14th Annual The Rights and Responsibilities of Institutional Investors

Date - To be confirmed
Amsterdam
About

The 14th Annual Rights & Responsibilities of Institutional Investors will again be held in Amsterdam and co-sponsored by Institutional Investor and Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP.

Co-Host

Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check

Advisory Board

Co-Chairs

Jack Ehnes
Chief Executive Officer
CalSTRS
United States

Henrika Vikman
Chief Executive Officer
Nordea Funds
Finland

Euan Stirling
Global Head of Stewardship & ESG
Aberdeen Standard Investments
Scotland

Christiaan Leussink
Manager, Legal & Compliance
ACTIAM
Netherlands

Harald Walkate
Head of Responsible Investment
Aegon Asset Management
Netherlands

Teresa Isele
General Counsel & Head of Compliance
AP1
Sweden

Richard Gröttheim
Chief Executive Officer
AP7
Sweden

Matt Christiansen
Head of Responsible Investment
AXA Investment Managers
France

Leif Hasager
Chief Investment Officer
Formuepleje A/S
Denmark

Sven M. Bauer
Head of Legal, Compliance & AML
Monega KAG
Germany

Rogier Snijdewind
Senior Advisor, Responsible Investment
PGGM
The Netherlands

Dewi Dylander
Deputy Executive Director, ESG
PKA/ A/S

Jacob Ehlerth Jorgensen
Chief Legal Officer
Sampension
Denmark

Jan Erik Saugestad
Chief Executive Officer
Storebrand Asset Management AS
Norway

Carolina de Onis
General Counsel-Legal Services
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
United States

Topics
  • The end of the free trade era: Impact on societies, businesses, and asset management and investment strategies
  • Corporate governance in your emerging markets portfolio
  • Must active engagement retrench this year? Are other issues taking precedence for funds and plans?
  • The end of the all-powerful Chairman/CEO?
  • Brexit: Are you ready? – The short term versus strategic implications
  • Workshop for legal executives on artificial intelligence/machine learning and what it means for asset managers
  • What does a proper disclosure regime for investors look like?
  • Is there a new class action regime developing in Europe?
  • Corporate politics: The upside and downside to politicians on corporate boards
  • Voting rights: Can and should all investors be treated equally?
  • China pivots: Impact on investments and corporate governance in China
  • In the race to find PE opportunities, are we seeing a loosening of fiduciary duties?
  • Where do directors’ responsibilities begin and end? And where do investors’?
  • The Big 4: Client interest/public interest/corporate interest – who are they serving?
  • Who can sanction the Board? What do you do with boards which refuse to respond to the demands of shareholders?
Agenda

To view the preliminary agenda for a full list of session topics, please contact acornish@iiforums.com

Contact

QUESTIONS?

For more information, please contact:

Ann Cornish

Audience Director
acornish@iiforums.com
+1 212 224 3877

 

Randy Kelin

Executive Director, Business Development
randy.klein@institutionalinvestor.com
+44 (0) 212 224 3629