2008 EVENT

BARCELONA  |  THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER

The seminar will be held at the Fira Palace Hotel while the evening events - Cocktail Reception, Dinner and Awards - will take place in the Museu Nacional D'Art de Catalunya

AGENDA

  • 11.30 > Welcome buffet & Registration
  • 12.30 - 18.10 > Seminar
  • 19.15 - 20.00 > Cocktail Reception
  • 20.00 - 23.30 > Gala Dinner - Awards Ceremony
  • 23.30 - late > After Dinner Party

SEMINAR

THE CHANGING PENSIONS MARKETPLACE

11.30-12.30 Light buffet and registration
12.30-12.35 Welcome
Angel Martinez-Aldama, EFRP, President
 
12.35-12.40 Welcome & Introduction
Seminar Chairman: 
Cees Vermaas, NYSE Euronext, Executive Director Sales & Relationship Mgmt, European Cash Market
 
12.40-13.00 The challenges of changing marketplace structures and trading patterns post MIFID and its implications
Speaker: 
Cees Vermaas, NYSE Euronext, Executive Director Sales & Relationship Mgmt, European Cash Market
 
13.00-13.45 Ensuring Pension Fund Governance is fit for purpose
Intro & chair: 
Brian Holden MBE, Trustee Life Coach & Chairman, Trustee Risk Mgmt Ltd.
Panel:
Mike Taylor, London Pension Fund Authority, CEO  
Michael Atzwanger Centrum PensPlan, Director
13.45-14.15 Managing pension fund money post credit crunch.
Chair:  
Liam Kennedy, Editor, IPE
Panel: 
Michel Vanderelst, Dexia AM, Global Head of Institutional Sales
Neil Dwane, RCM – A company of Allianz GI, CIO Europe,
Peter Preisler, T.Rowe Price GIS, Director, Head of EMEA
 
14.15-14.45 COFFEE BREAK
14.45-15.10 The realities of cross-border pensions
Speaker: 
David Roberts, Towers Perrin, Senior Consultant
 
15.10-15.40 Who should manage your money?
Chair
Karel Stroobants, Independent Director
Panel: 
Patrick Dunnewolt, MN Services, Manager Business Development
Judy Saunders, West Midlands Pension Fund, CIO
Murat Ünal, Funds@Work AG, CEO
Luis Vadillo, Mercer IC, Senior Consultant and Head of the Madrid Office
 
15.40-16.00 How the investment management industry must change to meet the increasing demands of pension funds.
Speaker: 
Amin Rajan, Create, CEO
 
16.00-16.30 COFFEE BREAK
16.30-17.00 The challenges of producing expected investment returns;
Speaker: 
Guus Boender, Ortec BV, Chairman & non-executive Director
 
17.00-17.40 Changing to meet the challenges of the pensions industry;
Chair: 
Liam Kennedy, IPE, Editor 
Speakers: 
J.-F. Pinçon, Crédit Agricole AM, Head of International Client Dvpt
John P. Calamos, Calamos Investments, Chairman, CEO and CIO
Greg Ehret, SSgA, Senior Managing Director, Head of EMEA
Gary Marshall, Aberdeen Asset Management, Head of Collective Funds
 
17.40-18.00 Introduction of the Asset Allocation Fantasy Game and sponsor's closing speech
Seminar Chairman: 
Cees Vermaas, NYSE Euronext, Executive Director Sales & Relationship Mgmt, European Cash Market
   
End of Seminar