The 8th Annual Great Plains Institutional Forum is the region's leading conference for pension funds,
insurance companies, foundations & endowments, hospital plans sovereign
wealth funds and consultants from throughout the region. The forum’s content is
developed through hundreds of one-on-one meetings with the institutional
investment community and the program's speaker faculty is primarily comprised
of leaders in the sector across U.S. Great Plains region.
Our
agenda covers asset allocation and protection, equity markets, fixed income,
alternative investments, as well as succession planning and an outlook of the
financial markets and the global economy. This event is completely closed-door
and invitation-only, and it is designed to enable genuine peer-to-peer learning
and networking for the regional institutional community.
SPEAKERS
Mansco Perry III Executive Director, Chief Investment Officer Minnesota State Board of Investment
Howard Bicker Former Chief Investment Officer, Executive Director, Consultant Minnesota State Board of Investment Plan, WCRA
Casey Plante, CFA Director, Investments Fairview Health Services
Ryan Johnston Analyst – Funds Alpha State of Wisconsin Investment Board
Erol Sonderegger Assistant Executive Director Minnesota State Board of Investment
Susanna Gibbons Managing Director Carlson Funds Enterprise, University of Minnesota
Susan Hammel Executive in Residence Minnesota Council on Foundations
David Bromelkamp Chief Executive Officer Allodium Investment Consultants
Gordon Latter Managing Principal Meketa Investment Group
Amanda Aponte Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer SFM Mutual Insurance Companies
KC Connors Partner, Director of Philanthropic, Healthcare & Private Wealth NEPC
Tim McEnery Managing Director, Senior Consultant Verus
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Key Discussion Topics
MACRO OUTLOOK AND GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION
Could COVID-19 bring
the long-theorized Great Reset of capitalism to bear? Our opening session
will critique and contrast institutional asset allocation before and after the
worldwide pandemic.
GLOBAL FIXED INCOME:
RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Our panel will show
how the difference between fixed income risk and opportunity is simply a matter
of tolerance.
ESG IN PRACTICE FOR
LONG TERM INVESTORS
The panel will
examine specific strategies investors are using to address and integrate ESG
issues in systematic value and multi-factor-based frameworks, among other
ideas.
USING ETFS TO BUILD
AND SCALE INTERNALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS
This session will
cover how institutions are addressing the growing execution needs of different
asset classes and newer instruments such as ETFs.
FIXED INCOME:
EVOLVING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SECURITIZED MARKETS
This session will
discuss areas organizations are exploring including the three primary sectors
of the securitized space: (ABS), (CMBS), and (RMBS).
AN EVOLVING WORLD FOR
ALTERNATIVE CREDIT
The impact of
COVID-19 on alternative credit was swift and severe. Bank and local government
assistance will mitigate publicly traded asset-, commercial- and residential
mortgage-backed borrowing--but for how long? Can structured finance
manage novel coronavirus risk?
ARE THE
BENEFITS OF MULTI-FACTOR INVESTING STILL THERE?
Our panel will
address various aspects of this subject including what it takes to weather the
short-term troughs and deliver long term stable performance.
EMERGING
MARKETS: RELEVANCY AND VALUE IN TODAY'S MARKETS?
For America, the risk
of losing not just a diverse asset class, but a pillar of globalization, is
real. What factors should investors consider when debating whether to
allocate to or diversify within the asset class?
HOW MULTI
STRATEGY PORTFOLIOS CAN DELIVER
This panel will
explore how diversified alternative portfolios may be uniquely positioned to
deliver on what should have been the original promise of institutional hedge
fund programs: positive absolute returns that are uncorrelated to traditional asset
classes.
A CONVERSATION WITH
THE REGION’S LEADING CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICERS
This discussion Chief
Investment Officers will focus on the key investment and management issues
facing their funds, along with what they consider to be their plans' "best
ideas" with regard to investment strategy. regard to investment strategy.
REGISTRATION
INVESTORS: Complimentary Registration for all qualified investors.
Email [email protected] for
more information on obtaining a complimentary ticket.
PRICING
| Sponsorship is only available upon invitation and Markets Group reserves the right to refuse sponsorship from any organization or individual deemed by Markets Group to be incompatible with the event. Markets Group forum sessions are closed to all media/press and video/audio recording is explicitly prohibited within the venue. |
VENUE
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
1300 Nicollett Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota
USA 55403
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