Tickets:
Members: $160.00
Non-Members: $215.00
Agenda:
8:30 am - 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:15 am: Session by Deloitte
Break – 15 min
10:30 am - 11:45 am: Industry Update by BMO
Session by Deloitte
Session Title: IFRS 18: Rethinking the Income Statement and Performance Reporting
Session Description: This session will provide an overview of IFRS 18, the new standard on presentation and disclosure in financial statements, and its implications for insurers. Attendees will gain insight into the new income statement structure, defined subtotals, and enhanced disclosures, with a focus on key considerations for insurance entities as they prepare for adoption.
Speaker Name: Natalie Hu, IFRS 18 Subject Matter Expert, Deloitte
Natalie Hu is a Senior Manager in Deloitte’s Financial Services practice and a subject matter expert on IFRS 18. She works closely with financial services clients on complex accounting and financial reporting matters, and brings practical insight into how the new IFRS standards will impact financial and performance reporting, and stakeholder communications.
Session by BMO
Session Title: Industry Update
This is a critical juncture for the economy, with many sectors still grappling with the oil price spike and U.S. tariffs, while inflation remains somewhat sticky. In addition, Ottawa is attempting to rapidly reorient the economy by strengthening internal trade, finding new markets, and spending much more heavily on defence and infrastructure. Meantime, the U.S. economy has remained surprisingly resilient, and financial markets have been strong. What does this mean for the Canadian dollar, housing, and domestic markets and prices? Douglas Porter, Chief Economist of BMO Financial Group, will address these and other issues in his outlook.
Speaker Name: Douglas Porter, Chief Economist of BMO Financial Group
Douglas Porter brings more than three decades of experience analyzing global economies and financial markets. As Chief Economist at BMO Financial Group and author of the popular Talking Points, he oversees the Bank’s macroeconomic and financial market forecasts and co-writes the firm’s weekly flagship publication, Focus. Mr. Porter heads a top-performing economics team that has won numerous forecasting awards, including the #1 ranking for Top U.S. Forecaster among 60 global firms in the 2023 Focus Economics Survey, and #1 for Top Canadian Inflation Forecaster among 28 firms. The team has also taken the #1 spot in the StarMine Awards for Most Accurate Forecasters for Canada.
As a respected commentator on economic and financial trends, he is regularly quoted in the national press and often interviewed on radio and television.
Douglas’ career began at the Bank of Canada; then, before joining BMO, he held the positions of Economist and Country Risk Analyst with other Canadian financial institutions.
He has been a member of C.D. Howe’s Monetary Policy Council since 2008 and serves on the Investment Management Committees of the Bank of Montreal’s Canada Pension Plan and Western’s Endowment Fund.
Douglas Porter, CFA, earned a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.
