Joint BIS/ECB/World Bank Public Investors Conference 2009 on "Portfolio and risk management for central banks and sovereign wealth funds"

The Bank for International Settlements, the World Bank, and the European Central Bank are jointly organizing a conference on Portfolio and risk management for central banks and sovereign wealth funds.

The conference is targeted at quantitative experts from the community of central banks and sovereign wealth managers (including commodity savings funds and sovereign pension funds) as well as academics. It aims at fostering the development and dissemination of best practices in the area of portfolio and risk management, facilitating knowledge sharing across organisations, and encouraging collaboration and an on-going dialogue between reserves and asset management specialists of the participating organisations. The event takes place at the World Bank, Washington DC, on 16 and 17 November 2009.