Free Infrastructure Conference For Pension Plans

As I wrote on October 13, 2013, I am delighted to join the speaker roster for an upcoming December 5 and 6, 2013 conference about infrastructure. I will be part of the session entitled "How international investors are structuring their portfolios."

Infrastructure is getting noticed by pension plans, albeit slower than some would like. Important issues such as political stability in a country and risk-adjusted expectations about cash flows over the long-term are two of the factors that must be addressed. Given the multi-year nature of infrastructure economics and the sometimes perpetual characteristic of defined benefit plan liabilities, this $40+ trillion global capital markets sector is hard to overlook. According to a Reuters article, the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System has committed $7.5 billion "together with Japan's Pension Fund Association and a consortium led by Mitsubishi Corporation." See "Pension plans launch $20 billion infrastructure fund" (April 26, 2012).

For pension plan representatives who want to learn more about investing in infrastructure or have an investment program in place and want an update, you can attend this conference for free, courtesy of infrastructure Investor Magazine. The LP Summit, to meet on December 5 and 6 at the Westin Times Square in New York City, will feature both pension fund managers and investment managers as they discuss the solutions and opportunities in infrastructure asset allocation. Among the pension funds that will have its representatives in attendance are the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, Virginia Retirement System, Employees Retirement System of Texas, and New York City Retirement Systems. To register your complimentary place, please contact David Grana at david.g@peimedia.com.

For those interested readers who want information ahead of the conference, check out the following resources:

• "Infrastructure: Defining Matters" by Dr. Larry Beeferman (Harvard Law School) and Dr. Allan Wain (Hastings Fund Management), 2013;
• "Institutional Investors and Green Infrastructure Investments: Selected Case Studies" by Christopher Kaminker et al, OECD Working Papers on Finance, Insurance and Private Pensions, OECD Publishing, 2013;
• "Pension funds to increase infrastructure allocations" by Cecile Sourbes, Investment & Pensions Asia, October 2, 2013; and
• "If you build it, they will fund," The Economist, October 26, 2013.

Source: http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/PensionRiskMatters/~3/s2eZfTNUg78/

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