Your life was consumed by noise.

Jim Cramer on CNBC frantically gesticulating about the latest 2% “correction”.

A board member asking exhausting questions about the latest non-event in trade negotiations.

A participant wanting to know, ex post, why you invested in a strategy that underperformed over a three-month timeframe.

And yes, even Institutional Investor occasionally stretching for its seventh published story of the day.

Then came the devastating signal: the COVID-19 pandemic.

Everything changed in March. Markets cratered. Investors were homebound. Thousands of people lost their lives to the disease.

As we emerge from the human and financial destruction, there has never been a more important time to speak with your peers and partners, face-to-face, about picking up the pieces. To focus on the strategies and tactics that will allow you to deliver much-needed capital to your participants. And to focus on resetting the theories, practices, and fallacies of institutional investing.

In short, it’s time to ignore the noise – and focus on the essential.

The Virtual Public Funds Annual Roundtable will be held in place of the in-person event. It will have a mix of prominent speakers, strong panels, and small breakouts that prioritize engagement between Members and asset allocators – and will be hosted separately for III and AII members.

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