Oct. 15, 2009 (Business Wire) -- Pension Plan De-Risking taking place November 9th-10th, 2009 in New York City is the only US conference to focus solely on de-risking strategies for public and corporate pension plans. This event has been specifically designed to educate plan sponsors on the most effective strategies for diversifying effectively, bring assets in line with plan liabilities, and reducing exposure to risky investments.
“Lose billions of dollars and people pay attention. Pension risk management has always been important but it is receiving more attention now than ever before. IQPC has assembled an outstanding speaker faculty of public and corporate pension plans to debate the most critical dimensions to this topic,” said Susan Mangiero, Creator “Pension Risk Matters” & CEO, Investment Governance, Inc.
The exceptional speaker lineup for IQPC’s Pension Plan De-Risking Summit will include:
- Dan O’Grady, Executive Director, Investments, AT&T
- Bob Hunkeler, VP, International Paper
- Jerry Davis, Trustee & Board Chairman, New Orleans Employees Retirement System
- Don Steinbrugge, Member of the Investment Committee, City of Richmond Retirement System
- Joel Chernoff, Executive Editor, Pensions & Investments
- Mick Moloney, Global Head, Financial Strategy Group, Mercer
- Sara Hart. Director, Enterprise Benefits, Conway
- Susan Mangiero, Creator “Pension Risk Matters” & CEO - Investment Governance, Inc
In addition to above mentioned speakers, this event will feature a special keynote address from New York Times Best Selling author Michael Covel. This exciting keynote address will feature and except form Covel’s new film, which examines Wall St. over the past 18 months.
Then Pension Plan De-Risking summit will highlight strategies to strengthen your risk management.
Highlights of the Program Include:
- Evaluate the suitability of an LDI (liability-driven investing) framework for your pension plan
- Get to grips with the most effective, post-crisis portfolio diversification strategies
- Enhance the risk budgeting process by determining the optimal level – and type – of risk to have within your portfolio
- Examine the most effective strategies and asset classes for hedging inflation risk
- Evaluate the suitability of investment outsourcing programs & improve pension plan governance
- Use derivative solutions to hedge against equity losses
- Determine the most effective asset allocation strategies for mitigating longevity risk
For more information on IQPC’s Pension Plan De-Risking Summit please visit www.pensionplansummit.com
IQPC produces more than 1,500 events annually around the world, and continues to grow. Founded in 1973, IQPC now has offices in major cities across five continents. IQPC leverages a global research base of best practices to produce a cross industry portfolio of conferences.
