Access to WIS Breakfast is not included in your ASI registration and an additional ticket must be purchased. Tickets will be available through the Women In Super website closer to the date.

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

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

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

Globally, the adoption of digital assets and tokenisation is gaining momentum and the digital asset ecosystem continues to evolve and revolutionise traditional financial systems. The potential benefits of increased liquidity, accessibility, and fractional ownership are reshaping traditional asset classes, while regulatory harmonisation and regulatory and risk frameworks are being implemented.

Trends, Evolutions and Challenges of PE Fund Administration

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

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

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

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