Seventh Joint BIS, World Bank, Bank of Canada, Banca d'Italia Public Investors Conference - 2018 | Bank for International Settlements | 22 October 2018 | Banca d'Italia, Via Nazionale, 91, 00184 Roma RM, Italy

The Bank for International Settlements, the World Bank, the Bank of Canada and the Banca d'Italia are pleased to announce a call for papers for the Seventh Public Investors Conference on Portfolio and Risk Management for central banks, sovereign wealth funds and public pension plans.

The conference will focus on policy issues, quantitative methods and current challenges for public investors, and is intended to promote an exchange of innovative ideas among practitioners and academics, knowledge sharing and collaboration across organizations, and the development of best practices in public sector portfolio and risk management.

This year’s conference aims to explore ideas on policy frameworks, asset allocation, portfolio and risk
management, and financial technology in the context of a shifting macroeconomic, geopolitical,
regulatory, and technological environment. Ideas across these or any other topics relevant to central bank
investors, sovereign wealth funds, or public pension plans are welcome, and may be submitted in the form
of an abstract with preliminary findings and a supporting outline, or a working paper. Specific areas for
exploration may include, though are certainly not limited to, the following:
• Organization and governance of the investment and/or risk functions
• Portfolio construction and management, including:
o Strategic and tactical asset allocation
o Recent developments in asset-liability management
• Measuring and managing risk, including market, credit, liquidity, operational and model risk
• Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations for public investors
• Impact of financial technologies, such as algorithmic trading, artificial intelligence, and distributed
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