Professional Pensions are thrilled to announce the launch of our upcoming networking reception in partnership with BlackRock. This is an exclusive invite-only event held at the luxurious South Place Hotel, London on Wednesday 22 June between 4.30 and 7.00pm.

Agenda: 4.30pm: Delegate registration and drinks 5.00pm: Introduction from Jonathan Stapleton 5.10pm: BlackRock presentation 5.30pm - 7.00pm: Drinks and networking

Venue details: South Place Hotel 3 South Place  London  EC2M 2AF

The evening will be a fantastic opportunity for you to network with senior representatives from top pension schemes over drinks and canapes and will provide you with the opportunity to discuss and debate on the topical theme of accessing illiquidity premia (further details below).

This is a very exclusive event for Chairs of Trustees, Trustees, CFO's, FD's and Pension Scheme Managers. If you are interested in attending we advise that you register your place now as places are limited.

The trustees of defined benefit schemes are facing a huge challenge. While assets have performed reasonably well over the past five years, funding levels have not improved and sponsors are continuing to have to make substantial contributions into schemes. To compound the problem, many schemes are becoming cashflow negative as benefit payments start to exceed contributions.

In order to close their funding gaps, pension schemes will need to consider all of the options available to them - including previously under-exploited investment strategies.

From an investment standpoint, schemes effectively have three options: i) to look at different beta and consider strategies including LDI, smart beta and factor investing; ii) to rethink active management and consider techniques including benchmark-relative, dynamic asset allocation and absolute return; or, iii), to look at accessing the illiquidity premia that exist within private markets.

If you have any questions about the event, please feel free to contact me via 
joshua.wrazen@incisivemedia.com

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 22 June.