AIF Roundtables

 

AIF delivers content in person through educational roundtable discussion forums (Roundtables).  The Roundtables focus on topics that are of greatest interest to investors at the times the Roundtables are held. They typically start with an investor-only session devoted to portfolio level issues, particularly those of asset allocation and risk management.  That session is followed by separate asset class level discussions that are devoted exclusively to investing in private equity, hedge funds and real estate and real assets.  Often a separate session is devoted to trustee/board level issues. Participation in Roundtables is by invitation only.

• The Roundtables strive for an appropriate mix of institutional investors and asset managers by size, type and investment style.  A leading consultant in the relevant asset class typically structures his or her Roundtable and serves as its moderator along with a leading "real world" academic, who is generally an AIF Academic Advisory Board member.
• Each Roundtable is limited to about 20 participants.  Participants communicate on an equal footing as peer thought leaders (rather than through the more traditional, passive speaker/audience format). Only individuals with substantial investment knowledge are permitted to take a seat at the table.  There is a strict prohibition against marketing of any sort. No press or service providers are permitted to attend. No tickets are sold. These conditions are imposed to help AIF achieve the purest and most extemporaneous exchange among institutional investors and their consultants, advisors and managers.
• The Roundtables are held regionally in locations that are convenient to investors.  This is done primarily to accommodate investors' schedules and travel restrictions.  This flexibility enables AIF to include in the Roundtables investors that might otherwise not be able to participate in person.

Click here for a list of investor and consultant participants in past Roundtables.