Event Details - Back to Basics

When: 26/03/2009 for 8.15 for 8.45 am – 1.00 pm
Where: Dublin Castle
Cost: 

Sponsored By

 
Standard Life Investments

Introduction

Back to Basics

The last 12 months have been tough for investors with extreme turbulence in the global markets and almost all asset classes showing substantial losses. This is forcing investors to examine the fundamentals of investment strategy. Additional emphasis is also now being placed on this by regulators worldwide and Ireland is no different. The IAPF Annual Investment Conference will examine this Back to Basics approach and will look in detail at some of the issues that trustees, sponsoring employers, investment managers and consultants are facing.

Who Should Go?

Pension Scheme Trustees and Managers, Pension and Investment Professionals, HR and Finance Managers and other company executives.

Agenda

 8.15 Registration
 8.45 Chair’s Opening Address
Patrick Burke, Chairman, IAPF
 9.00 Joined up Thinking (Combined Funding & Investment Strategies & Employer Covenant)
Brendan Kennedy, Chief Executive, The Pensions Board
 9.20 Panel Discussion & Open to Floor
John O'Brien, Principal, QED Equity
Sarah Smart, Independent Trustee/Strategic Consultant, SmartCats Consulting
 9.40 Good Governance – Better Returns or Bigger Costs?
Joseph O'Dea, IAPF Investment Committee / Watson Wyatt
 10.00 Panel Discussion & Open to Floor
John O'Brien, Principal, QED Equity
Sarah Smart, Independent Trustee/Strategic Consultant, SmartCats Consulting
Stocks in the Dock – Is the Cult of the Equity Dead?
10.15 Yes: Ian Sykes, Senior Investment Consultant, Watson Wyatt
10.30 No: Pramit Ghose, Managing Partner & Head of Investment Strategy, Bloxham
10.45 Q & A
10.55 Coffee Break
11.25 Active management – How to use Active Managers Effectively
Paul Kenny, Senior Consultant, Mercer
11.45 Absolute Returns
Owen McCrossan, Investment Director, Standard Life Investments
12.05 Q&A
  Other Investments
12.10 Property
Niall Gaffney, Chief Executive, Irish Property Unit Trust
12.20 Corporate Bonds
Niall O'Leary, Head of Fixed Income, Bank of Ireland Asset Management
12.30 Public Investment and the Current Economic Cycle
Colin Hunt, Macquarie Capital
12.50 Q&A / Closing Remarks
13.00 Lunch
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