Live Stream 2020 | DAY 2 - Top1000funds.com

Zoom room one

Professor Stephen Kotkin, Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University (United States)
Karen Karniol-Tambour, head of investment research, Bridgewater Associates (United States)

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Zoom room two

Kate Barker, chair, BCSSS (United Kingdom)
Michael Hewett, managing director, investor relations, SVP Global (United Kingdom)

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Zoom room three

Sharan Burrow, general secretary, ITUC (Belgium)
Jon Cheigh, chief investment officer, Cohen & Steers (United States)

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Geoffrey Ling, MD, founding director of the Biological Technologies Office of DARPA; Professor of Neurology and Neuro Critical Care, John Hopkins Medical Center (United States)
Niall Quinn, global head of institutional business, Pictet Asset Management (United Kingdom)

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Zoom room five

Arjen Pasma, chief risk officer, Investments, PGGM (The Netherlands)
Geoff Hodge, Executive Chairman, Milestone Group (Australia)

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Zoom room six

Fiona Reynolds, chief executive, PRI (United Kingdom)
Masja Zandbergen, head of sustainability integration, Robeco (The Netherlands)

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Zoom room seven

Angela Rodell, chief executive, Alaska Permanent Fund (United States)
Jenny Johnson, president and chief executive, Franklin Templeton Investments (United States)

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Sweden’s largest pension fund, the $126 billion Alecta, has spent much of the last year continuing to work on improving governance, risk management, competence and culture in the wake of a $2 billion loss in 2023 attributable to investments in US regional banks, including Silicon Valley Bank, turning sour.

Debunking distressed debt

The sharp market falls triggered by the pandemic brought the longest recovery ever in modern finance to an abrupt end. But despite the turmoil unleashed by COVID, it has not wrung out the market excesses of the last 13-year cycle. It means another wave of corporate failures could appear on the horizon in a shorter timeframe than expected, and offer more opportunities for distressed debt investors, according to Victor Khosla founder of SVP Global.

FIS event tackles debt, inflation, China

Investors all over the world are pondering the inflationary environment. Is inflation coming? Will it stick? What does it mean for investments? Is stagflation possible and how should portfolios be hedged? The Fiduciary Investors Symposium will take a deep dive into the inflationary expectations of investors and look to history as a guide on asset class performance during different inflationary regimes.