David was voted the Actuarial Post's Pensions Actuary of the Year 2016. Upcoming Webinars. The PPF’s Purple Book provides the most comprehensive data on the UK universe of Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes in the private sector. e had a pleasure to host more than 60 participants from many countries all over the world. Expect a great line-up of speakers and a wide range of thought-provoking topics. Pensions minister Guy Opperman will update delegates on the government's plans for pensions policy. Catherine Donnelly, Heriot Watt University. SPS Annual Northern Investment Conference for Pension Funds. John has led a corporate consulting business as well as leading two investment consulting businesses. Pensions schemes and trustees have adapted over time with changes to the pensions landscape and the needs of members. Converting lifetime savings into a lifelong income are a fundamental part of pensions. Our UK Pensions group are delighted to share details of this year’s annual forum. PenCon2020 postponed due to epidemiologic situation (coronavirus) for the SPRING 2021. the new date for the conference will be announced as soon as possible. The PenCon2018 Conference Proceedings are indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection data base. But will the last round of reform last for a generation? This event will be a combination of short presentations followed by live Q&A’s with our … The Dilly, London. Key event organisers in this section include the UK's NAPF (National Association of Pension Funds), Australia's AIST (Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees), and in North America: ASPPA (American Society of Pensions Professionals and Actuaries), P&I Conferences, ACPM (Association of Canadian These were some of the key messages to come out of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)’s 10th annual conference, held virtually on 4 February 20201. This event attracts up to 7 CPD hours with some accrediting bodies. We bring the whole of the £2 trillion UK pensions investment chain together. Download PenCon2020 call for papers COVID-19. Hosted on Zoom. This conference is relevant to finance directors, in-house lawyers, trustees, pensions professionals, plus HR directors with responsibility for pensions. Speakers: Tim Jablonski, EValue and Catherine Donnelly, Heriot Watt University, Integrated Risk Management: Pensions Risky Business. Life Conference 2020 atrium Programme; Overview; Location; Thanks to the Sponsors of the Life Conference. The CIPP Annual Conference in 2020 & Exhibition allows professionals to educate, collaborate and celebrate all things payroll, pensions and reward. WorldPensionSummit 2020 October 19-23 • Virtual Event Register. Yet this is often not part of DC pension plans. Copies of the presentation slides will be added to this section as and when they are sent in by speakers, so please keep coming back to check for the presentations you need. Annual Pensions Conference – Webinar Series: Autumn 2020. Who should attend. We discuss the long-term components of vital ‘pension cross-roads’ during this virtual experience co-hosted by the city of The Hague. The International Pension Research Association (IPRA) conference, hosted by IPRA in collaboration with the OECD and the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS), was held online on 26 June 2020… Expert panels will discuss the future of defined benefit schemes, how employers could use collective defined contribution arrangements, and what needs to be done to make sure auto-enrolment can meet the needs of tomorrow's pensioners. PenCon2020 postponed due to epidemiologic situation (coronavirus) for the SPRING 2021. Mark Williams, Principal & London Retirement Practice Leader, Buck. Public Service Pensions – Good Pensions that last. The live Channel Islands International Pension Conference, which was due to take place in Guernsey, will be postponed to Friday 21 May 2021 and will again take place in Guernsey. Recordings of webinars can be purchased by visiting our Online Learning Resource page covering the pension sector. Zurich Investment and Pension Conference 2020 Recorded: Sep 17 2020 79 mins Ian Slattey, Richard Temperley, Ronan O'Neill, John Moran Join us for our annual Investment and Pension Conference where we’ll discuss investment markets today, new tools and supports to help you engage your customers, new fund launches and the strengthening of the Zurich multi-asset portfolios. As DB schemes in the private sector are consumed by an endgame, the perpetuality of pensions for public service workers means that they almost stand alone as the last bastion of DB pension saving. On April 23-24, 2020, we will organize the next edition of our conference - PenCon2020 and warmly invite you to take part in this event. Speakers: Cobus Daneel, Chair of the Mortality Projections Committee. Workshop Tue, 30/06/2020 - 09:00 - 10:00 Webinar: Public Service Pensions – Good Pensions that last. The conference will reflect on the changing landscape of the pensions sector and deep dive into what the future could bring for public service pensions in the light of the McCloud case. Webinar: AMS Thematic Review Programme & changes to the CPD Scheme, Webinar: Public Service Pensions – Good Pensions that last, Webinar: Decumulation in pension plans: Income drawdown and pooled annuities, Webinar: Integrated Risk Management: Pensions Risky Business, Autumn Lecture 2020: Professor Elroy Dimson, Mortality and Longevity Webinar Series 2020, Webinar series - Protection, Health and Care Conference 2020, Current Issues in Life Assurance (CILA) Webinar series, Webinar series - Pensions Conference 2020, Webinar series - Finance and Investment Conference 2020, Webinar series – TIGI 2020 (Technical Issues in General Insurance), Webinar series - Current Issues in General Insurance (CIGI) 2020, Data Science: Opportunities for Actuaries, Continuing Professional Development (CPD), Technical details of GMP equalisation methods, Practical and administrative considerations. Cover the most up-to-date and relevant outputs from the CMI SAPS and Mortality Projections Committees (likely to include CMI_2019 and other research that is released in the first half of 2020). Focussing on topics including funding and savings, pension law current issues, ESG, the end game and transferring risk, investment issues, data visualisation and data science. The session will explore these trends and provide an insight into how funding may evolve in the future under a number of our modelled scenarios. The conference will be held at Old Government House Hotel and Spa in Guernsey. Pensions Age Annual London Conference Thursday 17 September 2020 This event will now be hosted online on Zoom. The case for long-term structural reform of public service pension schemes was clear. Mark has written articles and been quoted in a range of publications, including Professional Pensions, Pensions Expert, Pensions Age, FT Adviser and the Daily Express. European Pensions Conference 2020. The Department of Management together with Pensions & Intergenerational Relations (PIR) Research Group functioning at Lodz University of Technology (Poland), Faculty of Management and Production Engineering, has been organizing Pensions Conference since 2009. With over twenty five years of experience, John has held senior roles at a number of consulting firms, working as a Scheme Actuary, a corporate actuary and latterly within Investment Consulting providing risk advice. Please note that the Awards are still going ahead as planned. Mark is Principal and London Practice Leader Buck, having previously worked at WTW and PWC. Monday, Mar. They may be a more cost-effective, flexible, in-house solution than buying insured annuities. The PenCon 2018 Pensions Conference Proceedings. 09.00 Arrivals – breakfast available. London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square. SAVE THE DATE The Channel Islands International Pensions Conference will take place on Friday 21 May 2021. David Gordon, Senior Review Actuary at the IFoA heading up the Actuarial Review Team. Speakers: Dale Walmsley, First Actuarial LLP and Stephen Humphrey, Government Actuary’s Department, Decumulation in pension plans: Income drawdown and pooled annuities. 09.35 – 10.00 – Keynote Speaker, David Fairs, TPR. Our Directory of Pension Fund conferences enables those working within the pension fund, retirement and superannuation industries to identify the leading pensions conferences around the world. We are excited to announce that Professional Pensions Live will now take place as a virtual conference and exhibition between Monday 13th – 15th July 2020, running from 10am to 2:00pm on each day and is set to be the industry’s largest virtual gathering. The Pensions Age Virtual Conference has been launched to bring much-needed guidance, direction and reassurance to pension funds who are facing possibly the most challenging environment they have ever faced. Video costs: Members £15.00 | Non-Members £35, Speaker: Mark Williams, Principal & London Retirement Practice Leader, Buck, AMS Thematic Review Programme & changes to the CPD Scheme. He pioneered the IFoA’s “Savings Goals for Retirement” initiative to enhance adequacy of DC schemes. A reformed pension system would need to be good quality, sustainable and fair. Swiss Pensions Conference 2020 Zürich organisiert durch CFA Society Switzerland Swiss Re Center for Global Dialogue Beginn: Montag, 15.06.2020 um 09:00 Ende: Montag, 15.06.2020 um 18:00 Defined Benefit Consolidation Conference. Professional Pensions is hosting this concise digital event on the 25th March to provide a crucial update on where the current regulation stands on DB Consolidators, assess the different models available, what the expected funding levels are and the governance requirements. Below is a list of the world's top conferences for pension funds. John holds a BSc in Mathematics, an MSc in Pure Mathematics (both from Sheffield University) and an MBA from the Open University. 19 2021 • Virtual Event. Pension Fund Conferences. Or have we barely scraped through a five-year guarantee? The TUC Pensions Conference will tackle all these issues and more. Agenda Speakers Venues. She currently manages the review of the CPD Scheme, the regulatory working party considering CDC Pension Schemes, and the IFoA’s Designated Professional Body Regime. Alongside client work, David provided guidance to colleagues worldwide on best practice and professional issues. Events - The Pensions Management Institute is the largest and most recognisable professional body in the UK for pensions professionals, supporting over 6,500 members. Posted in Pensions, Tools & Resources. Attracts over 1,600 attendees who come to hear an unparalleled range of speakers, including industry thought leaders, politicians and high profile figures from outside pensions, giving inspiring and thought provoking views on the most important issues of the day. The event was a great opportunity to have a fruitful discussion on pensions and all the related topics, including demographics, social policy, economics, finance and management of pensions. GMP equalisation - how soon is now? 8 • Virtual Event. Tim chairs the “Drawdown Strategies, Modelling Tools and Consumer Communications” Working Party for the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. He is a Scheme Actuary and senior corporate adviser, advising on matters such as scheme funding, member options and legislative change. Mark is also Chair of the Pensions Board at the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and represents the I&FoA on the industry GMP Equalisation Working Group (endorsed by PASA and TPR). Visit the Life Conference 2020 Delegate atrium to find working party presentations, a ‘Who’s who’ in Life research, speaker biographies, how you can contribute to future research ideas, and much more. David Gordon, Senior Review Actuary at the IFoA, will give an update on the newly launched Thematic Review Programme and in particular the first review covering pensions: “Actuarial factors used to calculate member benefits”. The most important conference of the year for anyone involved in pensions and lifetime savings. This conference will help you reflect on your own pension scheme strategy and … Watch the full on-demand recording of session two – Funding objectives. Join P&I for the industry’s premier educational virtual event that features the latest trends and best practices including legislation, regulation, plan compliance, plan design, and the newest in investment products and strategies. Milliman: Who we are. Analysing how this landscape has changed over time shows that whilst the risk profile of DB schemes has reduced underfunding has persisted. Apr. Marriott Victoria & Albert Hotel, Manchester. When over ten million auto-enrolled savers are enabled to access their pensions dashboard easily on their phone screen a revolution really is in prospect. Here are the key highlights: Overview of scheme funding in 2020. PASA Annual Conference – 11th February 2020. Pensions & Investments WorldPensionSummit is THE global platform 'for and by' pension professionals. She joined the PPF in March 2009, and has been the Pension Protection Fund’s Chief Actuary since September 2018. Below is a list of the world's top conferences for pension funds. Synopsis. A practical and theoretical look at risk from wider perspectives, drawing on theories and examples from other fields, as well as social experiments, the session aims to stimulate members to consider information asymmetry, bias, Bayesian methods, behavioural finance and behavioural psychology when determining pension scheme risk. Judith Joy, Regulatory Lawyer at the IFoA, will provide an update on changes to the CPD Scheme, following the consultation that closed in April. The 2020 Webinar Series consisted of five one hour presentations, to including a Q & A session, and was spread over the five days between 2 – 6 November 2020. European Pensions & Investments Summit 2021 | 22 June-23 June 2021 | Online | | She is responsible for providing actuarial advice to the Board on the PPF’s Funding Strategy, making sure that any assumptions we make are appropriate and consistent, and for signing the annual valuation of the fund for the Annual Report and Accounts. Politics, Pandemics & Pensions: Moving forwards with 2020 hindsight At LCP's first virtual conference, we reflected on lessons learned this year and considered changes encountered in our industry from the Regulator, the Pension Schemes Bill and action on climate … Monday, Oct. 19 • Virtual Event Virtual Experience . Judith Joy, Regulatory Lawyer in the General Counsel directorate of the IFoA. After a couple of years as a postdoctoral researcher at RiskLab, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Catherine took up a lecturing position at Heriot-Watt in 2011. With typically 300 top executives from pension providers in attendance, the event brings together influential decision-makers from across Europe. Delegates who had registered for the 2020 conference have had their tickets automatically transferred to … He has worked with Willis Towers Watson throughout his career advising numerous UK pension schemes and their sponsors on how best to deliver funding, investment and risk management. Speakers: Judith Joy and David Gordon, IFoA, Public Service Pensions – Good Pensions that last. Fundamental changes were made such as futureproofing the retirement age, introducing career average and a mechanism to control costs. Media Partners. Politics, Pandemics & Pensions: Moving forwards with 2020 hindsight LCP’s first ever virtual pensions conference came after a year of turmoil, change and upheaval with 2021 promising a tsunami of legislative, regulatory and economic changes. David Fairs will be sharing his insights on the latest and future regulatory developments. Since then, Tim has worked with some of the UK's largest financial services companies, as well as start-ups, to help them deliver personal and engaging digital advice and guidance. Register to attend. Theme: Pension challenges and opportunities 26 June 2020. David joined the IFoA at the start of 2020 with over 30 years’ experience in the pensions industry. Tim is currently Product Director at EValue, having joined in 2010 as Consultant Actuary. As Chair of the IFoA's Working Party on Drawdown Strategies, Modelling Tools and Consumer Communications, Tim will explain why, for income drawdown, we need new investment vehicles, new modelling tools and better communication for consumers! Pooled annuities convert lump-sum savings to a life annuity by collectively pooling longevity risk. November 24, 2021. CIPFA Pensions Conference 2020 26 Oct 2020 The Hutton Review: A decade on, but what now? Given the continuing situation with Coronavirus/Covid-19, we have taken the decision to run some of our conferences virtually. The participants represent different universities, research institutions as well as financial institutions, including mainly pension funds. By Giles Bywater on October 7, 2020. The IPE Awards each year recognise the bar-raising achievements of the diverse pension funds across Europe and celebrate excellence by creating a meaningful broad set of benchmarks. John is Head of Strategic, Asset and Risk Solutions at Buck. He is currently responsible for the specification and prioritisation of new and existing propositions at EValue, as well as providing key actuarial oversight across the organisation. A themed programme of keynote speeches, intimate roundtable discussions and educational sessions … John Breedon, Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. 09.30 – 9.35 – PASA Chair, Kim Gubler. Pension Fund Conferences. 14th Annual Pensions Conference. It’s been two years since the landmark Lloyds court case confirmed that trustees need to deal with GMP equalisation. December 7, 2021. 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. Thursday 18 June 2020. He was Willis Towers Watson's Senior Quality Assurance Representative under the IFoA's Quality Assurance Scheme. Agenda. view ipe conference & awards 2020. Catherine will share her latest research on how offering a post-retirement, pooled annuity option, perhaps structured as a Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) plan, to retirees might help deliver a lifelong income to retirees. The 2020 conference will include not only papers and workshops on the current South African pension law issues and additionally have papers and workshops involving, through IPEBLA, eminent pension lawyers from around the world. SPS Private Market Investors’ Annual Seminar. The event also marked the departure of Gabriel Bernardino, who has been Chair of EIOPA for a decade. For your ease, we have broken down elements of the session. Lisa McCrory was appointed as Chief Finance Officer at the PPF in February 2020. Catherine returned to university to do a Masters degree at the University of Oxford, followed by a PhD at the University Of Waterloo, Canada. Lisa McCrory, Chief Finance Officer at the Pension Protection Fund (PPF). Due to recent events, the European Pensions Conference 2020 which was due to take place on Thursday 18 June, has been postponed until further notice. After Catherine's undergraduate degree at the University of Cambridge, she worked for several years in the pensions industry in the U.K. in both pensions and investment consultancy roles. Judith is responsible for drafting and maintaining standards, guidance and other material with the purpose of regulating the profession in the public interest. Introduction. Our Investment Conference is where CIOs, trustees, investment board members, pension managers, finance professionals and their advisers gain insight on the major trends and events affecting UK investors and markets. Delegates do not require specialist technical knowledge, although a working knowledge of CMI outputs (e.g. Before this, she was Head of the Actuarial Financial Management Team. The global pension fund conferences directory is powered by Savvy Investor, the world’s leading reference hub for institutional investors. A reformed pension system would need to be good quality, sustainable and fair. Watch our funding objectives session from our Pensions and Savings Virtual Conference 2020. The case for long-term structural reform of public service pension schemes was clear. the CMI Mortality Projections Model and "S3" Series tables) would be useful. Upcoming Conferences. PASA Annual Conference – 11th February 2020.