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Trustee Training and Education LAPERS

Trustee Training and Education

LAPERS

2022

Videos

A Discussion of COLA/PBI Funding February 8, 2022 (65 minutes)
European Private Equity Market Outlook (28 minutes)

Audio

Actuarial Valuation_October 3, 2022 (60 minutes)

2021

Videos

2020

Videos

Opportunistic Credit_December 7, 2020 (30 minutes)
Actuarial Valuation_October 5, 2020 (65 minutes)

2019

Videos

Audio

Fiduciary Duties – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (63 minutes)
Demystifying Responsible Investing & ESG – Investments (52 minutes)
Finding Value in Global Bonds – Investments (64 minutes)
Are We at the End of a Market Cycle? – Investments (37 minutes)
The New China: The End Game to Investing in the Middle Kingdom – Investments (69 minutes)
Cybersecurity & Tools to Combat Payment Fraud – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (70 minutes)
National Federal Update & CPRS Update – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (54 minutes)
Private Equity – Small & Emerging Managers – Investments (57 minutes)
Louisiana Legislative Update and Panel Discussion – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (50 minutes)
International Market Update & Portfolio Positioning – Investments (50 minutes)

2018

Videos

Actuarial Potpourri – Actuarial Science (50 minutes)
Investment Education for Trustees – Investments (59 minutes)
Public Officials as Fiduciaries: Fact or Fiction – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (51 minutes)

Audio

Global Market Update – Investments (55 minutes)
Code of Governmental Ethics – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (56 minutes)
National and Federal Update – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (60 minutes)
Utilizing Rsk Factors to Make Optimal Investment Decisions – Investments (57 minutes)
Answers to 11 Pressig Questions from Investors – Investments (33 minutes)
How ASOP 51 on Risk Will Affect Future Actuarial Valuations – Actuarial Science (49 minutes)
Psychology of Investing Success – Investments – (60 minutes)
Constructing an All-Weather Portfolio – Investments (53 minutes)
Louisiana State Legislative Update – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (55 minutes)
Board Room Best and Worst Practices – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (44 minutes)

2017

Videos

Building Blocks of Actuarial Science – Actuarial Science (56 minutes)
Code of Governmental Ethics – Fiduciary Duty & Ethics (51 minutes)
Adding Value as a Trustee (Due Diligence) – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (59 minutes)

Audio

Whose Job Is It? Fiduciary Responsibility – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (68 minutes)
Global Outlook – Investments (64 minutes)
History of the Bond Market – Investments (49 minutes)
National and State Update – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (59 minutes)
Passive Investing: Reshaping Financial Markets? – Investments (52 minutes)
Advancing Technology & Its Impact on the American Economy – Investments (66 minutes)
Cybersecurity – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (57 minutes)
Louisiana Legislative Update and Panel Discussion – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (57 minutes)
Behavioral Finance & Tactical Opportunities – Investments (53 minutes)
MiFID II Impact on Transparency and What Trustees Should Know – Investments (25 minutes)

Other Training

Audio

Actuarial Science (60 minutes)
- Actuarial Value of Assets (Companion PowerPoint)

2016

Videos

Actuarial Education for Trustees – Actuarial Science (55 minutes)
Fiduciary Responsibility – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (49 minutes)
Real Assets– Investments (61 minutes)

Audio

Louisiana Economic Update and the State of Public Pensions – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (36 minutes)
Compliance with the Ethics Code – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (51 minutes)
A Prescription for Fair Fees in Asset Management – Investments (64 minutes)
National Public Pension and Federal Regulations Update – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (55 minutes)
Benefits of Diversified Investing – Investments (26 minutes)
Who’s Paying the Bill? Actuarial Science Education – Actuarial Science (58 minutes)
TIDAL FLOWS: As Bond Market Liquidity Ebbs, Don’t Get Caught in the Riptide – Investments (43 minutes)
Securities Litigation– Investments (35 minutes)
Trend in Risk-Based Portfolio Design and Management- Investments (48 minutes)
Louisiana Legislative Update – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (41 minutes)

2015

Videos

Is Actuarial Funding Good Enough? – Actuarial Science (45 minutes)
Ethics Training for Trustees and Staff – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (44 minutes)
Active vs. Passive Investing: Decision Criteria – Investments (43 minutes)

Audio

U.S. Economic Outlook – Investments (57 minutes)
The Public-Side of Public Relations for Pensions – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (44 minutes)
Global Macro Strategy Risks and Opportunities – Investments (54 minutes)
National/Federal Update – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (53 minutes)
Global Credit: Moving Beyond the Traditional U.S. Credit Mandate – Investments (35 minutes)
Actuarial Assumptions and Methods: What is Reasonable? – Actuarial Science (51 minutes)
Challenging Assumptions That Threaten to Erode Investment Performance – Investments (55 minutes)
Assessing the Strength of the U.S. Economy – Investments (48 minutes)
Private Debt Investing: Seeking Higher Yields in Illiquid Credit – Investments (57 minutes)
Fiduciary Duty – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (58 minutes)

2014

Videos

Actuarial Science Basics – Actuarial Science (51 minutes)
Actuarial Punishment – Actuarial Science (43 minutes)
Ethics Training Trustees – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (43 minutes)
Fundamentals Alternative Investments – Investments (1 hour 3 minutes)

Audio

Evolution of the Fixed Income Markets – Investments (43 minutes)
Federal National Update – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (1 hour 4 minutes)
Fiduciary Duty and DOMA – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (40 minutes)
Forward Looking Assumptions Amid a New Normal – Actuarial Science (58 minutes)
GASB Update – Actuarial Science (57 minutes)
How to Evaluate Investment Managers – Investments (37 minutes)
Louisiana Legislative Update and Record Retention Schedules – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (26 minutes)
Securities Lending – Investments (44 minutes)
Why Invest in Alternative Strategies – Investments (50 minutes)
Why Investors Shouldn’t Panic Over Emerging Markets – Investments (58 minutes)

2013

Videos

Ethics Training For Trustees and Staff – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (50 minutes)
Fiduciary Duty – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (1 hour)
Actuarial Cost Methods and Mortality Tables – Actuarial Science (50 minutes)
GASB’ing for Air – Actuarial Science (42 minutes)
Investment 101: Valuing Securities – Investments (51 minutes)

Audio

Louisiana Legislative Update – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (27 minutes)
What is Risk? – Investments (41 minutes)
How the Economy Affects How we Invest – Investments (54 minutes)
Equity Market Valuations – Investments (54 minutes)
Opportunities in Europe? Myth vs. Reality – Investments (36 minutes)
The Case for the DOW 20,000 and Beyond – Investments (51 minutes)
Global Snapshot – Investments (42 minutes)

2012

Videos

Ethics Training For Trustees and Staff 2012 – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (47 minutes)
Hybrid Plans from an Actuarial Perspective 2012 – Actuarial Science (53 minutes)
Investment Foundations 2012 – Investments (1 hour 1 minute)

Audio

Constitutional Issues-Impact on Plan Changes – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (1 hour 6 minutes)
Fiduciary Duty – Fiduciary Duty and Ethics (1 hour 3 minutes)
Investing in Todays Economy – Investments (1 hour)
The Realization: Implementing the Next Wave of Portfolio Construction – Investments (42 minutes)
Emerging Markets Small Cap Equity – Investments (55 minutes)
Hedge Funds – Investments (56 minutes)
Federal Pension Update – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (1 hour 3 minutes)
Master Limited Partnerships – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (57 minutes)
Commodities – Investments (35 minutes)
Louisiana Legislative Updates – Laws, Rules, and Regulations (59 minutes)

2011

Audio

The Future of Pension Plan Design: An Actuarial Design – Actuarial Science (1 hour 4 minutes)

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