Pensions Convention 2005

5-7 June 2005, De Vere Grand Hotel, Brighton

The papers listed below were presented at the 2005 Pensions Convention.

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Monday 6 June 2005

SESSION TITLE/AUTHOR
Plenary 1 The Profession 2005 and beyond [pdf]
Harvie Brown, President, Faculty of Actuaries and Michael Pomery, President, Institute of Actuaries
Slides [ppt]

 

Session A1 Pre-PPF Wind-ups: practicalities and processes [pdf]
Sian Barr and Damian Morrish, Punter Southall
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Session A2 Pensions in corporate transactions [pdf]
Ian Sykes, KPMG
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Session A3 Finance Act 2004: Looking after the ordinary member [pdf]
Clive Fortes, Hymans Robertson LLP
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Session A4 Risk management for pension schemes [pdf]
Chinu Patel, Watson Wyatt LLP
Slides [ppt]

 

Session A5 All that glistens is not gold [pdf]
Kevin Coomber
Slides [ppt]

 

Session A6 Cleansing the soul - a few investment myths exposed [pdf]
Ravi Rastogi, PSolve
Slides [ppt]

 

Session B1 Setting valuation bases: putting the latest thinking into practice [pdf]
Martyn Atkinson and Phil Turner, Mercer
Slides [ppt]

 

Session B2 The economics of pension scheme design [pdf]
David McCarthy, Lecturer in Finance at the Tanaka Business School at Imperial College, London
Slides [ppt]

 

Session B3 Finance Act 2004: Pension issues for senior executives [pdf]
Bhargaw Buddhdev, AON Consulting
Slides [ppt]

 

Session B4 Annuity pricing [pdf]
Ian Aley, Prudential
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Session B5 DC investment issues [pdf]
Kevin Coomber
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Session B6 Lessons from overseas [pdf]
Jamie Willis, Deloitte
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Session C1 The top ten papers every scheme actuary should know [pdf]
Charles Cowling, Mercer Human Resource Consulting
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Session C2 Financing the deficit [pdf]
Terry Simmons, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Session C3 Winding up and the impact of new legislation [pdf]
Isabel Coles, Barnett Waddingham
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Session C4 Monitoring scheme actuaries [pdf]
David Martin, Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Chairman of the Actuarial Profession's Professional Competence Taskforce
Slides [ppt]

 

Session C5 Alternative investments [pdf]
Robert Brown, Watson Wyatt LLP
Slides [ppt]

 

Session D1 Insured and other small DB Schemes - are they different? [pdf]
Ian Capper and Matthew Parker, Jardine Lloyd Thompson
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Session D2 IAS19: Jumping the GAAP [pdf]
Adam Poulson
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Session D3 Age discrimination in pension schemes [pdf]
Robert West, Baker & McKenzie
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Session D4 TKU - How can "Trustees - Keep up!"? [pdf]
Vivien Cockerill, Wragge & LLP
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Session D5 Recent developments in bond investment [pdf]
Chris Hatry, Legal & General
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Session D6 The EU Pensions Directive: have you thought about the implications? [pdf]
Sally Dixon, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Tuesday 7 June 2005


SESSION TITLE/AUTHOR
Plenary 3 The pensions landscape [pdf]
Ros Altmann, Independent Consultant
Slides [ppt]

 

Plenary 3 Response from the Pensions Board [pdf]
Wendy Beaver, Chair, Pensions Board
Slides [ppt]

 

Session E1 Understanding the strength of the employer covenant [slides, ppt]
Neville McKay, PricewaterhouseCoopers

 

Session E2 Accounting standards - recent developments [pdf]
Alex Burton, KPMG
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Session E5 Fund managers are from Mars and investment consultants are from Venus [pdf]
Valerie Burdett-Callen, Psolve
Slides [ppt]

 

Session E4 CMI - Mortality projections. Issues and questions [pdf]
Tony Leandro, Barnett Waddingham
Slides [ppt]

 

Session E5 Fund managers are from Mars, Consultants are from Venus - a Martian's view [pdf]
Paul Craven, PIMCO Europe Ltd
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Session E6 Benefit communications - DC and beyond [pdf]
Paul Macro, Aon Consulting
 
Session F1 Individual transfer values [pdf]
Huw Evans, Hewitt
 
Session F2 Mission impossible: accounting for share options [pdf]
Alex Waite, Lane Clark & Peacock, and Ed Wilson, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Slides [ppt]

 

Session F3 Trustees under the spotlight: an independent's view [pdf]
Rodney Jagelman, Law Debenture
Slides [ppt]

 

Session F4 Caveated advice or leadership by recommendation: treading the thin line [pdf]
Jonathan Punter, Punter Southall
Slides [ppt]

 

Session F5 Update on Myners [pdf]
Peter Brackett, Watson Wyatt LLP
Slides [ppt]

 

Plenary 4 Current issues in longevity. Hot topics form the CMI [pdf]
Tony Leandro, Barnett Waddingham
Slides [ppt]

 


 
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