The Women in Super Breakfast is not included in your ASI registration. Tickets can be purchased via the WIS website.

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Insights on the global political climate and how climate change is impacting political thinking from a national security perspective

Given the current global economic environment and the continued growth of the superannuation sector, hear about the challenges and opportunities that superannuation leaders are expecting to encounter, and preparing to deal with, over the next 2-5 years.

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Decarbonisation, globalisation and technology diffusion are global trends impacting portfolio construction

As funds evolve and grow, investment governance structures evolve too. How does the Investment Committee maintain oversight of and interact with investment teams? What are the significant influences on governance?

Extracting true excess return from managers is critical but how can this best be done? The evidence and academic research on the what and why of priced factors in listed equity markets and the role they play in the portfolio of a long-term investor will be discussed.

Alternative Real Estate is growing in importance covering infrastructure assets such as aged care, hospitals, build-to-rent, data centres and renewables. What are the emerging trends and opportunities that we can expect from this asset class?

During this session Industry Practitioners will discuss the rise of total portfolio approach (TPA) as an investment methodology. As Investment Managers continue to navigate changing market dynamics, the panel will share practical and theoretical use cases on TPA and explore how this approach can help investment managers build dynamic portfolios underpinned by robust governance and risk frameworks.

How are private credit markets performing? What are the opportunities and how can we capitalise in a diversified way?

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Climate change and nature loss are triggering responses in policy and markets around the world. Much more will come, since we are nowhere close to avoid the catastrophic impacts predicted by science. What developments can we expect over the next years, how is this relevant to investors, and what are the opportunities?

The Climate Risk Simulation will consider what a specific future scenario of a 50-degree heat wave followed by storm activity and fire across south-east Australia would mean for superannuation funds? Globally the total number of days above 50C averaged 14 times a year between 1980 and 2009, increasing to 26 days a year between 2010 and 2019. How prepared are fund investment strategies and portfolios to deal with the fallout? Which sectors will be hardest hit? What questions should Boards, Executive and Investment teams be asking now to be prepared for the inevitable?

Part 1: The Science behind extreme weather events – 50C/Extreme storm activity/Fire

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The Climate Risk Simulation will consider what a specific future scenario of a 50-degree heat wave followed by storm activity and fire across south-east Australia would mean for superannuation funds? Globally the total number of days above 50C averaged 14 times a year between 1980 and 2009, increasing to 26 days a year between 2010 and 2019. How prepared are fund investment strategies and portfolios to deal with the fallout? Which sectors will be hardest hit? What questions should Boards, Executive and Investment teams be asking now to be prepared for the inevitable?

Part 2: Asset Class Scenarios – Property/Infrastructure/Listed Equities

The Climate Risk Simulation will consider what a specific future scenario of a 50-degree heat wave followed by storm activity and fire across south-east Australia would mean for superannuation funds? Globally the total number of days above 50C averaged 14 times a year between 1980 and 2009, increasing to 26 days a year between 2010 and 2019. How prepared are fund investment strategies and portfolios to deal with the fallout? Which sectors will be hardest hit? What questions should Boards, Executive and Investment teams be asking now to be prepared for the inevitable?

Part 3: Panel Discussion – Heads of Sustainability

Forecasts and trends on global commodity markets and likely impacts for the Australian and New Zealand economies and their interaction with global financial markets

Many investors believe that sustainable and responsible investing often means sacrificing returns in exchange for making an impact – private market investing offers a unique avenue in enabling sustainable investing while maintaining a focus on attractive risk adjusted returns.

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Institutional Impact is growing rapidly and this session will unpack how asset owners use the Sustainable Development Investment platform and how asset managers are shaping portfolios to meet impact allocations made by superannuation funds.

Risks are, by definition, often hard to foresee. What ultimately become the biggest risks may even appear even fanciful when first considered. Who thought a decade ago thought that the Australian gaming sector would underperform by 90%? Or that an opportunity lay in Australian lithium deposits? What impact might an inflationary world, changes in the Chinese growth pattern, and increasingly interventionist governments, have on ASX sectoral and stock performance?

Gain a better understanding of artificial neural networks, how they add alpha to portfolios and how to explain them to Boards, members, and investors. Learn about the infrastructure, resources and governance systems required to manage such systems.

The ASI conference will end with a sit-down breakfast which all attendees are encouraged to attend

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