Innovation Forum

Thursday, 2 June

1. 1:00 am - 1:55 am
   Registration and Lunch
2. 1:55 am - 2:00 am
   Welcome Remarks: Nick Reeve, European Editor, Chief Investment Officer
3. 2:00 am - 2:50 am
    

   Liability-Aware Investing: Building LDI for the Future
   In a low-return, low-yield environment it will be harder than ever to plug that funding gap. Our panel discusses the challenges and potential solutions, and ask: What does the future of LDI look like?

   PRESENTER:
   Dianne Ramsay, Investment Director, Pensions Solutions, Standard Life Investments

   MODERATOR:
   Nick Reeve, European Editor, Chief Investment Officer

   PANELISTS:
   Trevor Welsh, Head of Liability-Driven Investment, Pension Protection Fund
   Mark Thompson, CIO, HSBC UK Pension Fund

4. 2:55 am - 3:45 am

   Active, Index, Smart—Can’t We All Just Get Along?
   Moving beyond ‘active v. passive’: How to construct an effective equities portfolio for the 21st century investor. What roles will active managers, index funds, and risk premia strategies play in the future?

   MODERATOR:
   Leanna Orr, Managing Editor, Chief Investment Officer

   PANELISTS:
   Stefan Dunatov, CIO, Coal Pension Trustees
   Theodore Economou, Chair of Investment Committee, Lombard Odier Pension Fund
   Mark Walker, Global CIO, Unilever

5. 3:45 am - 4:15 am
   Coffee Break
6. 4:20 am - 5:10 am

   European Next Generation Award: The Title Round
   A handful of illustrious young asset owners have been named finalists for the 2016 European Next Generation award. Only one can take the title. Welcome to the afternoon’s grand finale: Top alums of the Forty Under Forty, a lightning round of questions, one secret ballot per audience member, Europe’s leading institutional investors voting, and a single winner of the Next Generation asset-owner title, to be revealed at the European Industry Innovation Awards dinner that evening.

   MODERATORS:
   Nick Reeve, European Editor, Chief Investment Officer
   Kip McDaniel, Editor-in-Chief, Chief Investment Officer

   FINALISTS:
   Steven Catchpole (Aviva UK Staff Pension)
   Sunil Krishnan (BT Pension Scheme)
   Claudia Kruse (APG)
   Richard Moon (Railways Pension Scheme)
   Ben Piggott (Royal Mail Pension Trustees)  

7. 5:15 am - 5:30 am
   Closing Remarks and Questions
8. 5:30 am
   Cocktails