The concept

IRC’s Absolute Return for Trustees 2007 will illuminate the root sources of absolute return and move the industry towards a common understanding of how to achieve superior returns in a low-return environment. IRC has received an overwhelming number of requests from Pan-European Pension Funds & Institutional Investors for a conference that focuses exclusively on solving the key issues and challenges they face in maximising investment returns such as:

* adopting a liability-driven investment approach

* designing a multi-asset class portfolio to achieve absolute returns

* understanding absolute return techniques such as portable alpha

* forecasting regulatory developments and their impact on investment strategies

Absolute Return for Trustees is the ONLY event where investors can benefit from new thinking on generating positive returns - regardless of the investment climate - and better understand the definition and sources of absolute return.

Building on IRC's long track record of investor focused events such as Alternative Investment Summit and the Asset Allocation Summit, ART 2007 is a senior-level educational conference covering absolute return on investments for pension funds by pension funds. It is a two-day conference addressing issues through content driven case studies delivered by institutional investors from across Europe, aiming primarily to educate and provide networking opportunities for investors looking to learn about how their colleagues around the globe structure their investment portfolios as well as tackle challenges.