Australia Global Investment Summit 2011

Emerging markets, particularly in Asia, are driving the global financial agenda like never before. Our Summit will present Australia’s superannuation funds and institutions with the opportunity to hear firsthand from leading asset managers and industry experts from Asia, emerging markets and the world. We will cover both traditional and alternative investment strategies.

This year's topics included:

• Global economic outlook and the influence of Asian markets
• The increasing weight of emerging markets in a global equities portfolio
• Are you underweight Asian fixed income? How to access a promising but difficult asset class
• How to ensure Asian and emerging-market exposures conform to SRI and ESG requirements
• China illiquid investments: the opportunity set & regulatory issues for private equity, real estate & infrastructure
• Investing in private equity, real estate and infrastructure: risk, return and regulation
• The role of Asia in global distressed asset portfolios
• Going for high beta: can you invest in emerging markets passively?
• Frontier markets: do they belong in your portfolio?
• Everything you wanted to know about China QFII but were afraid to ask