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Pensions Aspects Live (19 April)
For over forty years, the Pensions Management Institute has been running its annual conference and dinner for members and the wider society in order to bring together top pension professionals to learn, debate and discuss some of the industry's hot topics. We are delighted to announce our keynote at this year's Pensions Aspects Live 2018 will be delivered by Dr Christopher Sier, Chair of the UK Financial Conduct Authority panel responsible for investigating costs, fees and transparency in institutional investment. We look forward to hearing what he…
Find out more »Hymans Robertson Webinar -The Age of Peak LDI
Liability Driven Investment (LDI) has been one of the dominant trends in UK DB pension scheme investment in the past decade and a half. Given the high level of hedging that is already in place, Hymans Robertson believe that the current pace of rate hedging can only continue until 2021 at the latest. While the second half of the 20th Century could be characterised as the Age of the Equity Risk Premium, we would describe the period since the turn of…
Find out more »2018 Aon Pension Conference – Edinburgh
The 2018 Aon 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. The conference offers delegates the opportunity to hear experts’ views and ideas on how to manage defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes in an uncertain marketplace. The event also provides a platform to learn from and network with peers. Attendees can expect to leave with fresh actions for their pension scheme and…
Find out more »Are you engaging with your members? Defined Contribution Conference
Register your place today Research by employee communication specialists, Like Minds and philosophers at The School of Life, has found from in-depth interviews and a survey of over 1,000 people that savers are generally disinterested in financial information, fail to set a savings regimen, and do not focus on the long term. While this is not knew information for anyone in the pensions industry we still need to focus on how we tackle this as the future for younger generations…
Find out more »Punter Southall – Valuation Masterclass: Overcoming the challenges for Pension Scheme Funding
Trustees and Sponsors are under greater pressure than ever to justify their stance on risk. This year’s valuations will take place against a backdrop of increasing market volatility and increased political and regulatory scrutiny arising from cases such as Carillion and Toys R Us. There will be more requirements to ensure that the valuation takes place as part of a full Integrated Risk Management (IRM) framework and to comply with any new proposals in the White Paper on DB pensions…
Find out more »Willis Towers Watson – Introductory DB Trustee Training
This one-day course is designed for those new to trusteeship and provides a participative environment in which trustees are able to explore the challenges they face, together with their peers and leading members of the Willis Towers Watson team. This course includes: An introduction to trusteeship, covering the basics of: What a trust is Duties, powers and discretions of trustees Managing conflicts of interest Scheme governance and management An introduction to funding, covering the basics of: How a defined benefit…
Find out more »PLSA – Introduction to trusteeship part 2 – the practice
This course is the second of two 1-day courses which together provide an introduction to the role of a pension scheme trustee. It is suitable for new trustees who have already learned the rudiments of pension scheme trusteeship or if you have already attended Introduction to trusteeship Part 1: The theory. TOPICS The protocol and mechanics of decision – making, including exercising discretions Decisions about investments Managing delegates and advisers Trustee communications Getting it wrong, IDRP and the Pensions Ombudsman Conflicts…
Find out more »Pensions Age Spring Conference 2018
The Pensions Age Spring Conference offers pension funds and those working in the pensions space the opportunity to both learn and network alongside their peers at one of the most dynamic eras in the history of UK pensions. This one-day conference, which is open to pension scheme managers, trustees, FDs, advisers, pension and HR professionals, will offer delegates the up-to-date knowledge and guidance they need to help them run their pension schemes to the absolute best of their ability, and…
Find out more »The Defined Contribution Investment Forum – ESG demystified at the DCIF’s annual event
Please join us at the DC Investment Forum’s annual event. The event will take place on the 26th April, from 4.30-6pm, kindly hosted by J.P. Morgan Asset Management (60 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0JP). At the event, we will launch our flagship 2018 research on ESG. The report will demystify this sometimes-complex subject. Using practical, real-life examples, it will help trustees, HR and pension scheme managers to integrate responsible investment into their decision-making process. It will also contain exclusive research…
Find out more »P-Solve Investment Conference 2018
At this free, one day, educational event, P-Solve will aim to tackle, head-on, some of the investment problems and issues that pension schemes are facing today and will offer some insight and knowledge, to help aid all pensions managers, finance directors, trustees and secretaries of pension schemes, take back possession and reach their scheme’s end goal. For further information or to book your free place at this one day conference, please contact Danielle at [email protected]
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