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Monday 1st March 2010
Theme: Global Investing from Australia - Growing the business in the new environment

Sofitel Melbourne on Collins
25 Collins St
Melbourne Victoria

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Morning Session - Decision making in times of uncertainty:  The role of judgement in Risk Management

Venue: Fitzroy Ballroom
CPD available: Three

8.30am

Arrival and Registration

9.00am

Welcome and introduction

Syd Bone
Chairman
Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies (MCFS)

9.10am    

Pension Fund Perspective

Good decision making for
Pension Funds -
maintaining focus on long
term investment objectives

Aaron Drew
Senior Investment Strategist
 9.35am     Fund Trustee Perspective

Applying good governance
in super:  exercising
judgement in meeting
fiduciary responsibilities
Rita Harris
Worldwide Partner
Mercer

10.00am    

Actuarial Perspective

The actuaries role in good
governance of super:  the
role of professional
judgement in managing
risk

Melinda Howes
Chief Executive Officer
Institute of Actuaries of Australia

10.25am    

Investment Manager CIO
Perspective

Why good governance is
good investing:  the UNPRI
in practice

Andrew Cooke
Chief Investment Officer
Goldman Sachs and JBWere Asset
Management 

10.50am    

Networking

11.20am

Panel Discussion

Andrew Cooke, JSJBWAM
Rita Harris, Mercer
Melinda Howes, IAA
Adrian Orr, NZ Super Fund

Symposium Networking Luncheon

Venue: La Trobe Ballroom

11.30am    

12noon    




12.10pm  


1.00pm




1.40pm    

1.50pm          

Arrival and Registration

Welcome and Introduction




Presentation of Innovation Award

Behavioural location and
environmental drivers of
fund performance


Q and A

Vote of thanks and close

Syd Bone
Chairman
Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies (MCFS)




Professor Gordon Clark
Director
Oxford University Centre for the Environment



Syd Bone
Chairman
Melbourne Centre for Financial
Studies (MCFS)

Afternoon Session - Global Investing:  Growing the business in the new environment!

Venue: Arthur Streeton Room
CPD Available: Three

1.30pm

Arrival and Registration

2.00pm

Welcome and Introduction

Professor Deborah Ralston
Director
Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies (MCFS)

2.10pm

The International
Opportunity for Australian
Fund Managers to grow
their business

Jeremy Duffield
Managing Director
Vanguard Australia

2.50pm    

The Domestic Environment

The rapidly changing domestic environment post Ripoll, Henry and Cooper reports;  local fund management consolidation;  fee for service in financial planning

Michael Dwyer
CEO
First State Super

 3.30pm

Networking

 4.00pm    

Panel Discussion:
Platforms and Efficiencies
necessary for growing the business

Panel Discussion: Harnessing technology, process and risk management in funds distribution and global custody to cut costs and grow the business

Terry McCaughey
Independent Non-Executive Director
and Global Risk and Custody Consultant

Peter Curtis
Senior Manager - Investments
Australian Super

Paul Cutts
Managing Director
Northern Trust

Ray Lester
Director Delivery Services
NAB Asset Servicing

Vicki Martyn
Third Party Change Manager
QIC

 5.25pm

Concluding remarks

Professor Deborah Ralston
Director
Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies (MCFS)

Symposium Dinner

Venue:  Grand Ballroom, Sofitel Melbourne on Collins.

5.30pm

Cocktail Reception

7.30pm

Welcome 

Professor Deborah Ralston
Director
Melbourne Centre for Financial
Studies (MCFS)

8.00pm

Stewardship Award Presentation

 

 8.30pm     Dinner including speaker address  
 8.35pm     Dinner Keynote Speaker J Richard (Rich) Kushel
Vice Chairman
Head of International Businesses
BlackRock
 9.15pm     Q and A  
 9.30pm Vote of thanks  Syd Bone
Chairman
Melbourne Centre for Financial
Studies (MCFS)
 10.00pm Dinner Close  
 10.00pm Networking at Sofi's  
 1.00am Symposium Close