As a collective force, institutional investors have enormous power to shape markets, inform policy and empower beneficiaries to have a better, more financially stable future. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium acts as an advocate for fiduciary capitalism and the power of asset owners to change the nature of the investment industry, including addressing principal/agent and fee problems, stabilising financial markets, focusing on long-term investing, and directing capital for the betterment of society and the environment. It enables asset owners from around the world to explore investment themes, risks and opportunities with their global peers.
Held over three days on university campuses, the event enables institutional investors to engage with industry thought leaders in academia and practice in a collegiate environment that promotes shared discussion. The on-campus venues facilitate a unique space for innovative thought and conversation, and the event includes tours of various university faculties.
The Fiduciary Investors Symposium has a number of identifying factors.
- It brings the most senior investors from asset owners from around the world to share ideas and opportunities. The audience is truly global allowing investors to meet peers with different influences, regulatory regimes and cultural nuances
- It infuses academics into the programs bringing cutting edge thinking to investment best practice and opening minds to possibilities and information impacting the future of the global economy
- The events are interactive and hands on including curated seating, table discussions and other tangible content-related networking opportunities
Top1000funds.com is committed to bringing only the best content from academics, asset owners and fund manager partners to the audience. The programs are littered with case studies and contrarian views of only the most contemporary issues facing investors.
The Fiduciary Investors Symposium is a quarterly event for chief investment officers and other senior investment professionals at large institutional investors around the globe. The audience comprises chief investment officers and other senior investment professionals from pension funds, endowments, foundations and sovereign wealth funds from more than 20 countries.
All of the events include in-depth case studies of asset owners with a focus on top down macro economic drivers and risks, looking at ways global investors are building resilience in their portfolios and best executing their investment decisions.
Fiduciary Investors Symposium
This event looks at the challenges long-term investors face in an environment of disruption including ongoing geopolitical risk and shifts in global economic dynamics. By accessing faculty of Harvard’s esteemed university, this event will leave investors empowered to tackle disruption in their portfolios and working lives.
May 19-21, 2025 | Harvard University, USA
Fiduciary Investors Symposium
Leveraging the esteemed Stanford faculty and Silicon Valley location, this event explores AI’s disruptive opportunities; as well as the core investment challenges of risk management, operational excellence and forward-looking capital allocation and portfolio construction techniques.
September 16-18, 2025 | Stanford University, USA
Fiduciary Investors Symposium
This event looks at the challenges long-term investors face in an environment of disruption including ongoing geopolitical risk and shifts in global economy dynamics. By accessing faculty of England’s most esteemed university, this event will leave investors empowered to tackle disruption in their portfolios and working lives.
November 4-6, 2025 | University of Oxford, UK
The Top1000funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium event series is built on a close association with academia. For nearly 15 years we have been hosting the events on leading university campuses, giving delegates an immersive educational experience and challenging them to think bigger.
Now we have developed this research hub, which brings you the academic papers written by the university professors that have been such an integral part of our programs. The research hub allows you to search academic papers and related Top1000funds.com content by name of academic or university, or by subject.
Its aim is to provide you with deeper knowledge, based on robust data and research, on subjects that will broaden your perspective and support better decision making.
