On April 10-12, the Canadian Investment Review hosted a group of delegates, including defined benefit plan sponsors, asset managers and academics, in Alberta for the 2024 Global Investment Conference.

The three-day conference kicked off with a deep dive into key geopolitical risks affecting international trade that will have reverberations in global and regional investment strategies. As well, delegates explored innovations that are changing the investment landscape, including artificial intelligence, drug innovations, the future of real estate and leveraging the social aspect of ESG strategies to generate risk-adjusted returns.