‘PENSIONS’ EVENTS

• Breakfast Seminar II: Pensions Regulation: Too Much of a Good Thing? |
• Breakfast Seminar I: Buy-out, or Cop-out? |

Palgrave Macmillan and Cass Business School have joined forces to launch a series of breakfast briefings in the area of Pensions.

To find out more or register your interest in these events please email Palgrave Macmillan at s.blackwell@palgrave.com.

Breakfast Seminar II: Pensions Regulation: Too Much of a Good Thing?

On Thursday 2nd April 2009, Pensions: An International Journal hosted a breakfast seminar in association with the Cass Business School.

Regulation is the one topic on which the pensions community seems to have a consensus – there’s too much of it, and too much of that is counter-productive. Regulation somehow seems an inevitable and necessary response to apparently inadequate protection of the public, but it may be we have had a surfeit; recent NAPF surveys say that regulation is becoming expensive and unmanageable and leading to a reduction in pensions coverage.

How do we distinguish between good and bad pensions regulation, and how can we respond to the gales of further rules from regulators and government departments? This breakfast seminar brought together speakers from the Pensions Regulator, DWP, academia and the legal profession to explore how we got it wrong, and how we might make it better.

The event was chaired by the Pensions Editor, Robin Ellison.
The panellists included:
Chris Evans, Head of Private Pensions Policy and Regulation Division, Department for Work and Pensions
Alistair Meeks, Senior Pensions Partner, Pinsent Masons and Chairman of the Association of Pension Lawyers
Will Price, Head of Europe, DB and Research, Pensions Regulator

 
 

Breakfast Seminar I: Buy-out, or Cop-out?

On Wednesday 5th November 2008, Pensions: An International Journal hosted a breakfast seminar in association with the Cass Business School.

Buy-out is the buzz theme this year; DB schemes who would not have thought about the option a year or two ago are now quietly reflecting on whether it might solve a problem for them or for their plan sponsors.

This breakfast briefing allowed pension funds and others to look at some of the broader policy implications of the switch to moving pensions off-balance-sheet for employers and government. It considered some of the practical issues for trustees and others, and gave an opportunity to engage with some of the major providers in a more relaxed, discursive and reflective atmosphere.

The breakfast event was chaired by the Pensions Editor, Robin Ellison, with a welcome address by Professor Stephen Haberman, Deputy Dean, Cass Business School.

Con Keating, Head of Research, BrightonRock Insurance and Principal, Finance Development Centre,
Myles Pink, Business Development Director, Paternoster.

A special issue on the Pensions Buyout Market will be published in May 2009 in association with Cass and the breakfast seminar.

All events were kindly sponsored by Pinsent Masons