IFSWF and the Fondo Latinamericanos de Reservas are delighted to invite you to an online conversation in which leading experts will provide an overview of sovereign wealth funds globally, focusing on their characteristics and developments within Latin America. We aim to explore the current landscape of SWFs in the region and discuss potential future trends and opportunities.
This conversation will enhance and complement our recent report, which is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
The webinar will be simultaneously translated into Spanish.
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La IFSWF y el Fondo Latinoamericano de Reservas tienen el agrado de invitarlo a una conversación en línea en la que destacados expertos brindarán una descripción general de los fondos soberanos de inversión a nivel mundial, con especial atención a sus características y desarrollos en América Latina. Nuestro objetivo es explorar el panorama actual de los fondos soberanos de inversión en la región y analizar posibles tendencias y oportunidades futuras.
Esta conversación enriquecerá y complementará nuestro reciente informe, que está disponible en inglés, español y portugués.
El seminario web se traducirá simultáneamente al español.
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Speakers
Patrick J. Schena, Professor of the Practice, Economics Adjunct Professor, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Patrick J. Schena, PhD, is BLR Professor of Practice in the Department of Economics, Tufts University and Director of Tufts’ Finance Minor. He is also Adj Professor of International Business at The Fletcher School, where for 20 years he has taught courses on finance, investment management, and private equity. Since 2009, he has served as Co-Head of SovereigNet, The Fletcher Network for Sovereign Wealth and Global Capital. In addition, he is an Associate-in-Research at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. In parallel to his academic work in finance, which has included teaching in several Boston-area MBA programs, Dr. Schena has 30 years of industry experience in finance, investments, operations, and technology management with a disciplinary focus in asset management.
Abdiel Santiago, Chief Executive Officer of the Fondo de Ahorro de Panamá (FAP)
Abdiel Santiago has over 20 years of financial experience in the financial sector, including executive roles in equity investment research, investment banking, restructuring and financial regulation. Prior to his current role, he was an equity investment research executive at Morgan Stanley in New York, covering the energy and industrial sectors (over $200bn in market cap.) and worked in teams that consistently ranked No. 1 in equity research. Earlier in his career, Santiago served as a financial analyst at the US Securities & Exchange Commission, overseeing financial/regulatory matters for broker-dealers and asset managers, and served in the US Air Force. Santiago is a Board Leadership Fellow with The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), Washington, D.C. He received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Denver.
Eric Parrado, Chief Economist and General Manager of the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Eric Parrado Herrera is Chief Economist and General Manager of the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) since March 2019. Before joining the IDB, he was a professor of economics and finance at the ESE Business School of the Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Mr. Parrado is a visiting professor at Oxford University and ETH Zürich, and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Frontier Risks. From 2014 to 2018 he was the Superintendent of Banks and Financial Institutions in Chile, where he promoted reforms such as the modernization of banking legislation and the creation of new instruments for financial inclusion.
In his career, Mr. Parrado has focused on monetary, fiscal and financial policy, advising central banks on managing inflation targeting regimes and implementing sovereign wealth funds in several countries. He has also written several academic articles on monetary policy, fiscal policy and sovereign wealth funds.
Victoria Barbary, Director of Strategy and Communications at the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF)
Victoria is the Director of Strategy and Communications at the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF), a global network of sovereign wealth funds with members from almost 40 countries. In her role, Victoria works with IFSWF members to curate a programme of online and offline knowledge-sharing and networking activities related to all aspects of their operations from governance to investment strategies.
Victoria has worked in the sovereign wealth fund world for over a decade and has become a noted author and commentator on SWFs. In 2012, she founded the Sovereign Wealth Center, an online provider of data and analysis about SWFs, now part of Institutional Investor’s Sovereign Investor Institute. Before joining IFSWF, Victoria was Director of Investec Asset Management’s Investment Institute, which was responsible for the firm’s thought leadership.
Iker Zubizarreta, Chief Investment & Financial Officer of FLAR
CFO since 2007. He joined FLAR in 2005 as Director of Financial Research. He previously served at the Central Bank of Venezuela, holding positions including Portfolio Manager and Deputy Head of the International Investment Department. Iker earned an MBA with specialization in financial engineering from MIT, and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Barton College.