Managing Pension Risk & Liabilities 2020 - New York City | Pensions & Investments | 12 October 2020 | Virtual Event

The Managing Pension Risk & Liabilities conference will provide actionable information for developing, implementing and managing pension risk for every pension fund no matter the strategy chosen. Whether considering a pension risk transfer or managing an open plan, attendees will walk-away with the newest and best ideas for pension risk management. In addition, plan sponsors will have the opportunity to network with each other and the esteemed speaking faculty.

Pension risk management has become very complicated over the past several years with the changing economic and regulatory environments, and an array of strategies or combinations of strategies from which to choose. While the movement toward pension risk transfer has accelerated, there are still pension funds that either are not ready or choose to maintain their funds and manage risk with a liability driven investing strategy.

Pension funds have generally enjoyed funding status improvements over the past year, thanks to a prolonged bull market. Now, the challenge is to lock-in funded status gains. An important lesson learned by pension funds is that growth assets are needed to maintain funded status even when following an LDI strategy. Another important lesson learned in recent years is that risk management strategies must be customized to the fund, taking into consideration the fund’s risk appetite, funding status, and end goal. Along with a customized strategy, funds need to create more customized benchmarks for measuring performance.

The Managing Pension Risk & Liabilities conference will cover these and other topics including:
• Surveying the array of pension risk management strategies
• Using holistic asset-liability modeling analysis to understand the plan’s risk relative to liabilities
• Developing a glidepath that is both robust and nimble
• Creating a customized LDI strategy with customiz

2020 Speakers

Justin Adamitis
Director, Pension Risk Transfer Distribution, PRUDENTIAL

Brad Ankerholz
Senior Vice President and Treasurer, GRAPHIC PACKAGING

Brett Cornwell
Client Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income, VOYA

Jay Dinunzio
Principal, MERCER

Neil Drzewiecki
Head of Pension Risk Transfer & Institutional Actuarial, Institutional Solutions, MASSMUTUAL

Dennis Duerst
President, 3M Investment Management, 3M

David Eichhorn
President and Head of Investment Strategies, NISA

Laurence Fulton
Chief Investment Officer, VERIZON

Oleg Gershkovich
LDI Strategist and Senior Actuary, A.S.A., M.A.A.A. VOYA

Kurt Hoddinott
Director, Investments, GENERAL MILLS

Ari Jacobs
Senior Partner, Global Retirement Solutions Leader, AON

Walter Kress
Chief Investment Officer, EY

Sumit Kundu
Head of Defined Benefit Actuarial, MASSMUTUAL

Bill Li
Senior Investment Officer, Director, MASSPRIM

Matt McDaniel
Partner, MERCER

Melissa Moore
Senior Vice President, Pension Solutions, US Pensions, METLIFE

Dr. Dambisa Moyo
Best Selling Author, GLOBAL ECONOMIST

Phillip B. Newman
Global Pension Fund Manager, EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION

Megan Nichols
Partner, AON

Glenn O’Brien
Managing Director, U.S. Market Leader, PRUDENTIAL

Colyar Pridgen
Senior LDI strategist, CAPITAL GROUP

Richard R. Ratkowski
Director, Investment Strategies, NISA

Daniel A. Scholz
Director, Investment Strategies, NISA

Kevin D. Schuman
Director, Client Services, NISA

Dekia Scott
Chief Investment Officer, SOUTHERN COMPANY

Jim Stevens
Managing Director, AIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Tony Tomich
Head of Pension Investments, FARMERS INSURANCE

Carol W. Tusch
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, INTERNATIONAL PAPER

Charles Van Vleet
Assistant Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer, TEXTRON INC.

Gary Veerman
Head of LDI Solutions, CAPITAL GROUP

2020 Sponsors

• Nisa
• Prudential
• Capital Group
• MassMutual
• MetLife
• Voya
• AON