Events and training for pension managers and trustees – Aug 9

NAPF Fund Member Breakfast

September 1 | NAPF, London | 8.30am-10am

Meet our external affairs team and discuss the issues affecting your scheme. Two key themes to be covered include Treasury consultations on pension freedoms and taxation as well as a general update on policy issues across defined benefit, defined contribution and the EU. This event is free and open to NAPF fund members only.

NAPF Academy

Three half-day pensions introductory courses in September:

September 3 | NAPF, London | 10am-1pm

Understand the basic principles of pension scheme investment.

NAPF Academy: Pension Basics

September 14 | NAPF, London |10am-1pm

Introducing the basic principles of UK pension provision. Suitable for anyone who wants to know more about UK pensions without becoming an expert.

NAPF Academy: Automatic Enrolment

September 14 | NAPF, London |2pm-5pm

Providing an insight into the main principles and processes of auto-enrolment.

PMI Technical Seminar: Pensions Nuts and Bolts

September 7 | London 

This seminar will take place at Eversheds, 1 Wood Street, London. This seminar is perfect for those with little or no previous knowledge of pensions. It offers a full day of presentations by a range of top-quality speakers giving you an up-to-the-minute overview of the main pensions issues facing all employers. 

NAPF: Seminars to Help Employees Prepare for Retirement  

September 10 | NAPF, London |11am-4pm

As an employer you will be keen to ensure your employees recognise the significant contribution you make towards their retirement savings. You will also want your employees to be able to look forward to a financially secure retirement. Our pre-retirement financial education seminars have been designed for anyone retiring or planning to access retirement savings within the next two years. More details available on the NAPF website. 

NAPF: Hot Topic Seminar: Risky business: Managing Risk in Pensions

September 15 | NAPF, London

This is another challenging year for DB pension funds, with many getting to grips with the new regulatory requirements and some schemes starting to run out of funding wiggle room.

This seminar features presentations on longevity, dynamic derisking and managing political risk in pensions as well as the lessons DB schemes might actually want to take from Solvency II.

This event is free for NAPF fund members to attend. Book your place today.

PMI Technical Seminar: Post-retirement Solutions

October 2 | London

The recent past has seen dramatic changes in society’s perceptions of retirement. The end of the default retirement age has been followed by radical reform to DC decumulation options. This seminar will be of interest to anyone involved in implementing the new retirement paradigm and addressing the challenges it presents. It will take place at America Square Conference Centre, 1 America Square, 17 Crosswall, London EC3N 2LB. 

NAPF Annual Conference and Exhibition 2015

Work, Save, Live – A Better Retirement Income for All

October 14-16  | Manchester Central

This must-attend event for anyone in the pensions industry attracts 1,000 delegates and more than 1,550 attendees. There is an unrivalled conference programme with top-quality speakers from government, the industry and beyond. Our speakers this year include:

• Lesley Titcomb, chief executive, The Pensions Regulator;

• Alan Rubenstein, chief executive, Pension Protection Fund;

• Bill Galvin, chief executive, Universities Superannuation Scheme;

• Nicola Smith, head of economics and social affairs, Trades Union Congress;

• David Willetts, former minister of state for universities and science;

• Stephanie Flanders, chief market strategist for the UK, JPMorgan Asset Management; 

• Eddie Izzard, comedian, actor, fundraiser and activist.

Don’t miss out – book your place today.

Inaugural PMI Lecture 2015

October 20 | London

This inaugural state-of-the-nation-type address by Paul Johnson of the Institute of Fiscal Studies will be held at JPMorgan Chase, 60 Victoria Embankment, Blackfriars, London.

PMI Trustee Group Seminar: Where DB meets DC

October 22

This event is aimed to help trustees to focus on areas of risk and provide them with the information and guidance they need to ensure that their company’s scheme is running effectively. Trustees (at all levels of experience, be they employer or member nominated), and those charged with the responsibility of organising and managing trustee boards should definitely not miss out.

PMI Technical Seminar: Assuring Confident DC Outcomes

November 19

Auto-enrolment has driven a marked increase in the number of members of DC pension schemes.

At the same time, the freedom and choice agenda, coupled with new statutory responsibilities for those managing workplace DC schemes, have ensured that the need for effective governance standards is more pressing than ever.

This seminar addresses all of the major issues confronting DC provision today, and by attending you will learn from some of the UK’s leading professionals in DC pension provision.