alternative Credit, M&G Investments

Masato Tojima
Director & Head of Investment Research - Japan, GAM Japan Limited

Rob Stabler
Product Director, Invesco

Masao Kato
Managing Director, Fujitsu Pension Fund

Shinichi Kishimoto
Head of Product Management, Head of Equity Product, Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited

Naoyuki Maekawa
General Manager, Investment Planning Division, MUFG BANK Pension Fund

Tsuneo Taguchi
Senior Executive Advisor Fiduciary Service Research Center, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Yuya Kawachi
Deputy Director, Industrial Finance Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Takeo Aso
Portfolio Manager—Global and International Value Equities, AllianceBernstein Limited

Archibald Ciganer, CFA
Japan Equity Strategy Portfolio manager, T. Rowe Price Japan, Inc

Yuji Horikoshi
Chief investment Officer, Portfolio Manager, Mitsubishi Corporation Pension Fund

Toru Yamane
Investment Managing Director, Daiwa House Industry Pension Fund

Taro Ogai
Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific, Investments, Towers Watson Investment Services K.K.

William Schwab
Former Global Head of Real Estate, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

Sean Ruhmann
Partner, TA Realty

Atsuko Iino
Asset Management Department / Senior Manager, National Pension Fund Association

Takashi Mitsutake
Senior Portfolio Manager, KDDI Pension Fund

Shinichi Nishisako
Senior Consultant Fiduciary Management Department, Fiduciary Service Research Center, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Eriko Kato
Private Fund Management Department, Deputy General Manager, Mitsubishi Jisho Investment Advisors, Inc.

Michinori Kanokogi
Vice President, AQR International Ltd. Tokyo Branch

Hisashi Hatta
Managing Director, AISIN Employees’ Pension Fund

Toshihiko Ishii
Nikkei Pension Fund, Executive Managing Director

Konosuke Kita
Director of Consulting, Executive Consultant, Russell Investments

Benjamin Colton
Vice President, Head of Asia-Pacific on the Asset Stewardship Team of State Street Global Advisors (SSGA)

Jeffrey Dunn
Principal, AQR Capital Management

Alex Jeffrey
Head of Asia Pacific, M&G Investments

Shunsuke Kasuga
Executive Consultant, Fiduciary Management Department, Fiduciary Service Research Center, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Norihiro Takahashi
President, Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)

Daisuke Hamaguchi
Senior Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, Pension Fund Association

Wataru Ogihara
Senior Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer, Global Equity, Nomura Asset Management Co., ltd.

Nobusuke Tamaki
Professor, Junior College Division, Otsuma Women's University

Seiji Ogishima
Managing Director, Head of Fiduciary Management Department, Fiduciary Service Research Center, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Christopher J. Battaglia
Vice President and Group Publisher, Pensions & Investments

2018 Sponsors and Partners:

PRESENTER:
• Pension&Investment

MAIN SPONSOR:
• NOMURA

SPONSORS:
• AB ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN
• AQR
• Invesco
• M&G INVESTMENT
• TA Realty
• Schroders
• STATE STREET GLOBAL ADVISORS
• T.Rowe Price