De-Risking Seminar

In a world where de-risking is at the top of the agenda for many Defined Benefit Pension Schemes, this interactive morning session focuses not only on the current risk landscape but also the future of de-risking.

Our speakers from Premier, AXA Investment Managers, KAS Bank, BDO LLP and Rothesay Life will cover all the necessary considerations for a de-risking roadmap. The session will invite audience participation and interaction with speakers and there will be an opportunity to network with your peers over lunch.

This half day educational workshop will cover:

This is a FREE event for pension fund decision makers and their advisors.

Places for this event are strictly limited please register your interest below to avoid disappointment.

This educational session is elligible for CPD credits.

Speakers

Program

  1. Registrations, Breakfast and Networking

  2. Welcome and Introductions

    Joanne Childs, mallowstreet
  3. De-Risking your Plan: A Broader View - John Reeve, Senior Consultant, Premier

    Premier will call upon their experience in this market to highlight the various options available to those looking to reduce the risks posed by their pension plans. They will consider assets based and liability based approaches to the reduction of risk and consider where each is likely to add most value.
  4. What's next for LDI - Preparing for the End Game - Jonathan Crowther, Head of UK LDI, AXA Investment Managers

    The majority of pension schemes are travelling on a journey to self-sufficiency or buy-out. AXA IM will examine cost efficient solutions to lowering the risk of your portfolio whilst retaining the assets required from a collateralization standpoint.
  5. Coffee Break & Networking

  6. Risk Monitoring: Keeping Assets on Track - Chris van der Gulik, KAS BANK

    In this session KAS Bank will investigate the rewards that can be gained from having a thorough and constant risk-monitoring strategy. They will look at how you can keep your assets on track via: Pre-determination and triggers, stress-testing, yield vs the risk-free rate of return, and identifying hidden risks in investments.
  7. An Update on the Buyout/Bulk Annuity Market – Cost Effective Solutions - Sammy Cooper-Smith, Rothesay Life

    During this presentation there will be an examination on how systematic de-risking takes place while a pension fund aims for buyout/bulk annuity exercise.
  8. Continuing the Conversation on mallowstreet

    Joanne Childs, mallowstreet
  9. Lunch & Networking

  10. End