Agenda for the Tenth Public Investors Conference
Tuesday, 17 November 2026
| 09:15 | Registration |
| 10:10 | Welcome |
| 10:15 | Opening remarks |
Session 1: Macro, Geopolitical Risk & Reserves
| On the Reserves to GDP Ratio Rodrigo Alfaro, International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
| The Effects of Geopolitical Risk on Sovereign Debt Holders in the Euro Area [TBC] Othman Bouabdallah, European Central Bank (ECB) |
| Still Safe but Harder to Use: Geoeconomic Fragmentation and the Dollar Safe Asset [TBC] Yifei Wang, George Mason University |
13:30 - Session 2: Portfolio Construction & Asset Allocation
| The Different Pathways to a Total Portfolio Approach Sebastien Betermier, McGill University |
| A Macro-Regime Approach to the Nelson–Siegel Yield Model Elisa Baku, World Bank Group |
| Pricing the narrative: Scenario synthesis for the short-term rate from SOFR options [TBC] Isait Coasaca, Banco Central de Reserva del Perú (BCRP) |
15:30 - Session 3: Portfolio Management & Microstructure
| A Mapping Technique for Selectivity Theory Ludwig Chincarini, University of San Francisco |
| The Dollar Markup Ingomar Krohn, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) |
| The US Treasury Biggest Short: Duration in the Shadows Ljubica Georgievska, New York University (NYU) |
Wednesday, 18 November 2026
| 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:15 | Keynote address |
09:45 - Session 4: Advanced Analytics & Machine Learning
| Strategic Asset Allocation for International Reserves Using Machine Learning Forecasts Antonio Francisco de A. da Silva Jr., Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) |
| Multi-Asset Return Distributions with Heterogeneous Adaptive Agents Joachim Coche, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) |
| From Black Box to Explainable Portfolio Optimization: Tracing Allocations to Views and Constraints Raul Leote de Carvalho, BNP Paribas Asset Management |
11:30 - Session 5. Sustainability & Climate Risk
| Central Banks and Sustainability – Less Vocal, Just as Focused, More Mature Ingo Fender, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) |
| Belief Dispersion, Climate Risks and Returns on Sustainable Investing Yrjo Koskinen, University of Calgary |
| Integrating Nature Aspects to Sovereign Portfolios of Central Bank FX Reserves David Marczis, Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) |
| 13:00 | Closing |