FUTURE
CONFERENCES
Purpose
This conference aims to review a range of key current issues facing Irish DB & DC pension funds and other institutional investors in the region and to examine a selection of investment approaches, opportunities and developments designed to address these in the current macroeconomic climate. We will take into consideration the latest trends and best practice, performance potential and practicalities such as implementation and specific regional requirements/challenges.
Programme
09.00
Registration
09.30
Session 1
Head of Product Development
Fathom Consulting
Summer Global Outlook
- Inflation has tended to be stickier than expected across many developed economies; that has lifted the expected path for short-term interest rates
- Rather than being a headwind to economic growth, might higher interest rates aid creative destruction and boost productivity growth rates
- The US looks particularly likely to benefit, improving on its existing top tier economic dynamism; by contrast, Europe risks being left behind
- How are these trends reflected into markets?
Managing Director, Global Fixed Income
Neuberger Berman
Fixed Income Liquidity in the Current Macro Environment
• What did we learn from the liquidity shock 2020?
• How liquid are different segments of the fixed income markets today?
• How robust is that liquidity?
• Should the fact that rates are high, or the fact that rates are declining, change the way we think about liquidity?
• Is there growing liquidity in “illiquid” markets – but still an illiquidity premium?
10.45
Tea/Coffee
11.15
Session 2
Director, Senior LDI Client Portfolio Manager
BlackRock
LDI and CDI: How to integrate approaches
- Recap of what Liability Driven Investing (LDI) strategies are and how they are implemented
- An overview of Cashflow Driven Investing and key features
- How to integrate the two approaches and benefits of doing so
Actuary and Founding Director
Align Advisory
A case study on Buy-In and Buy-Out in Ireland
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A look into a recent case study on the transition into buy-out.
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What are the main practical challenges?
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The benefits of buy out vs long term investment runoff
12.30
Lunch
13.45
Session 3
Professional Trustee Chair
The Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company Pension Schemes
Partner
Arthur Cox
Auto-enrolment: What's Next for Employers
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Where we are to date with auto-enrolment implementation?
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What will auto-enrolment mean in the Irish context?
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Some practical steps that employers can take at this stage
Master Trust Panel to include:
15.15
Close of conference followed by refreshments
Cost
The conference is by invitation only for pension funds and other institutional investors and we welcome new attendees from these investors. Therefore if you are not already receiving an invitation please contact us. A limited number of Complimentary invitations are available to genuine pension fund representatives (executives and trustees) and other approved institutional investors. However, to ensure we have room for as many funds as possible, we have to limit free places to 3 attendees per approved organisation thereafter a reduced rate fee is payable per delegate. Furthermore, SPS always reserves the right of admission (free or paid) and our decision is final.
Venue
The Westbury Hotel, Dublin
Balfe Street,
Dublin 2
D02 CH66
Tel: +353 1 679 1122
Thanks to its central location in Dublin, The Westbury is easy to reach by car, bus or train. Approximately 40 minutes from the airport and close to major reference points in the city such as Grafton Street and St Stephen’s Green, making your way to the hotel is hassle free.
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