Investment Strategy for Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Pension Funds 2017 | Institute and Faculty of Actuaries | 28 September 2017 | London, England

Investment Strategy for Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Pension Funds' is a one day conference providing an update for actuaries on the investment of defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds and on investment topics relevant to actuaries more generally. The seminar is suitable for actuaries with all levels of experience and background, and provides a concentrated opportunity to gain an expert-led update on salient issues relating to pension fund investment. The seminar includes seven sessions and seeks to both be informative and interactive and to cumulate knowledge and encourage reflection. Sessions have generally, but not exclusively, been of four types: 1) Investment policy and its application in actuarial context. 2) Macro-economic updates and strategic and tactical asset allocation; 3) Updates on specific asset classes such as infrastructure, private equity and private debt; 4) Theoretical perspectives on investment relevant to the actuarial context, such as pro-cyclicality and behavioural finance for actuaries.

2016 Speakers

Nigel Manson and Olivia Treharne, Legal & General Investment Management

Trevor Greetham, Royal London Asset Management

Duncan Hale, Willis Towers Watson

James Newsome, Arbour Partners and Jon Herbert, Beechbrook Capital

Martijn de Vree, Insight Investment

Hemal Popat, Mercer

Iain Clatcher, Leeds Business School and Marcus Hurd, Xerox HR Services