Pension Funds and Alternative Investments

A Live Webinar from the Series on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds

Pension Funds and Alternative Investments

Monday, November 18, 2024 | 6:00 – 7:00 PM (ET)
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM (Japan Time)

Featuring:

Terezie Hesounova Trivell

Director of Private Markets, United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund

Suyi Kim

Ex-Senior Managing Director and Head of Private Equity, CPP Investments

Moderator: Keiko Honda, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University

Opening Remarks: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, SIPA; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB

Note: This event is held under the Chatham House Rule. A recording of the event will not be made public. 

What you'll learn:

● Facts on alternative investment by some of the largest pension funds in the world. One of the major innovations that globally renowned public pension funds made over the last 20–30 years has been the increased allocation to alternative investments, including private equity and infrastructure.
● Reasons for the shift toward alternatives. We will explore how they shifted their strategic asset allocation and how this impacted their performance and discuss their challenges in managing alternative assets.
● Rebalance. How often do they adjust their portfolio, including alternatives? When evaluations of alternatives become higher, would that lead them to sell certain alternative assets?

Biographies:

Terezie Hesounova Trivell, a national of the Czech Republic (Eastern European States), is the Director of Private Markets (D-1) overseeing the Fund’s global private markets investments at the Office of Investment Management (OIM) of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) since April 2022. Ms. Hesounova Trivell oversees approximately US$20 billion in private markets, including private equity, real estate and infrastructure. Ms. Hesounova Trivell actively participates in asset allocation, investment strategy and organizational development roles.

Suyi Kim most recently led CPP Investments’ Private Equity program globally, including teams dedicated to investments in Direct Private Equity, Private Equity Asia, Private Equity Funds and Secondaries.

Suyi was Senior Managing Director & Head of Asia Pacific, overseeing CPP Investment’s investment activities in Asia Pacific across all investment programs including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and credit. Suyi joined CPP Investments in 2007 and established our first international office in Hong Kong. She oversaw the private equity business in Asia as Head of Private Equity Asia until early 2016.

Suyi has over 20 years of investment experience. Prior to joining CPP Investments, she worked at The Carlyle Group and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan for private equity investments in Asia as well as globally. Before her investing career, Suyi also worked at McKinsey & Co. and PricewaterhouseCoopers in various Asian countries. Suyi holds a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Seoul National University. She is a Certified Public Accountant.

She currently serves on the board of directors of Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company and subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., as well as JA Korea, the Korean branch of Junior Achievement. She is also a Governing Council Member of the McKinsey Center for CEO Excellence. She previously sat on the board of Hong Kong Broadband Network (“HKBN”), a Hong Kong listed Internet, Communication & Tele-communication company, Homeplus, the second largest retailer in South Korea and Global Private Capital Association (ex “EMPEA”). Suyi was also on the Products Advisory Committee of the Securities & Futures Commission of Hong Kong.

Admission and Contact:

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Special Notes:

● This is a free event. Participants will receive a link to access the live webinar upon registration.
● This webinar is part of CJEB’s Series on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds.

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