The Seventh FIAP-ASOFONDOS International Congress was held on April 3 and 4, 2014, in the Hilton Hotel in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.

True to our commitment, the level of excellence of previous years was remained. Particularly, we counted with the conference of Richard Thaler, a University of Chicago professor and pioneer in research on the impacts of psychology on market behavior. Thaler’s contributions have been recognized by the Nobel Prize in Behavioral Economics, Daniel Kahneman, who has hailed him as the co-founder of this field of research.

In this seventh version of the Congress, an outstanding group of national and international speakers called for reflection on international recovery and its impact on financial markets, institutional investment and pension systems. Also there was a special session on the main problems facing Colombia and successful experiences in other countries.

You can download the academic program of the Congress here. The videos of the Congress can be downloaded here.

The presentations of the Congress can be downloaded below:

– Miguel Largacha – Opening Session

– William De Vijlder – International recovery and its consequences in financial markets

– Ana Fernanda Maiguashca – Comentarios a la presentación de William De Vijlder
– Craig Lazzara – Comments on the presentation of William De Vijlder

– Guillermo Tagle – Consequences of worldwide recovery on Latin American markets

– Sergio Clavijo – Comments on the presentation of Guillermo Tagle

– Álvaro Pedraza – Comments on the presentation of Guillermo Tagle

– Manuel Hinds – Comments on the presentation of Guillermo Tagle

– Carmen Pagés – Better pensions, better jobs – Panel “Perceptions of the pension problem in Australia, Europe and Latin America””

– Juan Carlos Cortés – Panel of comments “Pension systems: challenges and perspectives”

– Cecilia López – Panel of comments “Pension systems: challenges and perspectives”

– Santiago Montenegro – Panel of comments ” Pension systems: challenges and perspectives”

– Roberto Ampuero (Speech) – Reflections on ideology and politics in Latin America

– Felipe Barrera – Education: how to improve quality

– Fernando Cillóniz – Agriculture: successful initiatives, Peruvian experience

– Rodrigo Álvarez – Infrastructure: how to replicate international initiatives

– Richard Thaler – Economy of behavior and retirement savings

–Juan Camilo Cárdenas – Comments on the presentation of Richard Thaler

– Mauricio Cárdenas – Closing remarks