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Stephan Breban Advisory Board - Dean Wetton Advisory
Stephan has 30 years’ experience researching and investing in illiquid assets across the globe, as both a consultant and a fund manager. In this time he has also advised pension plans on all aspects of investment, from asset allocation to manager selection. Stephan joined DWA Limited in 2009, providing rigorous, independent advice on all aspects of illiquid investments to institutional investors. He covers PE, loans and infrastructure and is a long-time, keen advocate on illiquid investments for pension plans. Stephan sits on a number of Advisory Boards; private equity, broader investment, and outside of the industry. Stephan has been advising UK pension plans on investment into infrastructure for 20 years and private equity for 30 years. Stephan was the only pension fund representative and a founding member of the Low Carbon Finance Group, an industry-wide renewables body, established to consult with the UK government on its review of Feed-in-Tariffs to the renewable energy industry. Prior to this Stephan was head of Private Equity research at Russell Investments where he advised Lancashire County Council on its infrastructure manager selections. Before that he founded City Capital Partners, where he worked with institutional investors in private equity, such as British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme, City of Zurich Pension Fund and Unilever Pension Fund, and has advised a number of managers and consultants, including Henderson Investments, Hewitt Associates and Nordea Private Equity. Existing clients include ASGA, a Swiss Pension Fund with CH8 billion in assets, whom he is advising on private equity and infrastructure investments and Santander CF, the pooled investment vehicle for the various pension plans within Santander (UK). Stephan is a regular speaker at pension fund conferences, and specialist alternative investment conferences. He co-authored the Institute of Actuaries paper, The Concept of Investment Efficiency and its Application to Investment Management Structures, and its follow-up, The Concept of Investment Efficiency and its Application to Asset Allocation Policy and Manager Selection. He has written a number of articles and is a regular speaker on private equity at pension fund and industry conferences
FUTURE
CONFERENCES
Nordic Institutional Investors' Conference
March 7, 2019 Copenhagen Marriott
Local Authority Pension Fund Investment Issues
March 13, 2019 Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
Annual Investment Strategies for Dutch Pension Funds
March 21, 2019 Apollo Hotel, Amsterdam
Fiduciary Management & Investment Governance for Pension Funds
April 10, 2019 Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
Annual DC Pension Investment Developments & Current Issues
April 17, 2019 Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
ESG & Sustainable Investment Strategies for Pension Funds
May 9, 2019 Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
Irish Pension Fund Investment & Current Issues
June 11, 2019 Dublin
Infrastructure & Real Asset Investment Strategies for Pension Funds
June 18, 2019 Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
Investment Strategies & Cash Flow Management for Maturing Pension Funds
July 11, 2019 Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
Credit & Private Debt Investing for Pension Funds
September 5, 2019 Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
Alternative & Innovative Investment Strategies Conference for Pension Funds
September 12, 2019 Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
ESG Investments & Issues for Dutch Pension Funds
September 24, 2019 Apollo Hotel, Amsterdam
Nordic Institutional Investors' Conference
October 3, 2019 7A Strandvägen, Stockholm
Property & Infrastructure Investment Strategies for Pension Funds
October 10, 2019 Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
Current Investment Issues for Pension Funds
November 7, 2019 Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
ESG & Topical Investment Issues for Local Authority Pension Investors
November 14, 2019 Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
Annual Northern Investment Conference for Pension Funds
November 21, 2019 The Met Hotel, Leeds
Private Equity & Debt Investors' Annual Seminar
December 5, 2019 Le Meridien Piccadilly, London

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