In addition, to our Keynote Speaker, Stephen King, Economist, we are delighted to announce our Guest Speaker, the Rt. Hon. Nick Sherry, the first Australian Minister for Superannuation and father of the ‘Australian Pension Miracle’. Nick will provide insights from Australia’s defined contribution system and share lessons for the UK. These include the benefits of consolidation and scale,
This one-day introductory course is designed to provide delegates with a practical guide to supporting an effective master trust or contract-based DC pension arrangement from both the corporate and member perspective. This course will cover a number of different areas, including: An overview of the current UK DC pensions landscape,highlighting issues, trends and emerging best practice. The regulatory framework and
lick here to register for this webinar. Increasing regulation of pension fund investments means increasing governance and compliance requirements for schemes. The days of ‘off the shelf’ policies and box-ticking are gone. In this session, aimed at pension scheme trustees and managers, our finance and investment experts will look at what investment practices and policies DB and DC schemes must have in
It is now nearly fourteen years since the Trustee Knowledge and Understanding (TKU) requirements were introduced. Since then the range of topics that trustees need to understand has become much wider, with new concepts such as integrated risk management, an ever greater choice of asset classes and investment approaches and additional governance considerations for trustees.These TKU courses (run by XPS
"Learn how pension schemes work, how to be a trustee, and good scheme governance" Our expert, independent trainers take trustees with less than 12 months’ experience – including no experience at all – and anyone needing a refresher through how pension schemes work, what is expected of them and how to apply good scheme governance. This course is aimed mainly
The most important annual event for anyone involved in pensions, attracting 1,500 top industry professionals and over 80 exhibition stands. From trustees, pension managers and finance directors who control assets worth billions of pounds to HR specialists responsible for workforces of thousands of people, the delegates are made up of the most important pension decision makers in the country.
Invitation It is almost a year since the Lloyds judgment which confirmed that pension schemes needed to equalise for the effects of GMP. But where are we now? What can we be doing now to address GMP equalisation? We will be holding a live webcast around the anniversary of the Lloyds judgement - Thursday 24 October 2019 at 8:30am -
Seminar invitation Our free and interactive seminar is aimed at new trustees of DB, DC and hybrid schemes (as well as those who would like to refresh their knowledge). The first session is suitable for all new trustees and will cover: brief summary of TKU requirements trust and pensions law basics discretions case study – death benefits tax overview working
Responsible Investment and Increased Responsibilities for Trustees is a free one day event with registration from 09.00 and close with nibbles, drinks and networking at 17.30. Lunch will be provided. We will be considering today's key issues facing trustees, via various other key experts, including: Keynote address by Guy Opperman MP Angus Peters, editor of Pensions Expert, on what the
The newly launched Women in Private Debt Forum will be joining the established Women in Infrastructure and Women in Private Equity Forums along with Women in Real Estate this year on 5-6 November in London. The forum will bring together over 500 delegates to discuss the latest issues affecting the industry and strategies for increasing diversity in the asset class.