Video available for the conference "The Japanese Government as a Portfolio Manager: Managing the Nation's Wealth" held on October 21 in Tokyo
The Japanese Government as a Portfolio Manager: Managing the Nation's Wealth
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
1:30- 6:10pm
Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka (1-2, Kioi-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
Simultaneous translation provided in both English and Japanese
The Program on Alternative Investments of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business organized this conference to examine a variety of issues underlying the debate on sovereign wealth funds in Japan. Speakers consided individual pension account reform, investment by SWFs into Japan, governance of pension funds, management of foreign exchange reserves, and the relationship of these and other issues to building Tokyo as an international financial center.
Below are videos of each session in English (some with simultanious English translation).
Opening Remarks
Alicia Ogawa, Director, Program on Alternative Investments, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Opening Keynote Speech: Investment of Public Pension Reserve-Objectives and Strategy
Keynote Speaker:
Takahiro Kawase, President, Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)
Session I: Does Japan Need a SWF?: Issues And Observations
Moderator:
Robert Alan Feldman, Director of Economic Research Department, Morgan Stanley Japan, Ltd.
Panelists:
Masaharu Sakata, Director of Private Equity Investment-Pension Investment Department, Pension Fund Association
Taisuke Sasanuma, Representative Partner, Advantage Partners, LLP
Cheng Chih Sung, Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer, the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
Yo Takeuchi, Chief Financial Officer, Development Bank of Japan Inc.
Session II: Japan as a Recipient Country: Experience And Observations
Moderator:
Alicia Ogawa
Panelists:
John Ehara, CEO, Unison Capital, Inc.
Takeshi Isayama, Chairman, Carlyle Japan
Takatoshi Ito, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo
Takehiko Nakao, Senior Deputy Director-General of International Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan
Session III: Creating a Fund Management Industry in Japan
Moderator:
Hugh Patrick, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Panelists:
Junichiro Sano, Chief Executive Officer, Dalton Investments K.K.
Clifford Shaw, Advisor, Program on Alternative Investments, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Mamoru Taniya, Chief Executive Officer, Asuka Asset Management, Ltd.
Bill Wilder, President & CIO, Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Closing Keynote Speech: The Multilateral Policy Response to SWFs
Keynote Speaker:
Robert Kaproth, U.S. Financial Attaché; Representative, U.S. Department of the Treasury in Japan
Closing Remarks
Hugh Patrick