The Aon 2021 Virtual Pension Conference has been designed for trustees of pension schemes and pensions, HR and finance professionals who make decisions about their company’s pension scheme. Pensions schemes and trustees have adapted over time with changes to the pensions landscape and the needs of members. This conference will help you reflect on your own pension scheme strategy and will include lots of real-life examples.

Undoubtedly, this conference series will look and feel different for many of you who are used to attending our in-person conferences but we have been working very hard to design this 2021 virtual conference so that you have the same experience. The conference will give you access to interesting and topical content and thought provoking insights from Aon specialists, and you will have a chance to network and discuss the content with other delegates in breakout rooms and in our virtual networking rooms.

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09:30 - 09:40

Welcome

Chair: Lynda Whitney

09:40 - 10:00

Key note address Rt Hon Stephen Timms, MP

Speaker: Rt Hon Stephen Timms, MP

10:10 - 10:40

Collective DC: the dawn of a new (pensions) era

Speaker: Chintan Gandhi

CDC delivers an income for life from DC savings, which is what the majority of employees want from their DC savings. The advent of the Pensions Schemes Bill Act provides the primary legislation required to make CDC schemes a reality in the UK.

This session will explore the rationale for CDC from both the employer's and the members' perspectives, how CDC schemes will operate in practice and what the future might hold for CDC schemes. There will be plenty of opportunity for audience interaction to ask questions and give their views.

10:50 - 11:10

Financial Wellbeing: all product, no personal connection

Speakers: Oliver Walker; James Collier

In this interactive session, we are going to test the hypothesis that companies provide lots of financial products but few provide a personalised framework to connect financial tools with employees in need. We will talk about why this is important, live test the hypothesis and discuss practical steps you can take to direct employees to the financial products appropriate to their lifestyle.

11:20 - 12:00

Is DC consolidation the answer to better value for members? A panel discussion

Speakers: Tony Pugh; Maddie Cain - Aon; Kim Nash, Director, PTL

Is bigger always better when it comes to DC pension arrangements? Join a panel comprising of a pension manager, a professional trustee, a master trust provider and a DC consultant as they seek to answer some of the difficult questions thrown up by the govt. consultation on DC consolidation.

• How value for money is driving DC market consolidation
• What are the barriers preventing those who currently want to consolidate and how can these be overcome?
• What is the Trustee perspective on DC consolidation ?
• What is the experience of those that have moved to mastertrust – a client perspective.

You will have the opportunity to submit your own questions either at the time of registration or live during the session to hear the different perspectives of our panel members.

12:00 - 12:30

Virtual networking