Welcome

With financial markets in turmoil eating away at pension fund investments, DB schemes looking for closure, DC schemes frantically preparing for auto enrolment and European directives forcing through controversial regulatory reforms, it is an important time for pension funds to get to grips with the latest developments in the markets and more importantly to understand how to incorporate the latest developments into their pension schemes.

The Financial News Pension Fund Conference has been designed specifically as an information point for pension funds and will bring together regulators, pension funds, investors, consultants and service providers as speakers to help pension funds identify solutions to the latest market challenges.

Some of the topics to be discussed include:

• How do companies' current DC pension schemes fit within auto-enrolment?
• Has lifestyling had its day? Should lifestyling be replaced with alternatives such as target funds?
• Exploring and selecting effective de-risking methods in hedging longevity and LDI strategies
• The hunt for yield: where can pension schemes best find the income they need - infrastructure, real estate, high yield bonds, emerging markets?
• Overcoming the challenges of member engagement and effective communication

The conference is free to attend for all pension funds.