Conference on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds
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Description
Note: Registration for this conference is now closed, although we will be accepting walk-ins. We look forward to seeing everyone on Thursday, November 21.
Conference on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds
(1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027)
This is the fourth annual conference of the Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds (PPPSF) at the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School. PPPSF was established at CJEB under the guidance of Professor Takatoshi Ito to examine and conduct extensive research on how public pension funds and sovereign wealth funds should be structured, both in portfolio and governance. For more information about PPPSF, including its Working Paper Series, please visit its website.
You can find the current agenda for the conference here.
Keynotes:
ESG in Public Pension and Sovereign Wealth Funds
Keiko Honda
Former Executive Vice President and Former Chief Executive Officer
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA);
Incoming Adjunct Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University (As of January 2020)
Key Requirements for Sustaining the Global Expansion
John Lipsky
Peter G. Peterson Distinguished Scholar
Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs
Johns Hopkins University
Session topics:
- ESG Investment: Will It Make Returns Higher?
- The Macroeconomic Environment: How Long Will Low Interest Rates Continue?
- Patrick Bolton, Barbara and David Zalaznick Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
- Gauti B. Eggertsson, Professor of Economics, Brown University
- Takatoshi Ito, Professor, SIPA, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
- Patricia Mosser, Director, MPA Program in Economic Policy Management; Senior Research Scholar, SIPA, Columbia University
- Koji Nakamura, General Manager for the Americas, Bank of Japan
- Eric Ngiam, Senior Vice President, GIC Asset Management
- Hugh Patrick, Chairman, CJEB, Columbia Business School
- Lukasz Pomorski, Managing Director, AQR Capital
- Sudhir Rajkumar, Representative of the Secretary-General (RSG) for UN Pension Fund Investments
- Maria Vassalou, PhD, Chief Investment Officer, VASSALOU C∆PIT∆L MANAGEMENT
- Videotaping prohibited.
- Reporting will be according to Chatham House rules; no direct attribution.
- Your presence at this event indicates your willingness to appear in any photos as produced by CJEB. If this is an issue, please let us know. Thank you.
Contact: cjeb@columbia.edu
