Annual Conference & Exhibition Archives
2019: The 2019 Annual Conference and Exhibition was held in Austin, Texas May 19 - 22.
Final Agenda
2019 Session Handouts
- Five-Year Outlook: Strategic Themes & Tactical Opportunities
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Made Easy
- Understanding Your Board’s Effectiveness and Where Improvements Will Help
- Why and How to Invest in Real Estate
- Adverse Scenarios and Pension Plan Health
- Why Private Equity Secondaries Make Sense for Public Pension Plans
- Why Costs Matter
- Investing Beyond Borders & Tax Recovery: Are You Leaving Money on the Table?
- Investing in a Low Growth World
- Core Fixed Income with an Impact
- Demographics and Real Estate – Redefining Core Strategies to Stay Ahead of the Curve
- It’s Much More Than Money
- Informed Opportunities with Multi-Asset Strategies
- Corporate Disclosure in the Age of Twitter – Is this a positive step forward?
- How a Medicare Marketplace Can Help Future-Proof Retiree Health Care Benefits
- Social Security and Retirement Planning App
- The Case for New Pension Accounting Standards
- ESG Integration: Expanding the Toolkit for Investment Research and Portfolio Management
- A Guide to Alternatives
- Use of Private Market Investments in Portfolios: Opportunities and Risks
- Pension Valuation Forecasts
- How U.S. Public Pension Investors Can Harness China’s Fast-Growing “New Economy.”
- Public Retirement Systems and Capital Market Developments
- Combatting Elder Financial Exploitation
2019 Conference Videos
- Five‐Year Outlook: Strategic Themes & Tactical Opportunities
- Legal Panel: Securities Litigation
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Made Easy
- Legal Panel: Benefits, Tax & Regulations
- Investing in a Low Growth World
- The Future of Public Plans in Post‐Janus Decision
- The Case for New Pension Accounting Standards
- ESG Integration: Expanding the Toolkit for Investment Research and Portfolio Management
- A Guide to Alternatives
- A Conversation with Plan CEOs
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2018: The 2018 Annual Conference and Exhibtion was held in New York, New York May 13 - 16.
Final Agenda
Program Book
2018 Session Handouts
- Managing Costs and Optimizing Performance
- Actuarial Hot Spots in 2018
- Key Issues Impacting Real Estate Investing Strategies
- ESG Investing: Buzzwords or Better Investing?
- Dual-Approaches to Improving Portfolio Outcomes
- Harnessing the Future in Emerging Markets
- Tax Recovery: Are You Leaving Money on the Table?
- The Rise of Corporate Governance Cases to Effect Social Change
- Advancing Secure Savings and Investment for Pension Funds through Innovation
- Public Plan Funding Standards
- You’ve had a Cyber Breach…What’s Next?
- Meaningful Retiree Healthcare Benefit Strategies for the Public Sector
- The Case for International Smaller-Cap Equities
- How to Protect YOU in Today’s Data Breach World
- ESG Investing and Fiduciary Duty
- Plan Sustainability versus Plan Solvency
- The Deadly Dance of Drugs & Deception: Insights from National Litigation Leadership
- Secure Choice: What Is the Current State of Small Business Retirement Savings?
- Change for the Greater Good: Why Change is in the Best Interest of Your Members
- Negative Net Cash Flow: Red Flag or Red Herring?
- Finding Value in the High Yield Bond Market
- Disruptive Trends in Emerging Markets Private Equity
- Mining for Gems – What are Secondaries and How Do They Add Value?
- Can I Successfully Reduce My Equity Risk Without Reducing Long-Term Return Potential?
- Global Economic and Market Update: Can Strong Run Continue or is This as Good as it Gets
- Can Absolute Return Strategies Protect Against a Comeback in Volatility?
2018 Conference Videos
- Unintended Consequences: How Scaling Back Public Pensions Puts Government Revenues at Risk
- Secure Choice: What is the Current State of Small Business Retirement Savings?
- Legal Panel: Benefits, Tax & Regulations
- Infrastucture Investing in the US from a Canadian Institutional Investor Perspective
- Closing Address with Tom DiNapoli
- You've had a Cyber Breach... What's Next?
- Public Plan Funding Standards
- Advancing Secure Savings and Investment for Pension Funds through Innovation
- The Outlook for Public Plan Investments: A Conversation with Chief Investment Officers
- Welcome to New York from Scott Stringer
- Legal Panel: Securities Litigation
- ACE18: 2018 Economic Outlook
2017: The 2017 Annual Conference and Exhibtion was held in Hollywood, Florida May 21 - 24.
Final Agenda
Program Book
2017 Session Handouts
- The Role and Functions of an Investment Consultant
- Retirement Planning for Trustees
- Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO): What is it? Is it suitable for Public Pensions?
- Expect the Unexpected: Plans for Risk Management (PPT 2)
- ESG Investing and Implementation
- Going Beyond Style Box Investing
- Actuarial Issues A to Z
- Cyber Liability Insurance: Risk Management for Today’s Trustees
- Investment Opportunities in Private Markets
- Global Economic Update
- Overseeing the Implementation of an Investment Strategy
- Regulatory Update: Developments from the IRS, DOL and SEC Affecting Governmental Plans
- Don’t Punt! - How to Extract Attractive Returns from Your Public Equity Allocation (PPT 2)
- Fiduciary Liability Insurance: Coverage That Protects YOU…the Trustee
- Pursuing Securities Fraud Claims: Recent Judicial and Legislative Developments
- Why and How to Invest in Real Estate
- New Resources for State Pension Advocacy
- Navigating Governance Risk: How to Proactively Avoid Fiduciary Potholes and Limit Legal Liabilities
- Secure Choice: What is the Future of Small Business Retirement Savings?
- Investing, Public Pensions, and the National Pastime
- Economic Consequences of Prevailing Pension Reforms
- Natural Resource Investing: Mining for Gold
- Ethical Considerations for Trustees
- Understanding Real Assets
- Approaches to Pairing Contribution Stability and Funding Adequacy
- Fixed Income in an Environment of Unknowns
- Key Proxy Votes for 2017
2016: The 2016 Annual Conference and Exhibtion was held in San Diego, California May 15 - 19.
Program Book
Final Agenda
2016 Session Handouts
- GASB Update: What NCPERS Members Need to Know
- Panel on Pension Obligation Bonds
- Federal Regulatory Update (2nd PPT)
- Pension Reforms and Economic Volatility
- Best Practices in Fiduciary Liability Insurance
- Strategies in Commodities Markets
- Why Global Diversification Matters Now (2nd PPT)
- Meeting Member and Plan Data Breach Challenges
- Tax Recovery: Are You Leaving Money on the Table?
- All Aboard the Alts Train: Allocating to Alternatives in a Low Return World
- Say Good Governance! Not Good Grief!
- Flexible Defined Benefit Designs for the Next Generation of Public Employees
- The Hidden Costs of Indexing
- The Defined Benefit Plan – The Most Efficient Use of Taxpayer Dollars (2nd PPT)
- Economically Targeted Investments
- The Benefits of Listed Infrastructure Investing
- Perspectives on Market Returns
- De-mystifying Factor Investing
- Case Studies in Define Benefit Sustainability (2nd PPT)
- Cost Drivers to Pension Plans
- Healthcare Costs in Retirement
- NCPERS Code of Conduct
- Why and How to Invest in Real Estate
- Strengthening Plan Governance through Model Legislation
- Using Antitrust Laws to Break Banks’ Pricey Stranglehold on the Financial Markets
- Protecting Your Portfolio from Unintended Currency Risk
- Equity Investment Strategies (2nd PPT)