Ken Aucoin

CEO

An accomplished leader and fundraiser in the charitable sector, Ken has held leadership roles with local, national and global charities. He is currently the CEO of JUMP Math and has previously held leadership roles with the Movember Foundation, Habitat for Humanity-GTA, and Indspire, a national charity that invests in the education and celebrates the achievements of Indigenous Canadians. Earlier in his career, Ken worked with post-secondary institutions including the University of Toronto, Ryerson University and the Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences. Ken began his career in fundraising and marketing roles in the arts sector and he is an active volunteer in the community having co-founded the LGBT Giving Network.


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Day 1: May 3, 2023

Day 2: May 4, 2023

2:45 pm

2:45 pm

CASE STUDY

Designing multi-disciplinary analysis when assessing investment opportunities into Social Purpose Organizations (SPO’s)

For foundations and endowments, making impact investments into organizations of various legal structures, thematic focuses, in long-established strategic environments, whom are innovating true systems-change-level interventions poised to generate competitive returns, can be complicated. The Sector team will present on its methodologies and approaches to enabling capital-flows to social purposed organizations and feature two of their favorites:

  • Adopt best practices to re-evaluate traditional asset allocation
  • Increase exposure to hedge fund opportunities
  • Support risk-return profiles that exploit fixed income securities

Diversify your portfolio through developing your hedge fund strategy to make the best of a volatile market.