When: 13/03/2025 for 8.30am for 9.00am to 1pm followed by lunch Where: The Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin Cost: IAPF Member - Pension Scheme Representative (Non Practitioner): Free of Charge, IAPF Member - Practitioner (Organisations that provide professional services to pension funds): €295, Non Members: €450,
The IAPF Spring Conference 2025 will bring together over 200 trustees, Pensions, HR and finance managers, policymakers and service providers to consider and discuss issues facing pension schemes today.
This event has been allocated CPD hours by the IAPF for on-going trustee training requirements. We received 1 CPD hour in category Pensions and 2 hours in category Savings & Investment from the LIA (LIA03087_2025), IOB (pending) and the IIPM.
Timetable
| IAPF Spring Conference | 9:00am - 13:00pm | Thursday 13 March
8:30am
9:00am
Delegate registration Buffet breakfast
Welcome Conference Chair - Liam Stack, Chairperson IAPF Investment Committee/Aberdeen Investments
Pensions Outlook Brendan Kennedy, Pensions AuthorityBrendan’s presentation will reflect on the findings of the supervisory reviews carried out by the Pensions Authority in 2024 and discuss the role and expectations of trustees post IORP II.
Is Sustainability at an Inflection Point? Shally Shanker, Founder & Managing Partner, AiiM Partners, Ger Fitzgerald, Head of Investment Strategy at Unio Financial Services Limited, Tony Fleming, IAPF Council, Trustee, EirGrid Pension FundWith political pressure on sustainable investment in the US, this panel will look at what that means on the ground in the US, any impact Irish pension funds and how they should think about sustainable investment.
Investing in a Trump WorldDes Lawrence, Senior Investment Strategist, Investment Strategy & Research EMEAState Street Global Advisors
10:40am
Coffee Break
11:10am
Welcome Back Conference Chair - Ciara Quinn, Pension Investment Analyst, Enterprise Services, ESB | IAPF Pensions Committee
Benefits of genuine active management in a non-pacifist worldPearse MacManus, Director of Asset Management – Head of Macro and Risk AnalysisCantor Fitzgerald Asset Management
Retirement Living Standards Deirdre Cummins, Chair, Pensions Council Joanne Roche, The Pensions CouncilDeirdre & Joanne will speak on the Pensions Council’s work on developing a set of retirement living standards that reflect the needs and aspirations of older people in Ireland
Things Trustees Should Focus On Orla Aherne, Investment Consultant, Mercer, Alcarine Power, Head of Pension Risk Management, Aon, Eleanor Cunningham, IAPF Council, Partner, McCann FitzGerald
3 experts will each take a topic that trustees should focus on in 2025. Orla Aherne will look at an investment topic, Alcaraine Power will consider an operational topic and Eleanor Cunningham a legal topic
1:00pm
Lunch
1:30pm
Ends
Time table is subject to change
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