EDHEC and Wall Street Journal Europe are jointly organising the first Institutional Investor Forum at the EDHEC Institutional Days in Paris on June 12 and 13 next. The theme of this inaugural edition is reconciling short-term prudential requirements with long-term economic performance.

The EDHEC-Wall Street Journal Europe Institutional Investor Forum will bring together the foremost figures in the financial services industry to discuss the impact of prudential regulations on investors' ability to meet their long-term investment objectives. Foremost representatives of European pension schemes, insurance companies, and regulatory authorities will debate the key issues affecting the pensions and investment industry.

Jaap Maassen, First Vice Chairman of the European Federation for Retirement Provision, Director of Pensions and Member of the Executive Board of ABP Investments will address the following question: do short-term prudential constraints endanger long-term investment objectives?

He will be joined by six panellists: Antoine Lissowski, Chairman, CEA Solvency II Steering Group, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer at CNP Assurances; Gumersindo Oliveros, Director of Pension Plan and Endowments at The Work Bank; Lars Rohde, Chief Executive Officer at ATP; Michael J. Somers, Chief Executive Officer at the National Treasury Management Agency in Ireland; Elemér Terták, Director Financial Institutions Directorate at the European Commission; and Wolf Thiel, President and Chairman of the Managing Board at VBL in Germany.

The second edition of the EDHEC Institutional Days will feature a series of other important initiatives for delivering research results to finance professionals: