DIARY DATES: SEPTEMBER 2008 & BEYOND
SPS Alternative Investing for Pension
Funds
2 September 2008
Location: London, UK
Why are Pension Funds increasingly choosing Alternative strategies?
This conference will consider the issues currently facing Pension Funds
and look at how Alternative Investments can enable Funds to diversify
their Risks and improve their Returns. We will focus on Return in the
Risk/Return equation and will normally include a selection of alternative
strategies such as High Yield, Absolute Return, Private Equity, Property,
Currency, Commodities and other approaches, either as direct investments
or Fund of Funds.
MORE INFO: www.spsconferences.com
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Pensions Age Autumn Conference:
Rising to the Challenge
12 September 2008
Location: London Stock Exchange, London
The Pensions Age: Rising to the Challenge conference will
highlight the risks and challenges facing UK pension funds in the current
environment, and outline what they need to do to achieve their goals while
remaining both compliant and transparent. The conference is aimed at pension
scheme trustees, pension scheme managers, FDs, advisers to the industry,
human resource management, life companies and consultants. Keynote speakers
include the PPF and the Pensions Regulator.
MORE INFO: www.pensionsage.com/conference
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Nordic Alternative Investment Forum
2008
22 - 24 September 2008
Location: Berns Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden
This 6th annual Nordic Alternative Investment Forum will examine the trends
that will drive the alternative investment market for the next 12 months.
A leading speaker panel of pension funds from the Nordic region and across
the globe will lead analysis of refreshing and different insights into
the alternative investment market.
MORE INFO: www.nordicalternative.com
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NAPF Annual Conference & Exhibition
2008
8 – 10 October 2008
Location: Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre, Glasgow , Scotland
2008 is a pivotal year for pensions in the UK; the number
of schemes seeking to buy-out will hit an all time high; another Pensions
Act will pass into law; government intervention and the threat from Europe
grows stronger; and scheme costs and regulatory pressure continue to increase.
Against this backdrop what is the future for workplace pensions? How will
DC provision develop? Can regulation be reduced? Is the PPF levy fair?
Are we ready for 2012? And what will the Credit Crunch mean for pensions?
The NAPF Annual Conference & Exhibition brings together hundreds
of top pensions professionals.
MORE INFO: www.napf.co.uk/conferences
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European Alternative and Institutional Investing
Summit
27 – 29 October 2008
Location: Fairmont Monte Carlo Grand Hotel, Monaco
This conference will bring together institutional investment
and private wealth management industry professionals from throughout North
America and Europe for three days of engaging discussion on a wide range
of common investment challenges and opportunities in both traditional
and alternative investments. This event is a unique opportunity for meaningful
exchange with colleagues from both sides of the Atlantic.
MORE INFO: www.opalgroup.net
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Netherlands Summit
4 November 2008
Location: NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The European Pensions Netherlands Summit: Staying
Ahead of the Game will address the main challenges facing Dutch pension
schemes in today's turbulent market, and explore what's out there to help
them achieve nothing less than excellence in the day to day running of
their funds. Speakers include representatives from the Dutch Association
of Industry-wide Pension Funds (VB), presenting on the Financial Assistance
Framework (FTK) and its relation to the European Solvency II framework;
and a representative from the CFA Netherlands: presenting on its Code
of Conduct for Members of a Pension Scheme Governing Body
MORE INFO: www.europeanpensions.net/netherlands
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EDHEC Alternative Investment
Days
9 - 10 December 2008
Location: ExCeL Centre, London, UK
The EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre will
be staging the fourth edition of the EDHEC Alternative Investment Days
at London’s ExCel Centre in December. The conference aims to present
the applied research conducted by the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management
Research Centre with leading pension fund managers and to discuss its
results with the institutional investor and fund manager communities.
MORE INFO: www.edhec-risk.com
