Pensions Aspects Live

Pensions Aspects Live

29 June 2022 | 09:00 - 18:00

Pensions Aspects Live

The award-winning Pensions Aspects Live is aimed at pensions professionals and those working in aligned business areas. The event complements our member magazine, Pensions Aspects, and draws on the current issues and challenges facing employee benefit consultants, administrators, trustees, lawyers and members.

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    In-person Fees

    - Free for members
    - Affiliate and corporate members: £300 (+VAT)
    - Non-members: £600 (+VAT)
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    In-person

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    Virtual Fees

    members free
    affiliate and corporate members free
    non-members £100 (+VAT)
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    10+

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    10 hours

    CPD

Event Details

THE BASICS

Topics of discussion:

More details to follow.

Who should attend:
  • Pension Scheme Managers
  • Trustees
  • Administrators
  • Policy advisers
  • Consultants
  • Lawyers
  • Corporate IFAs
  • Investment managers
  • Actuaries
  • Communication professionals
The venue

IET London, 2 Savoy Pl, London WC2R 0BL

900

Pensions Aspects Live 2022

View highlights of our Pensions Aspects Live 2022 event

Agenda

09:00 - 09:05
Welcome address
Joe Craig
Joe Craig
Quietroom
Development Lead, Chair
09:05 - 09:40
Post covid macro-economic challenges and opportunities for a new generation of savers
Arnab Das
Arnab Das
Invesco
Global Market Strategist

This session looks at pensions in the wider context of economic changes in society. We ask what a cost-of-living crisis and inflationary pressures mean for pensions? We look at the opportunities for savers due to a reduction in unemployment and examine whether current AE reforms are fit for purpose. Finally, we consider shifting attitudes in how young people are engaging with their pensions and how this might develop the industry in the coming years.

09:40 - 10:25
Integrating your ESG strategy
Cléo Fitzsimons
Cléo Fitzsimons
Pension Insurance Corporation
Head of Responsible Investing

ESG & Climate are increasingly at the forefront of our minds especially for those managing or overseeing long-term portfolios. Cléo Fitzsimons, Head of Responsible Investing at Pension Insurance Corporation, a specialist bulk annuity insurer, explores means of integrating ESG into both public and private market investment decisions and the importance of articulating a Sustainability and Climate strategy in-line with investment objectives and purpose.

AVAILABLE FOR LIVE-STREAM

10:25 - 10:45
Refreshments & networking break
10:45 - 11:30
Clara – the journey to the first superfund transactions
Simon True
Simon True
Clara Pensions
CEO

Simon True, Clara’s Chief Executive will talk about Clara being the first DB superfund to successfully complete The Pensions Regulator’s assessment process and the transactions that come next. He’ll look at how trustees, sponsors and members can benefit from defined benefit consolidation and the types of transaction that are currently engaging with Clara. As schemes think about their Long Term Funding Obligation and ‘end-game’, he’ll offer some thoughts on how best trustees might think about whether Clara is right for their members, and if so, how we can support them.

AVAILABLE FOR LIVE-STREAM

11:35 - 12:20
Breakout Session | Panel Discussion: Communicating with the new pension saver
Rachel Harold
Rachel Harold
Barnett Waddingham
Employee Engagement Consultant
Georgie Taylor
Georgie Taylor
Barnett Waddingham
Client Support

Are we witnessing a shift in saver behaviour? Has the pandemic changed behaviours and expectations for the long term? What are younger savers looking for and how do they engage with saving? How do we communicate and deliver the pensions services they really want and need?

AVAILABLE FOR LIVE-STREAM

11:35 - 12:20
Breakout session | A Just Transition: Why it matters to the pensions industry
Maria Nazarova-Doyle
Maria Nazarova-Doyle
Scottish Widows
Head of Pension Investments and Responsible Investments

We all know a transition to a low carbon global economy is imperative. Countries and companies alike have set ambitious net zero goals. But it’s not as easy as simply reducing carbon. We know big shifts are needed, they will impact people. Those same people are the only way to power the transition and they must be treated fairly and equipped with the skills to do so. The transition will impact production methods, sectoral structures, skills demands, supply chains, capital flows, and pretty much everything else. If planning doesn’t have people at its heart, there is a risk the transition will fail or be rushed and futile. This session will discuss why the pensions industry should care about connecting the E and S of ESG to ensure a just transition, and the role we can all play to enable it.

12:20 - 13:20
Lunch
12:25 - 13:15
Lunch roundtable: The case for gold in pension schemes
Claire Lincoln
Claire Lincoln
World Gold Council
Head of Institutional Sales, EMEA
Jeremy De Pessemier
Jeremy De Pessemier
World Gold Council
Institutional Relationship Manager

For DC schemes, member outcomes should be the key factor in setting all aspects of strategy. We expect gold to be an effective risk management tool to support good outcomes for those closer to retirement. For DB schemes, gold is one of a handful of assets that can serve multiple and constructive roles in a portfolio. A store of wealth and a hedge against systemic risk and currency depreciation, gold has historically improved portfolios’ risk adjusted returns and provided liquidity to meet liabilities in times of market stress.

13:20 - 14:05
Technology + expert analysis = minimised data risk (Titley’s Law)
Maurice Titley
Maurice Titley
ITM
Chief Innovation Officer

Trustees are always looking for ways to assess and reduce risk in order to protect a scheme and its members. A schemes biggest non-financial asset is its data – the importance of which has an impact on almost any initiative or project a scheme turns its attention to. But, for many schemes, managing data can feel like swimming upstream!

In this session we’ll be talking about rectification, such as GMP – and how data analysis and improvement can create a smoother, more accurate project. We’ll also be looking at the data risks for dashboards – ensuring the right matches are made and the right data provided. And we’ll take a dip into consolidation and how schemes can ensure they get the best deal.

Taking a risk-based approach to data – understanding, mitigating, monitoring – can help trustees achieve their goals and have a far wider impact on the scheme and its members overall

AVAILABLE FOR LIVE-STREAM

14:05 - 14:50
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - How does DNI affect members
Uche Enemchukwu, Esq.
Uche Enemchukwu, Esq.
Nelu Diversified Consulting Solutions
Chief Executive Officer

This session looks at where are we on the D&I journey for pension schemes? We consider diversity in the context of effective board governance and own risk assessments. We touch on equity and inclusion to improve outcomes for all savers including what can be done to support the underpensioned.

14:50 - 15:10
Refreshments & networking break
15:10 - 15:55
Breakout Session | Panel Discussion: Accumulation to Decumulation
Andy Seed
Andy Seed
Aviva Investors
Head of DC Solutions
Louise Davey
Louise Davey
The Pensions Regulator
Interim Head of Policy
Kevin Wesbroom
Kevin Wesbroom
Capital Cranfield
Professional Trustee
Helen Morrissey
Helen Morrissey
Hargreaves Lansdown
Senior Pensions and Retirement Analyst

This session examines the member journey from accumulation to decumulation and considers hot topics including pension freedoms, stronger nudges, and financial wellbeing.

15:10 - 15:55
Breakout session | Beyond Digital: Comms with Confidence
Russ Hope
Russ Hope
Quietroom
Lead Consultant

Are we really serving members the best way we can by slavishly pursuing the latest digital or tech trend? What’s really at the heart of your communication - your process? Your tech? Your portal? Or your members’ real needs? The pensions industry has glimpsed a digital future but still applies old-world thinking in the new forms. This session will change that. The way we think about member comms needs to be based on principles of User-Centred Design. Members deserve the smooth, pain-free user journeys that have arrived in any industry where instead of members they have users. With simple, practical examples and lessons from across sectors, Russ will bring to life this new philosophy of pension comms.

16:00 - 16:45
Lessons from... Monzo and Starling
Jason Bates
Jason Bates
Monzo
Co-founder, Monzo, Starling Bank and 11:FS
Gareth Tancred
Gareth Tancred
Pensions Management Institute
CEO

As one of the key figures behind two of the most successful digital banks in the UK, Jason has a wealth of lessons in the behaviour of a new generation of banking customers as well as the challenges incumbent businesses face.

Jason will also look at the pitfalls of digital transformation, how to innovate and create new products, and what the future of money looks like.

16:45 - 17:00
Closing remarks
Gareth Tancred
Gareth Tancred
Pensions Management Institute
CEO
17:00 - 18:30
Drinks reception

Speakers

hear from the experts

Jason Bates
Jason Bates
Monzo, Starling Bank and 11:FS
- Co-founder

As one of the key figures behind two of the most successful digital banks in the UK, Jason has a wealth of lessons in the behaviour of a new generation of banking customers as well as the challenges incumbent businesses face.

He also looks at the pitfalls of digital transformation, how to innovate and create new products, and what the future of banks and money looks like.

Tech entrepreneur, Jason Bates is the co-founder of Monzo and Starling Bank, two of the most successful and revolutionary financial services companies of recent times.

He now leads his own fintech consultancy and is one of the presenters on the podcast, FinTech Insider which covers everything from digital banking and consumer behaviour to the future of blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

Arnab Das
Arnab Das
Invesco
- Global Market Strategist

Arnab Das is Global Market Strategist in the EMEA region, based in London, and a member of Invesco’s Global Thought Leadership team. He helps develop and communicate analysis and insight on the global economy and financial markets across asset classes for clients, media, governments and central banks. He works with Invesco’s investment teams across disciplines and regions and is a member of Invesco’s Global Investor Forum Advisory Council with a focus on global macro and emerging markets. Arnab’s research interests span economic policy, performance and reform; and economic and financial history.

Arnab joined Invesco in 2015 as Head of EM macro research for Invesco Fixed Income. He began his career in finance in 1992, and has served as Co-head of Economic Research & Strategy at Roubini Global Economics; Co-head of Global Economics & Strategy, Head of Global FX Research, and Head of EM Economics & Strategy at Dresdner Kleinwort; and Head of EEMEA Research at JP Morgan. He has also been a private consultant in global and emerging markets, as well as consulting with Trusted Sources, a specialist EM research boutique.

Arnab’s studies were in macroeconomics, economic history and international political economy. He received an AB from Princeton University in 1986 and completed his postgraduate and doctoral work at the London School of Economics in 1987-1992.

Cléo Fitzsimons
Cléo Fitzsimons
Pension Insurance Corporation
- Head of Responsible Investing
Simon True
Simon True
Clara Pensions
- CEO
Uche Enemchukwu, Esq.
Uche Enemchukwu, Esq.
Nelu Diversified Consulting Solutions
- Chief executive Officer

Uche Enemchukwu is the Co-founder and CEO of Nelu Diversified Consulting Solutions (“Nelu”), a global diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) consultancy that specializes in employee benefits and Total Rewards. With offices in the United States and United Kingdom, Nelu has garnered the attention of global plan sponsors and news outlets, as well as the recognition of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business for its innovative approach and social impact.

Possessing deep benefits experience, Uche began her career as an associate attorney at a large law firm with a well-regarded and sophisticated human capital and benefits practice. She then transitioned to consulting at Willis Towers Watson, where she drove benefits compliance and strategy results for Fortune 100 employers. Before founding Nelu, Uche led retirement compliance at Boeing, which has some of the largest and most complex benefits plans in existence. She also developed, designed, and implemented a Total Rewards DE&I function at Boeing, through which she executed multiple first-of-their-kind solutions.

Uche received her J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation from Washington University in St. Louis. There, she was awarded the Dagen-Legomsky International Public Interest Fellowship and taught undergraduate-level international human rights courses in the Netherlands. Uche received her B.A. in History and International Comparative Area Studies from Duke University.

Rachel Harold
Rachel Harold
Barnett Waddingham
- Employee Engagement Consultant

Rachel is an Engagement Consultant for DrumRoll – Barnett Waddingham’s internal communications agency. Rachel has worked in the financial services industry for nine years and started her career working in the DC pension space, before moving into her role in communications. She works closely with employers to engage with and educate their people on the importance of retirement saving. She is passionate about creating communications that are clear, friendly and relevant to the audience.

Georgie Taylor
Georgie Taylor
Barnett Waddingham
- Client Support

Georgie joined Barnett Waddingham in December 2020 and plays a key role in providing a range of clients with the support they need to manage their pensions.

As a younger person Georgie brings a fresh outlook to the world of pensions and savings for the long-term. She is always willing to share her thoughts and those of her peers to help shape the understanding of people’s changing needs in relation to long-term savings.

Maria Nazarova-Doyle
Maria Nazarova-Doyle
Scottish Widows
- Head of Pension Investments and Responsible Investments
Claire Lincoln
Claire Lincoln
World Gold Council
- Head of Institutional Sales, EMEA

Claire joined The World Gold council in 2020 to head up distribution relationships across Europe. She has spent more than 13 years working in front office sales roles within financial services firms including Bloomberg, Credit Suisse and most recently The Bank of New York Mellon in London.

Jeremy De Pessemier
Jeremy De Pessemier
World Gold Council
- Institutional Relationship Manager

Jeremy joined The World Gold Council in 2021 to develop relationships with key institutional investors across Europe and raise awareness around gold as an asset class. He has over 15 years’ experience in global multi-asset investment strategies and solutions. Prior to joining the World Gold Council, Jeremy worked as Senior Investment Strategist at State Street Global Advisors and prior to that was part of the portfolio construction team at Bank of Ireland Asset Management. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Maurice Titley
Maurice Titley
ITM
- Chief Innovation Officer
Andy Seed
Andy Seed
Aviva Investors
- Head of DC Solutions

With over 20+ years in the UK pensions industry, Andy is widely recognised as a DC market expert, having held various senior positions in global consulting firms, within asset management and with insured/bundled pension providers.

Andy leads DC investment at Aviva Investors, supporting the formation of its current and future DC market strategy. This follows a 9 months project with AI and a 7 month project with Aviva, where Andy re-engineered the distribution strategy for the Aviva Workplace pensions business, as well as reviewing ‘direct’ business distribution strategy for Aviva Life.

Prior to working with Aviva, Andy spent 3 years running the £22bn Zurich corporate pensions business and oversaw M&A disposal to Scottish Widows (Lloyds Banking Group) in April 2018, working with the new owners in transition, up to the point of regulatory transfer of asset ownership. Before this, Andy ran the UK DC distribution team for JP Morgan Asset Management and before that, he spent the last 10 years of his consulting career advising large corporate clients as well as running teams of DC consultants in senior DC consulting positions at KPMG, Deloitte and Mercer.

Previously, Andy was the Managing Director and founder of his own consulting business Apollo Financial Ltd.

Louise Sivyer
Louise Sivyer
The Pensions Regulator
- Interim Head of Policy

Louise Sivyer is the interim Head of Policy in TPR’s Regulatory Policy Directorate, leading the team responsible for developing regulatory policy that delivers across TPR’s strategic priorities and encompasses DB, DC and public service schemes.

Louise joined the Regulator in 2007 and has worked in both policy and operational teams. Before joining the Regulator, Louise held technical roles in the pensions industry ranging across personal and occupational pensions, third party pension administration, and TPAS (The Pensions Advisory Service).

Kevin Wesbroom
Kevin Wesbroom
Capital Cranfield
- Professional Trustee
Helen Morrissey
Helen Morrissey
Hargreaves Lansdown
- Senior Pensions and Retirement Analyst

Helen joined Hargreaves Lansdown in August 2021 as a senior pensions and retirement analyst. She works with the media to raise awareness of key retirement issues to help people build financial resilience in retirement. Helen has 18 years’ experience in the pensions industry.

Prior to joining Hargreaves Lansdown Helen worked as a pension specialist at Royal London where she provided media comment and research on issues such as auto-enrolment, investment, retirement income and state benefit take up.

She was also an award-winning pensions journalist working on titles such as Professional Pensions, Global Pensions and Retirement Planner.

Russ Hope
Russ Hope
Quietroom
- Lead Consultant
Joe Craig
Joe Craig
Quietroom
- Development Lead, Chair

Joe’s worked on communications strategy for pension schemes, investment firms, insurers and other financial institutions, big and small. He’s often on stage at industry events discussing how to make complicated or difficult messages more meaningful to more people.

Joe is also a best-selling author and screenwriter. He specialises in keeping people interested in what they’re reading, especially people with a low reading age, or who don’t want to be reading. He runs story workshops for writers of all ages, all over the world.

Gareth Tancred
Gareth Tancred
Pensions Management Institute
- CEO

Thank you to our sponsors and insight partners for their continued support

Pension Insurance Corporation
Pension Insurance Corporation
Gold Sponsor
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Amundi Asset Management
Amundi Asset Management
Gold Exhibitor
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Schroders Solutions
Schroders Solutions
Gold Exhibitor
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ITM
ITM
Silver sponsor
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Clara Pensions
Clara Pensions
Silver sponsor
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Barnett Waddingham
Barnett Waddingham
Breakout Stream Sponsor
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World Gold Council
World Gold Council
Lunch Roundtable Sponsor
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GO Pensions Ltd
GO Pensions Ltd
Bronze Exhibitor
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Go Pensions are specialist independent evaluators. We offer four main services: Sourcing, Strategy, Implementation and Review, across a number of markets such as Third Party Administration, Master Trusts, Professional Trustees, In-house functions and Administration Systems.

Our team of pensions industry experts supports across a range of projects. These include first-time outsourcing, TPA and System reviews, provider migrations, Master Trust selections and Flexible Benefits providers.

We use an objective and unbiased approach to drive value for clients, finding the best fit for their scheme, sponsors and members.

Pensions Age
Pensions Age
Media Partner
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Savvy Investor
Savvy Investor
Media Partners
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NextGen
NextGen
Media Partner
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Professional Pensions
Professional Pensions
Media Partners
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