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Pensions Conference 2011 - Reviews of presentations

Several members who attended the recent Pensions Conference 2011 volunteered to provide reviews of the plenaries and sessions they attended to provide a more personal perspective of the event and discussion.  Other helpful summaries have been provided by the presenters.  The write-ups are listed below. 

If you missed the conference, some of these sessions will be re-visited in the Highlights of the Pensions Conference event, and many related topics will be considered in our other upcoming events.

Plenaries

  • Plenary 1- our economic future
    We weathered the storm  ...  or did we?
  • Plenary 2 - Our political future
    Lord Hutton and Minister Webb
  • Plenary 3 - ERM in action
    The future of pensions management
  • Plenary 4 - Our professional future
    Challenges ahead for pensions actuaries

 

Workshops

  • Workshop A3 - Communicating with members in a defined contribution worlld
    Better member communications essential if auto-enrolment?NEST is to succeed
  • Workshop B2 - Covenant in practice
    Covenant: how much work is appropriate?
  • Workshop B4 - Risk management and pensions - measuring pensions obligations
    Think before assessing pensions obligations
  • Workshop C1 - Monitoring longevity and demographic trends
    Is anything a constant where demographics are concerned?
  • Workshop C2 - A new look at employer covenant
  • Workshop C3 - Public sector schemes: last bastion of defined benefit
    Last bastion of DB: under siege and assault?  Food for thought
  • Workshop D1 - A framework for the use of discount rates in actuarial work
    Will we change the way we set discount rates?
  • Workshop D2 - Schrodinger's pension fund
  • Workshop D3 - Public sector schemes: the future from the funded arrangement's perspective
  • Workshop D4:  Making difficult conversations do-able
  • Workshop D5 - Accounting standards development
    Last bastion of DB: under siege and assault?  Food for thought
  • Workshop E1 - Touchy feely stuff
  • Workshop E2 - The new Pension Protection Levy framework
    PPF Levy from 2012/13: fairer and more predicatable
  • Workshop E3 - Pension schemes - are there lessons to be learned from insurers?
    Are insurers really any the wiser and what can Solvency II really work for pensions
  • Workshop E5 - Intangible asset securitisation