Date:
March 26-27, 2012

Location:
The Roosevelt Hotel
New York, NY

Join us at the annual Investment Symposium March 26th-27th 2012. This two-day event, sponsored by the SOA with support from PRIMIA, features four concurrent tracks along with four general sessions covering the diverse topics including, debate of retirement investment practices, Euro Zone impact on US and global economics, the integration of risk management and investment management, and a chief investment officer roundtable.

Despite hopes during 2011 for improving economic conditions, increased fiscal stability and stronger, more stable capital markets, the year ended with the Euro Zone still in crisis, record low interest rates, numerous Sovereign downgrades, little progress in solving longstanding government budget deficit problems in numerous countries, and mixed and volatile economic conditions. The Global Financial Crisis unfortunately remains with us, as do a variety of regulatory, accounting and capital markets developments associated with it. What is the outlook for 2012 and beyond, and how should we view investment strategy and risk management for insurance liability, pension plan and retirement investing in this environment?

Who Should Attend

Investment professionals, risk managers, finance professionals and investment or corporate actuaries.

Four available tracks for you to pick from include:

1. Retirement/Pension — development of a new retirement science aligning investments (short-term & long-term), risk management, actuarial, accounting, demographics and governance.
2. Portfolio Management — Portfolio Construction, Asset Allocation, Asset Management Outsourcing, Capital Regime Changes, ETFs, Principal Protection, Liquidity Management.
3. Quantitative, Risk Management and ALM — Arbitrage and Stock Option Pricing, Modeling Efficiencies, Sovereign Risk Management, Municipal Risk, Quantitative Credit Models, Improving Liability Benchmarks
4. Economics, Accounting & Regulations — Capital Regime Changes, Accounting Basis Risk, Eurozone Macroeconomics, Dodd-Frank, Impact of Low Interest Rates on Insurance Company Financial Statements