Japan is far from insulated from the ongoing volatility and uncertainty affecting assets and markets across the world. The domestic market also continues to face challenges of its own and, coupled with the country’s evolving investment landscape and reform regime, the 8th Institutional Investment Forum Japan comes at a crucial time for many of the country’s leading institutional investors. With recessionary fears rising, investment teams must focus on how they can adapt their views – and in turn their asset allocations – to ensure current portfolios and future strategies remain relevant. Institutions need to address various issues, ranging from how to monitor assets effectively with limited resources (especially for corporate pension funds), to the need for greater diversification, to understanding the real value of ESG, to applying technology innovations to increase their efficiency and optimise portfolios. More than 150 decision-makers from leading insurance companies, public and corporate pension funds, trust banks, government entities will convene at the event to determine what the future is for global portfolios.

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