AGIF Day 1 | Wednesday, October 15th 2025

8:30 Opening Remarks

 

8:40 Sponsor Remarks

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John Creswell

Executive Managing Director, Global Head of Capital Raising, Trez Capital

 

8:45 Panel | Around the World - Word from the Street

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Jimmy C. Chang

Chief Investment Officer, Rockefeller Global Family Office

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Troy Rieck

Chief Investment Officer, Emirates Investment Authority

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Peter Hayes

Partner, Audit, National Director, Alternative Investments Practice, KPMG

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Hayford Amankwah

Senior Manager, Standards & Compliance, National Pensions Regulatory Authority

9:30 Fireside Chat | Mobilising Institutional Capital Towards Growth – Lessons from the UK

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Ceri Smith

Director General, UK’s Office for Investment

 

9:55 Keynote | TBA

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Anna Murray

Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Investing, Ontario Teachers'​ Pension Plan

 

10:55 Panel | Hedge Funds Reaching New Heights

 

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11:35 Panel | Financing the Real Economy – Private Credit’s Next Chapter

 

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Elena Boeva

U.S. Chief Operating Officer, Aflac Global Investments

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Mark Jarosz

Managing Director, Head of Credit Alternatives, BMO Global Asset Management

13:20 Keynote | Co-Investments & The Collaborative Model

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Geraldine Jimenez

Senior Investment Director, Public Markets California Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS)

 

13:50 Panel | What is Next for Private Equity? Liquidity, Secondaries & Stake Sales

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Anne-Marie Fink

Chief Investment Officer Private Markets and Funds Alpha, State of Wisconsin Investment Board

14:30 Panel | Alignment of Interests

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Brandon Gill New

Managing Director & Head of External Partnerships, Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)

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Josh Blaine

Senior Managing Director, Blackstone Strategic Partners, Blackstone

 

15:40 Panel | Real Assets – Case for Credit

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Ju Hui Lee

Chief, Investment Risk and Performance , United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund

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Eric Horie

Senior Managing Director, Head of Canadian Origination, Trez Capital

 

16:20 Panel | Forces Defining Portfolio Construction

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Frank Mihail

Chief Investment Officer, North Dakota Department of Trust Lands

17:05 Reception

Reception Sponsor:

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Stir Sponsor:

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Entertainment Sponsors

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AGIF Day 2 | Thursday, October 16th, 2025

8:00 Meet the Allocator Roundtables

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Allocators:

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Freddy Roddenhof

Manager, External Investments, TPO, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)

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Jonathan Vapsva

Executive Director, Investment Funds, CIBC Private Wealth Management

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David Dong

Senior Analyst, Active Public Markets, University Pension Plan Ontario

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Judy Godinho

Managing Director, Absolute Return Strategies, GCM Grosvenor

Moderators:

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Jim Park

CEO, Association of Asian American Investment Managers (AAAIM)

 

8:55 Panel | Megatrends

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Pawan Vatvani

Vice President – Head of Portfolio Construction, PICTON Investments

 

9:35 Panel | Total Team Approach – The secret ingredient to TPA implementation?

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David Ross

Senior Managing Director, Total Portfolio Management Investments, OPTrust

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Charles Hyde

Head of Asset Allocation, New Zealand Superannuation Fund

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Michael Beaton

Deputy CIO and Head of Portfolio Construction, Polar Asset Management Partners

 

10:50 Keynote | Leading Through Uncertainty

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Nahed Sarig

Principal, Investment Strategist, Church Commissioners for England

 

11:20 Guest Speaker | Gaming and the On-Chain Experience Live

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Neil Duffy

Chief Commercial Officer, OverActive Media

 

11:45 Panel | Artificial Intelligence: Noise vs Signal in a data-driven world

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Paul Ebner

Senior Business Strategist, HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan)

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Dane Vrabac

Co-Founder & Head of Data Strategies, Regents Gate Capital

13:35 Panel | Managing Risk in a Volatile Market

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Alexandre Roy

Senior Vice President & Chief Risk Officer, PSP Investments

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David McGowan

Vice President, Strategic Asset Allocation, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI)

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Travis Hughes

Managing Director, Head of Canada, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

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Brad Dunkley

Co-Founder, Chief Investment Officer, Chief Risk Officer and Portfolio Manager, Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd.

14:15 Panel | Tokenization, Trust & Infrastructure – Digital Assets in Practice

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Alex Tapscott

Managing Director, Digital Assets Group, Ninepoint Partners

 

15:25 Keynote | Sovereignty, Cyber-Security and Defence

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15:55 Panel | Alternative Opportunities For the Future

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Kelly Granat

Co-CIO, Managing Director and Member of the Management Committee, Lone Pine Capital

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Mithra Warrier

Managing Director and Global Head of Financing Sales, Scotiabank

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Parul Garg

Associate Portfolio Manager, PenderFund Capital Management

 

16:45 Managed Accounts, with ADIA & Innocap (LP Only Session)

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Freddy Roddenhof

Manager, External Investments, TPO, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)

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Max Kimpton

Principal, Operational Risk Management, Innocap

Location: 4th Floor, The Wellington Room

17:30 Close (LP Only Session)

Location: 4th Floor, The Wellington Room