David Fischer of Reinsurance Group of America, with Anne Walsh of Guggenheim, says longevity risk is something investment professionals never talked about until recently.
The financial crisis changed the way investors look at their portfolios. Long-duration portfolio managers - in particular, life insurance companies and pension funds - have had to rethink asset allocation going forward. This session explores pre- and post-crisis strategies used by institutional investors to manage their portfolios and what changes they are making in their return expectations, investment strategies, liquidity needs and overall approach to funding their liabilities. Did the 2009 rebound in the financial markets solve their asset challenges? How can we better identify where vulnerabilities lie in the future?
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.
