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.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

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.

DELEGATE PROFILE

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.

Upcoming Events

Fiduciary Investors Symposium

The global economy is increasingly bifurcated between the US, Europe and Asia and how the growth projections and geopolitical risks between these regions plays out is of increasing interest to asset owners. This event looks at the return and impact opportunities in the region, and the importance of Asia in the global economy.

March 18-20, 2025 | National University of Singapore

Fiduciary Investors Symposium

Held at the Harvard Medical School this event focuses on advances in biomedicine and the future of humanity. It invites delegates to think about their portfolios with a time horizon of more than 30 years by looking at the role of science in enhancing human abilities and shaping the future of work.

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
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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.