Meeting Your Investment Objectives Using Real Assets: Strategic and Tactical Considerations

Institutional Investor Forums’ 4th Annual Global Real Assets Investment Forum will provide a comprehensive examination of the competing views of the real asset cycle, probing whether the secular bull market is reaching its end or may be due to continue. Academics, leading asset managers, and your peers — investment decision-makers from the larger pension funds, endowments, and foundations in North America — will provide insights into the issues you must be aware of as you consider making an allocation to commodities or infrastructure, increasing an existing allocation, or re-allocating.

Advisory Board

Conference Chairman and Moderator

John Ritter, Director, Texas Teachers’ Retirement System

Advisory Board Members (to date)

Francis Idehen, Director, Private Markets, Exelon
Daniel W. Cummings, Managing Director, Harvard Management Company, Inc.
Christine Kelleher, Senior Investment Officer, Georgetown University
Paul Palmer, Investment Officer, Los Angeles Fire & Police Pension System
Petya Nikolova, Executive Director, Infrastructure, New York City Retirement Systems
Sam Masoudi, CFA, CAIA, Managing Director, Tulane University
Brian Johnson, Director, Real Assets, University of California Endowment
Greg Spick, CFA, Portfolio Manager, UPS Group Trust
Kevin Zhu, Assistant Portfolio Manager, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
John J. Graves, CFA. Asst. Senior Investment Officer of Tangible Assets, Washington State Investment Board

Lead Sponsors

Bunge Global Agribusiness
Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc.
Highstar Capital
Nuveen Asset Management
Schroder Investment Management, North America
Summerhaven Investment Management
World Gold Council

Co-Sponsors

ClearBridge Investments
CoreCommodity Management, LLC.
Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets
RS Investments
State Street Global Advisors

Research Sponsor

Van Eck Global

Emerging Manager Panel Sponsors

ASA Gold & Precious Metals Limited
The Sentient Group

Supporting Organization

Pantheon Ventures (US) LP