The Osaka Global Investment Workshop will bring together senior investment professionals from the most influential pension funds in the Kansai region. Additionally, some insurers insurers, trust banks and other large financial institutions from Japan and overseas will be invited.
The investment Workshop aims to support investors by giving them the necessary tools to effectively manage risk, identify new investment opportunities and dynamically manage their portfolios in an increasingly turbulent economic, political and investment environment. It will also provide insights into specific international investment strategies and asset classes that are critical to investors’ portfolios, thus allowing fund managers to better support return and funding objectives.
All discussions at the Workshop are governed by Chatham House Rule. The event is closed to media and by invitation only to senior fund decision makers. This ensures open and productive discussions with an effective exchange of ideas among peers.
Identifying and allocating to alternative investments
Benefiting from opportunities in US middle market lending
Skillfully incorporating ROE into stock investments
Seeking yield through private debt
Optimising diversification through listed REITs
Ken Saitou
Head of Investment, Finance Group
Daikin Pension Fund
Toru Yamane
Investment Managing Director
Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.
Takanobu Ide
Executive Director
Duskin Pension Fund
Masaya Takatani
Former Managing Director
Hyogo Prefecture Oil Industry Employees Pension Fund
Yasuyuki Kato
PhD, Professor
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Management
Hiroki Masuoka
Managing Director
Nitto Denko
Kiyoshi Iwashina
Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer
Noritz Pension Fund
Takeo Honma
Finance Department
OSAKA GAS CO., LTD.
Kazuhiko Irie
Chief Investment Officer
Sekisui Pension Fund
Masahiko Ishihara
Investment Director
SHARP Pension Fund

Who should attend?
Chief investment officers, chief executive officers, heads of asset classes, investment committee members and senior investment staff, directly or indirectly managing assets for the Kansai region’s largest pension funds. Some insurers, trust banks and other large financial institutions will be invited

Attendance:
Approximately 20 representatives of institutional investor entities from the Kansai region.
Registration form and agenda are available upon request.
Jennifer Sam
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