ICPM Fact Sheet Sept2017 · ICPM enjoys a strategic partnership with the Rotman School of...
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What makes ICPM unique? ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ An exceptional global network for senior leaders and pension professionals Opportunities to exchange ideas with peers in a safe and non-commercial setting A convenient hub for learning about global best practices and new thinking Access to leading-edge research on pension design, investment and risk management, and governance practices A forum to stimulate academic talent globally to produce transformational and relevant research An important resource for pension organizations worldwide Cutting-edge global applied industry and academic research: Case studies and collation of best practices on pension management and long-horizon investing; opportunities for pension funds and pension research entities to collaborate and stimulate new thinking. Member-only Discussion Forums: Held semi-annually in different parts of the world, Forums provide a collegial setting for exchange of ideas among senior executives in the ICPM network and other distinguished pension and investment practitioners; critical pension issues are addressed by leading authorities from academia, the global pension sector, and policy-making circles. Board Effectiveness Program: A unique global governance program designed exclusively for pension fund board members; outlines an effective board’s role in key areas such as articulating organizational mission, exercising fiduciary duty, governing investments, managing risk, and appropriately incentivising management. A global voice: Providing input and expertise on emerging debates related to pension design, long-horizon investing, and ways to align incentives of all stakeholders in a pension fund. ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ICPM offers: ICPM Discussion Forums play a critical role facilitating knowledge sharing amongst pension industry peers in a focused setting. Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Public Market Investments, CPPIB (Canada) Eric M. Wetlaufer The International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM) was founded in 2005 to produce important new insights into pension system design, effective governance and the management of pension investments. Today, ICPM is a select network of leading pension delivery organizations from around the world that collectively manage over US$3.5 trillion in assets. ICPM enjoys a strategic partnership with the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, as well as a variety of leading centres of pension research around the world such as OECD (Paris), the Centre for Retirement Research (Boston), Netspar (Netherlands) and the Global Risk Institute (Toronto). A truly global organization, ICPM has an office in Toronto, Canada, while its executive director Dr. Rob Bauer, a globally-renowned pension academic and Professor of Finance is based at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics in the Netherlands. Membership of ICPM supports NZ Super s objective to establish, maintain and benchmark against, international best practice. The Board Effectiveness Program supports the building of networks with other governors and thought leaders. The program provides an excellent mix of practical and academic teaching that is international in perspective and tailored for the specific governance challenges of trustees/guardians of pension and other funds. Deputy Chair, NZ Super (New Zealand) Lindsay Wright General Counsel/General Manager Corporate Strategy, NZ Super (New Zealand) Sarah Owen www.icpmnetwork.com International Centre for Pension Management 20 Carlton Street, Suite 123 Toronto, ON, M5B 2H5, Canada +1 416 925 4153 September 2017 www.icpmnetwork.com ICPM is a global network of pension funds that stimulates leading-edge thinking and practice about pension management. www.icpmnetwork.com/bep www.icpmnetwork.com/discussion-forums/
Transcript of ICPM Fact Sheet Sept2017 · ICPM enjoys a strategic partnership with the Rotman School of...
What makes ICPM unique?
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An exceptional global network for senior leaders andpension professionals
Opportunities to exchange ideas with peers in a safeand non-commercial setting
A convenient hub for learning about global bestpractices and new thinking
Access to leading-edge research on pension design,investment and risk management, and governancepractices
A forum to stimulate academic talent globally toproduce transformational and relevant research
An important resource for pension organizations worldwide
Cutting-edge global applied industry and academic research: Case studies and collation of best practices on pensionmanagement and long-horizon investing; opportunities for pension funds and pension research entities to collaborate andstimulate new thinking.
Member-only Discussion Forums: Held semi-annually in different parts of the world, Forums provide a collegial setting forexchange of ideas among senior executives in the ICPM network and other distinguished pension and investmentpractitioners; critical pension issues are addressed by leading authorities from academia, the global pension sector, andpolicy-making circles.
Board Effectiveness Program: A unique global governance program designed exclusively for pension fund board members;outlines an effective board's role in key areas such as articulating organizational mission, exercising fiduciary duty, governing
investments, managing risk, and appropriately incentivising management.
A global voice: Providing input and expertise on emerging debates related to pension design, long-horizon investing, andways to align incentives of all stakeholders in a pension fund.
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ICPM offers:
ICPM Discussion Forums play a critical rolefacilitating knowledge sharing amongst pensionindustry peers in a focused setting.
Senior Managing Director & GlobalHead of Public Market Investments,CPPIB (Canada)
Eric M. Wetlaufer
The International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM) was founded in 2005 to produce important new insightsinto pension system design, effective governance and the management of pension investments. Today, ICPM is aselect network of leading pension delivery organizations from around the world that collectively manage overUS$3.5 trillion in assets.
ICPM enjoys a strategic partnership with the Rotman School ofManagement at the University of Toronto, as well as a variety ofleading centres of pension research around the world such as
OECD (Paris), the Centre for Retirement Research (Boston),Netspar (Netherlands) and the Global Risk Institute (Toronto).
A truly global organization, ICPM has an office in Toronto,Canada, while its executive director — Dr. Rob Bauer, aglobally-renowned pension academic and Professor of Finance— is based at the Maastricht University School of Business andEconomics in the Netherlands.
Membership of ICPM supports NZ Super’s objective
to establish, maintain and benchmark against,international best practice. The BoardEffectiveness Program supports the building ofnetworks with other governors and thoughtleaders.
The program provides an excellent mix of practicaland academic teaching that is international inperspective and tailored for the specificgovernance challenges of trustees/guardians ofpension and other funds.
Deputy Chair, NZ Super (New Zealand)Lindsay Wright
General Counsel/General ManagerCorporate Strategy, NZ Super (NewZealand)
Sarah Owen
www.icpmnetwork.com
International Centre for Pension Management
20 Carlton Street, Suite 123
Toronto, ON, M5B 2H5, Canada +1 416 925 4153
September 2017
www.icpmnetwork.com
ICPM is a global network of pension funds thatstimulates leading-edge thinking and practice aboutpension management.
www.icpmnetwork.com/bep
www.icpmnetwork.com/discussion-forums/
Membership privileges
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Three seats at each semi-annual DiscussionForum
Preferred access to the Board EffectivenessProgram (BEP)
ICPM-sponsored research findings and othersector information including the globalpension research scanning service
Influence on ICPM research priorities
Opportunity to become a member of theICPM Research Committee or Board ofDirectors
Ongoing communications including theAnnual Report, Year in Review, eNewsletterand international webinar series
For More Information
Peter WaiteHead of Operations
+1 416 925 4153
Rob BauerExecutive Director
www.icpmnetwork.com
www.icpmnetwork.com
A Unique Global Pension Network
Head of Pension Advisory, World Bank TreasuryICPM Board Vice-Chair
Sudhir Rajkumar
ICPM is a vibrant global networkof pension funds, offering amenu of services focused onimproving pension design,
fostering long-horizon investing,and strengthening the governanceof pension investments.
International Centre for Pension Management
20 Carlton Street, Suite 123
Toronto, ON, M5B 2H5, Canada +1 416 925 4153
September 2017
AAFP Chile
AFP Habitat
Alberta InvestmentManagement Corp (AIMCo)
Alberta Local AuthoritiesPension Plan Corp (ALAPP)
Algemene Pensioen Groep(APG)
AP 1
AustralianSuper
British Columbia InvestmentManagement Corp. (bcIMC)
Caisse de dépôt et placementdu Québec
California Public EmployeesRetirement System (CalPERS)
California State Teachers'Retirement System (CalSTRS)
CPP Investment Board (CPPIB)
Danish Labour MarketSupplementary Pension (ATP)
De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)
Healthcare of Ontario PensionPlan (HOOPP)
Ilmarinen
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National Employmnet SavingsTrust (NEST)
New York State Teachers’Retirement System (NYSTRS)
New Zealand SuperannuationFund
Nomura Research Institute
Ontario Municipal EmployeesRetirement System (OMERS)
Ontario Teachers' PensionPlan Board (OTPP)
Oregon Investment Council(OIC)
OPTRUST
PEW Charitable Trusts
PGGM
Public Sector PensionInvestment Board (PSP)
Queensland InvestmentCorporation Limited (QICLimited)
Railways Pension TrusteeCompany
Retraite Additionnelle de laFonction Publique (ERAFP)
State Board ofAdministration of Florida
StichtingBedrijfstakpensioenfondsvoor de Detailhandel
TIAA Institute
Unilever
UniSuper
Universities SuperannuationScheme (USS)
Washington StateInvestment Board (WSIB)
Worldwide
Global Risk Institute (GRI)
World Bank
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The ICPM network brings together 40 prominentpension organizations, known as ICPM ResearchPartners, from around the world.www.icpmnetwork.com/discussion-forums/
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