Intesa Sanpaolo Conference Room
Piazza Belgioioso 1
20121 Milano
Italy
The Sovereign Investment Lab at the Baffi Carefin Center at Bocconi University is proud to host its 2018 Sovereign Investment Workshop, The Great Shift East: Opportunities and Challenges of Long-Term Investment in Asia, with the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds on Friday 13 July.
Asian economies picked up strongly in recent years and the region is expected to be a major driver of global growth. Asian sovereign investors have also grown in size and relevance, due to the sheer size of their activity at home and their ambitions abroad. In 2017, Asia has been the region of choice of global SWFs. Historically, SWF investment in the region has been concentrated in China, with a focus on financial services. Although China remains Asia’s powerhouse, the most striking trend over the last couple of years, is the spreading out of investments across the region, primarily in India but also in other emerging Asian economies. In this year’s Bocconi Sovereign Investment Workshop, we will seek to discover why Asia is now such an important market for SWF investment. We will also seek to uncover the long-term trends that make this growing and dynamic region attractive for SWFs, but also the challenges to doing business in recipient countries.
The workshop will be held at the Intesa Sanpaolo Conference Room Belgioioso, Piazza Belgioioso 1, Milano
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Agenda
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14:00 |
Registration |
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14:30 |
Welcome
Gianmario Verona, Rector, Bocconi University |
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14:45 |
Presentation of the IFSWF/Bocconi SWF Annual Review
Bernardo Bortolotti, SIL Director, Bocconi University |
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15:15 |
Keynote |
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15:45 |
The Asian Opportunity
Sovereign wealth funds are committing more capital to countries throughout Asia. This panel will discuss how the situation has changed to encourage more of these long-term investors to become serious about a wider range of Asian countries. We will also uncover the trends that give these dynamic economies good long-term prospects for returns and the sectors in which the prospects are rosiest. Chair: Rachel Ziemba, Strategic Advisor, Alpha Z Advisors
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| 17:00 | Coffee Break |
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17:15 |
Silk Roads and Beyond
Asian sovereign investors are also playing a key role as long-term investors abroad. Large-scale infrastructure projects such as the One Belt, One Road have hit the headlines, but the sizable investments originating from the region have spanned all industries and sectors. In this panel, we will discuss how Asian SWFs go about choosing which companies to back and what the challenges are to the process. Chair: Roberto Marsella, Head of Portfolio Strategy & Real Estate Partnerships, Generali Real Estate
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18:30 |
Closing Remarks |
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19:00 |
Gala Dinner at Castello Sforzesco |