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AMP Capital participates in a broad range of international conferences. Please click on different regions for more information on recent and upcoming events.
2012
The recent and upcoming conferences for Asia Pacific are below. You can also view the past conferences & events archive.
APAC Infrastructure Investment
Date: 23-24 February 2012
Location: Singapore
Asia's significant economic and social growth continues to drive the strong demand for infrastructure development and investment region wide. This conference enables industry experts to understand, evaluate and discuss the investment opportunities and risks within the infrastructure asset class.
AMP Capital’s Anoop Seth, Co-Head of Infrastructure, Asia, will join the group of industry professionals and present on optimising infrastructure investments in Asia Pacific.
For more information, download the conference brochure.
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2011 - Past conferences & events
Infrastructure Investment World India
Date: 7 - 9 December 2011
Location: Hyatt Regency, New Delhi, India
The Infrastructure Investment World India brings together global and Indian investors, developers, operators, and government to assess investment, development and partnership opportunities across the Indian infrastructure landscape. Sharat Goyal, Investment Director for India, will participate in the Infrastructure Funds Straight-Talk panel on ‘deploying tactical capital allocation and portfolio rebuilding strategies’.
AMP Capital speaker:
Sharat Goyal, Investment Director, India
AMP Capital Korean Infrastructure Roundtable
Date: 3 November 2011
Location: Seoul, Korea
This AMP Capital seminar will provide attendees with an insight into infrastructure investing. Dragana Timotijevic, Senior Investment Specialist - Alternatives, Mercer will be leading discussions on the role of infrastructure in the investment portfolio. Attendees will also hear from AMP Capital's Head of Unlisted Investment Specialists, Warwick Mancini. Mr Mancini will discuss the characteristics of infrastructure equity and debt and provide insight into the regional trends, outlooks and opportunities for key investment markets.
For further information or enquiring about attendance please contact Chris Deves.
ANREV Annual Conference
Date: 31 October - 1 November 2011
Location: Singapore
Bringing together senior industry professionals for this year's theme of discovering value from beyond your borders. Focused on the latest trends and developments in the Asia Pacific unlisted property funds industry, seminars include investing for the next generation, pricing of real estate risk in Asia, refining the funds model, and new capital sources on the move.
AMP Capital representatives:
Chris Judd - Head of Property Funds Management
Tim Nation - Senior Investment Specialist, Property
6th Annual Korea Roundtable
Date: 27 September 2011
Location: Seoul, Korea
Asia Asset Management is hosting this roundtable discussing key trends in global institutional investing. With a focus on alternatives, attendees will hear from experts on a variety of topics including, Warwick Mancini from AMP Capital presenting on the investment prospects delivered from infrastructure.
AMP Capital speaker:
Warwick Mancini, Head of Unlisted Investment Specialists
AMP Capital Investors Infrastructure Forum
Date: 6 April 2011
Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: 7 April 2011
Location: Melbourne, Australia
AMP Capital’s Infrastructure Executives from Australia, China, Europe, India, and the US will provide their perspectives on the latest developments and insights within the infrastructure market. Panel discussions include an overview of emerging infrastructure markets and identification of new opportunities, consideration of listed and direct infrastructure and their implications for portfolio construction, and an evaluation of what infrastructure has delivered in developed markets.
With a selection of exciting international and domestic speakers, the Forum will be a thought provoking and valuable event.
AMP Capital representatives:
Paul Foster – Head of Infrastructure, Australia & New Zealand
Phil Garling – Global Head of Infrastructure
Sean Henaghan – Investment Director, Multi-Manager and Investment Solutions
Andrew Jones – Global Head of Infrastructure Debt
Tom Majewski – Head of Infrastructure and Private Debt, Americas
Shane Oliver – Director of Investment Strategy & Chief Economist
Boe Pahari – Head of Infrastructure, Europe
Anoop Seth – Co-Head of Infrastructure, Asia
Sarah Shaw – Senior Analyst, Global Infrastructure Securities
Xiao Wei – Co-Head of Infrastructure, Asia
2010 - Past conferences & events
Infrastructure Investment World India
Date: 22 – 24 November 2010
Location: Mumbai, India
There is still a significant funding gap in India to meet the infrastructure demands of this burgeoning country. Infrastructure Investment World India acts as a platform to bridge this gap and allow investors, developers, governments, and financiers to assess the opportunities in investment, capital raising and partnership across the Indian infrastructure landscape.
Super Return Asia
Date: 27 – 30 September 2010
Location: Hong Kong
Super Return Asia is the leading private equity and venture capital event in Asia to feature leading Asian, American and European LPs. 2010 will see a number of Asia’s top sovereign wealth funds, LPs and industry leaders discussing a broad range of topics over three days. Each day has a broad theme which will be debated and explored over varied sessions. These themes are; the industry outlook for private equity, a focus on LPs, and private equity strategies.
AMP Capital representatives:
Jacqui Sullivan, Managing Director International Distribution
John Mitchell, Director Business Development, Private Debt
Warwick Mancini, Head of Unlisted Investment Specialists
Infrastructure Investment World Asia
Date: 31 August – 3 September 2010
Location: Hong Kong
AMP Capital is one of the major sponsors at this year’s premier Asian infrastructure convention. This event allows institutional investors, fund managers, financiers, developers, governments and infrastructure owners to discuss the risks and opportunities of investment and development in Asian infrastructure. Insights, strategies, opportunities and solutions for project development, financing and investing will be revealed by an expert ensemble of international and regional speakers and panel members.
AMP Capital speaker: Boe Pahari, Head of Infrastructure, Asia Pacific
Infrastructure Investor: India
Date: 6 – 7 July 2010
Location: Delhi, India
This two day event will primarily address the opportunities and surrounding challenges of investing in Indian infrastructure. Detailed discussions include whether the Indian PPP model compares to established models elsewhere and whether it can be evolved, the benefits of Brownfield versus Greenfield investments, and policy developments encouraging new capital flow.
AMP Capital speaker: Anoop Seth, Co-Head of Infrastructure, Asia
Mercer Asia Pacific Investment Forum Hong Kong
Date: 26 April 2010
Location: Hong Kong
One of the key focuses of this forum will be on capturing opportunities in extreme markets via dynamic asset allocation. New investment opportunities for 2010 will also be covered as well as the more specific potential for investing in China.
AMP Capital representatives: Anthony Fasso, Director, International Business,
Dean Winterton, Managing Director, South East Asia & the Middle East
Mercer Asia Pacific Investment Forum Beijing
Date: 23 April 2010
Location: Beijing, China
This forum will provide an opportunity for attendees to hear a number of presentations, engage in discussions and network whilst considering a number of topical issues. Focus areas include the opportunities and challenges for investing in China and specifically examining Mercer’s approach to manager research in China. The forum will also cover best practice for multi-manager portfolio construction, as well as non-financial aspects of the investment process.
AMP Capital representative: Anthony Fasso, Chief Executive, International
APAC Investment Summit 2010
Date: 21 – 23 April 2010
Location: Macau
The APAC Investment Summit 2010 brings together senior executives from Asia's largest organisations with a select and diversified group of leading sponsors. The Summit explores the key aspects and issues related to a variety of industries in a number of forums including; keynote speeches, case study presentations, pre-arranged business meetings, workshops and round table discussions.
AMP Capital representatives: Anthony Fasso, Chief Executive, International,
Dean Winterton, Managing Director, South East Asia & the Middle East
Private Equity Southeast Asia Summit 2010
Date: 14 – 15 Apri 2010
Location: Singapore
This Summit brings together the leading local and international LP's, GP's, and advisors focused on buyouts, growth capital, distressed asset and venture investing in Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the rest of Southeast Asia. The program enables delegates to learn about the latest private equity investing issues and challenges in each specific country in Southeast Asia, as well as regionally, while providing many networking opportunities.
AMP Capital representative: Dean Winterton, Managing Director, South East Asia & the Middle East
2009 - Past conferences & events
Infrastructure Investment World India
Date: 1 – 4 December 2009
Location: Mumbai, India
Infrastructure Investment World India comes at an excellent time for all infrastructure stakeholders, allowing them to discuss and explore infrastructure investment and development opportunities in Asia. This event is a key platform offering an unparalleled access to a full spectrum of industry executives from regulators to infrastructure developers, financiers, fund managers and investors. It focuses on identifying investment opportunities in India and reviewing successful PPP models that have been implemented in this market.
AMP Capital speaker: Sethuramen Venkatesh, Head of Infrastructure, India
Real Estate Investment World Australia
Date: 16 – 17 November 2009
Location: Sydney, Australia
The forum brings together key real estate professionals, providing them the opportunity to discuss key issues regarding real estate investments with some of the industry’s most recognized leaders. Key topics for the forum including insights into the effects of the current economic climate on property, income-generation of core property investments and how to benefit from the inefficiencies of property markets.
AMP Capital speaker: Andrew Bird, Director and Chief Investment Officer, Property
South Asia Finance and Infrastructure Investment Conference
Date: 5 – 6 November 2009
Location: Mumbai, India
This conference addresses the issue of financing the infrastructure needs of South Asia’s dynamic economies. Key topics include an examination of the infrastructure policies and regulatory frameworks in South Asia as well as an exploration of the role of infrastructure funds in financing projects in South Asia.
AMP Capital speaker: Sethuramen Venkatesh, Head of Infrastructure, India
Infrastructure Investment World Asia
Date: 8 – 11 September 2009
Location: Hong Kong
This AMP Capital sponsored event brings together infrastructure developers, financiers, government regulators and investors to discuss investment opportunities available in Asian infrastructure. The event’s keynote speaker is Mr. Zhou Yuan, Managing Director of China Investment Corporation.
AMP Capital speaker: Anoop Seth, Co-head of Infrastructure, Asia
AMP Capital representatives: Xiao Wei, Co-head of Infrastructure, Asia
Dean Winterton, Managing Director, South East Asia & the Middle East
Real Estate Investment World (REIW) Asia
Date: 22 – 25 June 2009
Location: Singapore
With over 450 delegates from around the world, this event focuses on the effects of the global financial crisis and the expected re-bound in Asia. It covers perspectives on key Asia Pacific markets and forecasts from industry experts, revealing how they are performing and preparing for the rebound. The event highlights examples of stand out industry leaders and Asian property companies that have stayed relevant, competitive and innovative throughout numerous property cycles.
AMP Capital speaker: Dr. Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy and Chief Economist
AMP Capital representatives: Simon Vinson, Head of Asian Property and New Business Initiatives
Graham Sugden, Head of Asian Funds Management
Teck Khim Wong, Head of Institutional Business, Asia
Asian Public Real Estate Association (APREA) Annual Property Leaders Summit
Date: 21 – 23 April 2009
Location: Hong Kong
APREA is a non-profit industry association that works to encourage greater investment in both the listed and unlisted real estate sectors in Asia Pacific. APREA focuses on improving the operating environment, encouraging best practices and providing information for investors. This summit explores the opportunities and issues for Asia in this time of global change and challenges, featuring presentations from leading experts and in-depth and interactive panel discussions. The overall theme of “Riding the Wave of Change” addresses the substantial changes that have taken place in the global financial system and the effect on all asset classes, including real estate.
AMP Capital representative: Graham Sugden, Head of Asian Funds Management
Capvent 2nd Annual China-India Private Equity Summit
Date: 1 – 3 April 2009
Location: Goa, India
This event brings together fund managers from around the world to identify key opportunities and challenges in the two emerging and increasingly prominent economies of China and India. Topics include planning for the post crunch scenario, opportunities in India and China, and the differing features of the private equity markets in China and India compared to Europe.
AMP Capital speakers: Anoop Seth, Co-head of Infrastructure, Asia
Sethuramen Venkatesh, Head of Infrastructure, India
Asian Investor Taiwan Institutional Investor Forum
Date: 26 March 2009
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
This forum addresses how local pension funds and insurers can gain greater access to alternative assets and utilise offshore investment opportunities. It focuses on key themes around real estate, infrastructure and hedge funds. Key industry speakers feature from the Asia Pacific region and around the world.
AMP Capital speaker: Teck Khim Wong, Head of Institutional Business, Asia
Financial Times Asian Infrastructure Summit Singapore
Date: 23 March 2009
Location: Singapore
The Financial Times Asian Infrastructure Summit addresses the increasing strains on infrastructure in Asia. Topics include the new challenges facing emerging and developing economies in Asia and the impact of the global financial crisis on the future infrastructure landscape.
AMP Capital speaker: Anoop Seth, Co-head of Infrastructure, Asia
2011
The recent and upcoming conferences for UK and Europe are below. You can also view the past conferences & events archive.
AMP Capital ‘Investing in Infrastructure’ Series
Date: 15 November 2011
Location: Cavalry & Guards Club, London, UK
This third instalment in AMP Capital’s investing in Infrastructure Series invites investors to a roundtable in London to discuss return seeking and liability matching in infrastructure. Boe Pahari, Head of Infrastructure, Europe, will address the issues involved in managing and constructing a portfolio to maximise risk adjusted returns. Attendees will additionally hear from Dylan Foo, Investment Manager, Infrastructure, who will reference specific transactions to illustrate how infrastructure can help pension funds looking for liability matching investments.
Infrastructure Investment World Europe
Date: 7 - 9 November 2011
Location: Royal Garden Hotel, London, UK
The 6th annual Infrastructure Investment World Europe is Europe’s largest and most comprehensive infrastructure conference. It is a three day strategic conference and exhibition and Europe’s largest infrastructure gathering for LPs. The conference features the world's leading infrastructure funds and investors examining infrastructure as an asset class.
AMP Capital speakers:Richard Shields - Managing Director, UK & Europe
Andrew Jones - Global Head of Infrastructure Debt
SPS Asset Strategies & Risk Management for Pension Funds
Date: 9 June 2011
Location: London, England
This conference will help pension funds to review their investment strategy, understand the risks associated with different approaches and find out how these can best be managed and controlled. The benefits of diversification within the more mainstream asset classes such as bonds and equities will be considered, as well as applications for alternative investment and sustainable investing strategies, and how incorporating various strategies into an overall portfolio can improve a fund’s risk management.
AMP Capital representative: To be advised.AMP Capital ‘Investing in Infrastructure’ Series
Date: 1 June 2011
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Following on from the successful London event held in January, the second Investing in Infrastructure Forum within this AMP Capital series invites investors to join us in the Netherlands to examine the state of investing in infrastructure following the recent global financial crisis.
Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK & Europe, will discuss the key risks and benefits of core infrastructure to a portfolios diversification, inflation protection and cashflow. Additionally attendees will hear from Rob Verrion; AMP Capital's Head of Asset Management Europe and previous CEO of Angel Trains. Mr. Verrion will discuss strategies for investors to make the most of infrastructure assets by drawing on case studies from his extensive management experience including Angel Trains and Compania Logistica de Hidrocarburos.
AMP Capital representative: Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK & Europe; Rob Vernon, Head of Asset Management Europe.PEI Infrastructure Investor
Date: 17 - 18 March 2011
Location: Berlin, Germany
High-level professionals from the infrastructure community, construction groups, infrastructure funds, end-investors and top global banks will gather to discuss the most important aspects of infrastructure investing. Sessions will examine the best approaches to acquiring, managing and exiting infrastructure assets. The innovative conference programme will include a range of interactive sessions and networking opportunities covering the salient issues in the asset class today.
AMP Capital representative: Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK and Continental EuropeNAPF Investment Conference
Date: 9 - 11 March 2011
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
The NAPF Investment Conference is an exceptional event specifically designed to address the key investment choices, challenges and changes faced by defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds and institutional investors. The conference includes keynote speeches; specialist breakout sessions on DB strategies, DC investments and good governance; a Trustee Learning Zone; fringe meetings; an exclusive exhibition and Conference Gala Dinner.
AMP Capital representative: Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK and Continental EuropeSPS Alternative Investment Strategies for Pension Funds
Date: 10 February 2011
Location: London, United Kingdom
This AMP Capital sponsored conference examines the role of alternative investment strategies in diversifying risks and improving the returns of pension funds. Topics covered include; the cashflows generated by infrastructure assets, how to allocate to alternative assets in a portfolio, and pension fund's experiences with investing in alternative assets.
AMP Capital speaker: Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK & EuropeAMP Capital representative: Gerry Jennings, Principal, Infrastructure Debt
AMP Capital 'Investing in Infrastructure' Series
Date: 19 January 2011
Location: London, United Kingdom
The first in this AMP Capital series examines the state of investing in infrastructure following the recent global financial crisis. Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK & Europe, will discuss the key risks and benefits of core infrastructure to a portfolios diversification, inflation protection and cashflow. Additionally attendees will hear from Rob Verrion; AMP Capital's Head of Asset Management Europe and previous CEO of Angel Trains. Mr. Verrion will discuss strategies for investors to make the most of infrastructure assets by drawing on case studies from his extensive management experience including Angel Trains and Compania Logistica de Hidrocarburos.
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2010 - Past conferences & events
Infrastructure Investment World Europe
Date: 29 November - 2 December 2010
Location: London, United Kingdom
AMP Capital is one of the major sponsors at this year's Infrastructure Investment World Europe. This event brings together the industry's key investor and fund decision makers at the largest and most comprehensive infrastructure conference in Europe. A range of topical issues will be covered at this forum including the role of infrastructure debt as an asset class for pension funds, the impact of the recent crisis on fees, and the impact of government spending on infrastructure investment.
AMP Capital speaker: Gerry Jennings, Principal, Infrastructure DebtAMP Capital representatives: Richard Shields, Managing Director, United Kingdom & Continental Europe
Richard Lane, Principal, Infrastructure Debt
SPS Investment Strategies in a Risk Framework for Pension Funds
Date: 23 November 2010
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
This forum enables pension funds to review their investment strategies, understand the risks associated with different approaches to investing and how these can be managed and controlled. The sessions cover methods for diversification, alternative investments and sustainable investing to improve a pension funds risk management.
AMP Capital representative : Richards Shields, Managing Director, UK & EuropeNAPF Annual Conference & Exhibition
Date: 6 – 8 October 2010
Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
Against the backdrop of recent change in the pension markets, the NAPF Annual Conference & Exhibition brings together top level experts form the government, industry and media to discuss issues transforming UK pensions. The program covers themes such as, best practice and key learnings from non-UK pension funds, hedging options, government regulations around pensions as well as a series of panels on defined contribution and defined benefit funds.
AMP Capital representative : Richards Shields, Managing Director, UK & EuropeSPS Investment Strategies in a Risk Framework for Pension Funds
Date: 28 September 2010
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
This forum enables pension funds to review their investment strategies, understand the risks associated with different approaches to investing and how these can be managed and controlled. The sessions cover methods for diversification, alternative investments and sustainable investing to improve a pension funds risk management.
AMP Capital representative : Richards Shields, Managing Director, UK & EuropeNAPF Local Authority Conference 2010
Date: 17 May - 19 May, 2010
Location: Warwickshire, England
The NAPF Local Authority Conference brings together investment specialists and asset managers, with local authority officers, councillors and their advisers and others involved in local authority pension plans. This conference covers the key issues faced by those in the world of Local Government pensions including the economic downturn and the implications for Local Authorities, investment strategies, cost-sharing, and the challenges and choices of actuarial valuations and funding.
AMP Capital representative : Richards Shields, Managing Director, UK & EuropeThe European Pensions & Investments Summit 2010
Date: 10 May - 12 May, 2010
Location: Montreux, Switzerland
The European Pensions & Investments Summit unites institutional investors with service providers, securing successful partnerships for sustainable performance. The conference not only allows investors and service providers to discuss investment opportunities, but also examines the future of the industry, risk management, investments, and portfolio construction.
AMP Capital representative : Richards Shields, Managing Director, UK & EuropeInfrastructure Investor: Europe
Date: 30 March – 31 March, 2010
Location: Berlin, Germany
This conference brings together the infrastructure community, construction groups, funds, investors, and banks to discuss important characteristics of infrastructure investing. Topics covered include origination, asset management, diversification, and exit strategies in an environment set to encourage networking with peers and investors.
AMP Capital speaker: Anoop Seth, Co-Head Asia, InfrastructureAMP Capital representatives: Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK & Europe,
Gerry Jennings, Head of Europe, Private Debt
SPS Investment Strategies in a Risk Framework for Pension Funds
Date: March 18, 2010
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
This conference will help pension funds review their investment strategy, understand the risks associated with different approaches and how these can be managed and controlled. The conference will examine asset allocation and diversification as a tool for risk management in managed funds.
AMP Capital representative: Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK & EuropeNAPF Investment Conference 2010
Date: 10 March – 12 March 2010
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
The NAPF Investment Conference addresses the investment choices, challenges, and changes faced by defined benefit and defined contribution universe. The conference will also examine specific issues surrounding defined benefit and contribution strategies, investments, and governance.
SPS Investing to Add Value for Pension Funds
Date: March 9, 2010
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
This conference will look at various strategies for generating additional returns for pension fund portfolios. A key focus will include how to utilise different asset classes for alpha and beta generation, further examining how different asset classes can add value, and minimize risk, in a portfolio.
SPS Alternative Investment Strategies for Pension Funds
Date: 11 February 2010
Location: London, England
The conference will examine alternative investment strategies, their performance and their usage in addressing current issues in pensions fund management. Furthermore, the conference will look at how alternative investments are evolving, and the new investment vehicles appearing in the market.
2009 - Past conferences & events
Infrastructure Investment World Europe 2009
Date: 30 November – 3 December 2009
Location: London, United Kingdom
AMP Capital is a co-sponsor at Europe’s leading infrastructure conference; Infrastructure Investment World Europe. The conference brings together the industry’s key investors and fund decision makers to reflect on the potential for infrastructure to benefit from the economic downturn as world leaders increasingly invest in large scale infrastructure projects. Government decision makers leading these projects will discuss how to bridge the gap between the public and private sector.
AMP Capital speaker: Rob Gregor, Head of Infrastructure, Europe
AMP Capital representatives: Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK & Europe
Steven Lowry, Investment Director, Infrastructure, Europe
European Real Estate Investment Summit
Date: 23 – 25 November 2009
Location: Monte Carlo, Monaco
A combination of a series one to one meetings and larger seminars, the event presents an opportunity for managers, gatekeeps, and other key stakeholders in real estate to meet and develop strong business relationships. The sessions for the conference focus on issues pertaining to real estate investments, covering issues such as real estate acquisition, management, and evaluation. The meetings ad to this, allowing investment professionals the opportunity to disucuss strategies and viewpoints when investing in the asset class.
AMP Capital representative: Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK & Continental Europe
Opal European Alternative & Institutional Investing Summit
Date: 19 – 21 October 2009
Location: Nice, France
The summits brings together institutional and private-wealth investment professionals for three days of discussion on a wide range of opportunities and challenges in investing in alternative asset classes such as infrastructure and real estate. Over numerous sessions, delegates can engage with investment professionals on a large range of investment topics including the convergence of alternative investments, risk conscious portfolio construction and implementing strategy in fund of funds.
AMP Capital representative: Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK & Continental Europe
Institutional Investor European Investment Roundtable
Date: 16 – 18 September 2009
Institutional Investor European Investment RoundtableLocation: Munich, Germany
Institutional Investor Conferences is a leading provider of highly interactive investment strategy conferences for senior money managers and financial executives seeking new insights into important strategic issues. Investor attitudes have changed over the last year. Delegates to the roundtable will gain privileged insights into how radically major funds across Europe are re-inventing their investment methodologies, and into the roles which different assets and strategies will play in the construction of institutional portfolios in the future.
AMP Capital speaker: Rob Gregor, Head of Infrastructure, Europe
AMP Capital representatives: Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK & Continental Europe
Steven Lowry, Investment Director, Infrastructure, Europe
International Business Development Group (IBDG) Strategy Meeting
Date: 15 – 16 September 2009
Location: London, United Kingdom
IBDG is a specialist business development consultancy. The Strategy Meetings attract a 'who's who' from top companies in the areas of Finance, Information Technology, Human Resources, Catering and Marketing. This provides IBDG with direct access and personal contact with industry leading executives. These conferences are made up of a series of meetings where professionals can exchange knowledge and strategies, and remain in touch with newly developed solutions for a variety of business challenges.
AMP Capital representative: Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK & Continental Europe
National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) Local Authority Conference
Date: 18 – 20 May 2009
Location: London, United Kingdom
NAPF hosts some of the most authoritative and prominent conferences in the UK pensions industry, featuring leading experts, including pension and investment professionals. This conference covers the key issues faced by those in the world of Local Government pensions including the economic downturn and the implications for Local Authorities, investment strategies, what the future holds for cost-sharing, and the challenges and choices of actuarial valuations and funding.
AMP Capital representative: Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK & Contintental Europe
Institutional Investor Institute – Nordic & Benelux Pension Funds Meeting
Date: 21 – 22 April 2009
Location: Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Leading pension funds from the region discuss investment strategies and asset allocation issues. This meeting debates the world economy, the financial crisis, risk management, solvency, and how pension funds are sizing up alternative investments.
AMP Capital representative: Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK & Continental Europe
Specialist Pension Services (SPS) Forum
Date: 19 March 2009
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
AMP Capital is co-sponsor of this event, which addresses asset strategies and risk management for pension funds. SPS Conferences attract delegates from all over Europe and beyond, and its speakers are drawn from the best knowledge sources around the world. The content of these conferences is tailored specifically to meet the needs of Pension Fund Managers and Trustees.
AMP Capital speaker: Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK & Continental Europe
National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) Conference
Date: 11 – 13 March 2009
Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
This event is highly targeted and designed to address the challenges and investment choices faced by pension funds and institutional investors. The conference principally focuses on how asset owners and institutional investors should re-focus their thinking to meet the challenge of huge market volatility and restricted liquidity in the world economy. In addition, a variety of contemporary subjects are covered including responsible investment, diversification, investing after decumulation, absolute returns, private equity, risk management, corporate and pension fund governance, default funds and emerging markets.
AMP Capital representative: Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK & Continental Europe
Infrastructure Investor Berlin
Date: 10 – 11 February 2009
Location: Berlin, Germany
Being attended by more than 1,200 senior delegates from around the world, this conference covers infrastructure, secondaries, emerging markets, energy, debt finance, portfolio management, and various investor perspectives. The session focuses on the bottleneck of dealflow currently seen in the infrastructure space. It examines the best approaches to acquire, manage and dispose of infrastructure investments.
AMP Capital speaker: Richard Shields, Managing Director, UK & Continental Europe
2011
The recent and upcoming conferences for North America are below. You can also view the past conferences & events archive below.
I3 Institutional Investing in Infrastructure
Date: 8 – 10 November, 2011
Location: The Westin Chicago River North, Chicago, USA
Institutional investors gather to learn about the latest trends for infrastructure investing, and how to take advantage of emerging global opportunities and strategies. This forum will provide current market intelligence on the state of the infrastructure investing business, including coverage of offerings that have closed in the past year and new offerings available, along with a full evaluation of the current market conditions that impact the equity and return potential of worldwide infrastructure investments.
AMP Capital speaker: Anoop Seth, Co-Head of Asia, InfrastructureArchive
2010 - Past conferences & events
IREI Institutional Investing in Infrastructure (I3)
Date: 31 October – 2 November 2010
Location: Washington D.C.
I3 allows institutional investors to examine the global opportunities and risks associated with financing public infrastructure projects and assets with private, institutional capital. Produced for senior pension funds, endowment plan sponsors, insurance companies and other capital providers, the forum focuses on small round tables and quality speakers to maximise and refine attendees understandings of the concepts presented.
AMP Capital speaker: Tom Majeski, Head of Infrastructure Americas
2009 - Past conferences & events
Institute for International Research (IIR) 18th Annual Public Fund Boards Forum
Date: 12 – 15 December 2009
Location: San Francisco, California
The IIR provides an education forum for trustees and fund managers of public funds. The forum covers over a series of education, including ethics, governance and due diligence, investments, health benefits, manager selection and hedge fund negotiation and funding liabilities.
Institutional Real Estate Inc (IREI) Infrastructure Conference
Date: 30 November – 2 December 2009
Location: Washington DC
Now in its fourth year, IREI's Institutional Investing in Infrastructure (I³) conference focuses on the risks and opportunities associated with investing private institutional capital in public infrastructure projects. I³ is the one forum where senior pension fund executives, endowment and foundation plan sponsors, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, banks, family offices, and other investors gather with federal, state, municipal and county agencies, as well as global and domestic investment managers.
AMP Capital representative: Anoop Seth, Co-head of Infrastructure, Asia
International Foundation Education Benefits Compensation (IFEBP) 55th Annual Employee Benefits Conference
Date: 8 – 11 November 2009
Location: Orlando, Florida
Over 175 focused sessions addressing topics important to those who serve multi-employer and public employee benefit plans.
National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) Annual Conference
Date: 1 – 7 May 2009
Location: Los Angeles, California
With more than 1,200 delegates attending from around the US, this conference focuses on education and networking opportunities for investment service providers and public fund colleagues. NCPERS is the largest trade association for public sector pension funds, representing more than 500 public funds throughout the US. The association is a network of public trustees, administrators, public officials and investment professionals who collectively oversee nearly US$3 trillion in retirement funds managed on behalf of six million retirees and 14 million active public servants.
AMP Capital representatives:
Simon Vinson, Head of Asian Property and New Business Initiatives
Jacqui Sullivan, Head of International Business Distribution
14th Annual Public Funds Summit
Date: 16 – 18 March 2009
Location: Dana Point, California
A leading event for the public pension plan community, the 14th Annual Public Funds Summit covers leading asset allocation and investment strategies, manager selection and trustee and governance issues through interactive panel discussions. It brings together leading pension trustees, board chairs, executive directors, investment officers, investment consultants and money managers from around the country.
AMP Capital representatives: Simon Vinson, Head of Asian Property and New Business Initiatives
