7th International Sustainability Leadership Symposium
From Short- to Long-Term: Who Cares?
Institutional Investors, Beneficiaries and Investees in Dialogue
Presentations - Thursday 31 August 2006
Introduction
 | Keynote: The Growing Importance of Institutional Investments. Market overview of different investment categories such as equities, bonds, hedge funds etc. by J. Frank Brown, Dean, INSEAD. (Video Interview with J. Frank Brown) |
| Keynote: Capital markets at the crossroads by Abby Joseph Cohen, Managing Director & Chief US Investment Strategist, Goldman Sachs. (Handout PDF) |
| Conference Theses by Hans-Peter Burkhard, Director, Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CCRS) |
I. Long-Term Investment: The Beauty and the Beast
| Keynote: Issues and criteria specifically affecting risk adjusted returns in the long run and how to integrate them in existing valuation models. Wilfried Hauck, Managing Director, Allianz Global Investors Advisory (Presentation PDF) (Video-Interview with Wilfried Hauck wmv) |
| Panellists: Thomas Müller, CFO, Swiss Life Heinrich Wiemer, Strategy Consultant, Capital Market Strategies Moderator: Ernst A. Brugger, CEO, The Sustainability Forum Zürich (Video Interview with Ernst A. Brugger wmv) |
II. Do Beneficiaries Know What They Want?
| Keynote: The different expectations of beneficiaries, institutional investors and investees and how the ultimate capital providers can make sure that fiduciaries pursue their interests. The significance of trust – does it vary for short- and long-term investments? Jean-Louis Nakamura, CIO, Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (Presentation PDF) |
| Panellists: Dominique Biedermann, Executive Director, Ethos, Swiss Foundation for Sustainable Development Travis Engen, former President and CEO, Alcan Stefan T. Bichsel, Partner, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Moderator: Gerhard Schwarz, Chief Economics Editor, Neue Zürcher Zeitung |
III. Drivers for (Un)Sustainable Returns (Workshop Series 1)
| A. Managing the Long-Term in a Short-Term Oriented Environment: The Challenge of Pension Funds Keynote: Michael Bernegger, Head Asset Management, Swiss Life (Presentation PDF) Comment: Wilfried Hauck, Managing Director, Allianz Global Investors Advisory Moderation: Ivo Menzinger, Head of Sustainability & Emerging Risk Management, Swiss Re |
| B. Significant Factors Impacting Capital Markets Keynote: Craig Metrick, US Head of Responsible Investment, Mercer Investment Consulting (Presentation PDF) Comment: J. Frank Brown, Dean, INSEAD Moderator: Alexander Barkawi, Managing Director, SAM Indexes |
| C. Risk Appetite of Institutional Investors Keynote: Heinrich Wiemer, Strategy Consultant, Capital Market Strategies (Presentation PDF) Comment: Giuseppe Benelli, CIO, Vontobel Group Moderator: Sandra Hedinger, Vice President Public Affairs, Swiss Life |
| D. Making Best Use of the Right Information Keynote: Peter Ohnemus, CEO & President & Dominique Habegger, Head Research, Asset4 (Presentation PDF) Comment: Hans C. Steckling, Chairman & CEO, HCS-Consulting Moderator: Angela de Wolff, Head of SRI, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch (Video Interview with Angela de Wolff wmv) |
| E. The Multiple Principal-Agent Relation in Institutional Investment Keynote: Brunno Maradei, Assistant Director, EIRIS (Video Interview with Brunno Maradei wmv) Comment: Ivo Knöpfel, Managing Director, onValues Moderation: Erna Karrer-Rüedi, Head of Marketing & Communications, Care Group |
| Keynote by Wim Vermeir, Member Executive Committee, Dexia Asset Management. Presentation: New Perspectives for Long-Term Investing |
| Keynote by Iris Bohnet, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Presentation: How Much Can You Trust? Video: Interview with Iris Bohnet wmv |
