Mercer’s investment consulting business is pleased to invite you to our San Francisco Investment Forum - From Chaos Comes Opportunity. This one-and-a-half day conference, attended by leading pension funds, other institutional investors and fund managers, will be held on January 28 and 29, 2010.

As the dust settles from the economic and financial storms of 2009, the challenges for retirement plans are significant and multi-fold with question marks over affordability compounded by a continuing uncertain investment market environment. Against this backdrop, this forum will explore a number of aspects of the challenges facing institutional investors in these nervous times.

We are privileged to have, as a keynote speaker Professor Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor and Economist.

Senior members of Mercer’s investment consulting team will be joined by other industry leaders to discuss a range of topics including:

• The investment climate and how institutional plan sponsors, for both defined benefit and defined contribution, can navigate the current and future economic environment
• What lessons have we learned?
• Taking advantage of new investment opportunities in an uncertain environment, including alternatives
• The role of active management
• DC trends and fiduciary concerns
• A de-risking framework for defined benefit plans

We hope you will join us to take advantage of the knowledge being shared, as well as to contribute your insights in the interactive sessions throughout the conference.

Please join us for a welcome drinks reception at the Ritz Carlton on Wednesday, January 27 from 7pm to 9pm.

Cost: US $5,000