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2010 Events / Conferences - September
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September 13-15
Harry Markopolous, the Madoff Whistleblower, will be a featured speaker at the ninth annual ‘World Alternative Investment Summit Canada.’ His book, ‘No One Would Listen,’ details the 10-year quest he and his team undertook to prevent the biggest financial disaster of the 21st century. He spent nine years trying in vain to alert the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to the Bernie Madoff scheme. It takes place in Niagara Falls, ON. Visit: www.waaisc.com
September 14-17
Given this time of unprecedented interest in the pension industry, the ‘2010 Association of Canadian Pension Management National Conference’ will address coverage, investment, economic, plan design, and funding issues through the framework of ‘Reaching Higher, Getting Stronger.’ Plenaries will be held on pension reform, the pension promise, and will Canadians be ready for retirement. It takes place in Whistler, BC. For more information, visit www.acpm-acarr.com
September 16
What Canadian asset managers need to know about Bermuda as the offshore jurisdiction of choice will be the focus of a Hedge Fund Hotel seminar. It will look into the practical considerations which asset managers must address when establishing a Bermuda vehicle. Speakers will include Thomas Caldwell, chairman and CEO of Caldwell Financial Ltd., and Greg Wojciechowski, CEO of the BSX. It takes place in Toronto, ON. Visit: www.hfhto.com
September 16
Addressing health and dental issues early will be the focus of a Connex Health session. Kevin West, vice-president at Innomar Strategies Inc., will provide information on the costs to employers of managing co-morbidities associated with obesity and will demonstrate the return on investment of assisting employees who are morbidly obese. Dr. David Kogon, a dentist and consultant to the private health and dental sector, will speak about dental claims trends, as well as current practices and recommendations on prevention and treatment that can help design a cost effective plan. It takes place in Burlington, ON. Visit: https://www.connexhc.com/uploads/September_16_10_Invite.pdf
September 16
‘National Pension Reform: Are We There Yet?’ is the title of a Manitoba CPBI Council breakfast seminar. Keith Ambachtsheer, president and founder of KPA Advisory Services Ltd., and director of the Torman International Centre of Pension Management, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, will share his perspectives on where we have been, where we are today, and what the final destination may look like. It takes place in Winnipeg, MB. Visit: http://www.cpbi-icra.ca/en/event_details.ch2?event_id=954
September 17
Suzanne Lepage, a private health plan strategist, will help sponsors gain an understanding of how government and private coverage shifts will impact patient access and why Canadians need to prepare themselves for the financial burden of a cancer diagnosis at a CPBI Ontario region breakfast session. ‘Potential Solution to the Emerging Changes in Cancer Treatment’ will also feature Andrea Roth, of Sun Life Financial, who will describe how critical illness insurance works. It takes place in Toronto, ON. Visit: www.cpbi-icra.ca
September 21
‘Hedge Fund Risk Management’ will be the focus of an AIMA Canada, CAIA, and PRMIA session. The event will consist of two panels, discussing topics surrounding risk management and hedge funds including managing tail risk through volatility targeting and the evolution of risk management for the hedge fund investor. Panelists include Mario Therrien, senior vice-president, private equity and hedge funds, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec; Mark Hannoush, senior manager, investment finance and operational due diligence, Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan; and Luis Seco, a University of Toronto professor in the department of mathematics and the Rotman School of Management. It takes place in Montreal, QC. For more information, visit http://www.prmia.org/events/view_events.php?eventID=4105
September 22
‘Pension Reform – The Strength of CAPs in Canada's Retirement Market’ will be the focus of the next Kitchener-Waterloo Chapter of the ISCEBS breakfast session. William (Bill) Kyle, executive vice-president, wealth management, for Great-West Life, London Life, and Canada Life, is the guest speaker. It takes place in Cambridge, ON. Visit: http://www.kw-iscebs.org
September 28-29
The opportunities and challenges facing institutional investors of the emerging ‘two-speed’ world will be the focus of a Mercer investment forum for institutional investors and asset managers. The current environment raises questions as to how institutional investors should change and adapt their strategies to be successful. The forum will attempt to look at some of the latest developments to integrate emerging best practice in climate risk control, in a practical way, into institutional investment arrangements. It takes place in Toronto, ON. Visit: www.mercer.com/IFtoronto
September 29-October 2
‘Thinking Organizations … Succeed’ is the theme of the Health Work & Wellness Conference 2010. It takes place in Vancouver, BC. Visit: http://www.healthworkandwellness.com/
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