Global Pension Funds & Alternative Investments Summit in Vienna, Austria.

1. GLOBAL PENSION FUNDS
& ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
UNLOCKING THE FUTURE POTENTIAL BY
STAYING CALM THROUGH THE CRISIS
November 13th, 14th 2008
InterContinental Wien, Austria
WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM:
JOHN ASHCROFT
Independent Consultant
Former President of the International Organisation
of Pension Supervisors (IOPS)
PETR BENES
CEO
CSOB, Czech Republic
IVANKA DANEVA
Executive Director
Saglasie Ltd, Bulgaria
JONATHAN KANTERMAN
Managing Director
Stillwater Capital Partners, USA
BART KUIJPERS
Deputy Head of Pensions and Insurance Europe
Royal Bank of Scotland, UK
The great leveraging that had fuelled returns for so long has ended. Now is the time to SVEN LIDEN
discuss the growing importance of the alternatives. Given the current climate, alternative Head of Business Development & Client Services
investments are the most suitable solution for pension funds in the long run. The Uniglobal RMF Investment Management, Switzerland
Research Global Pension Funds and Alternative Investment Forum will combat the market
crisis with new innovations in Pension Fund strategies. Participants will engage in a thought THORSTEN MICHALIK
provoking experience in order to share strategies and extract solutions. Head of db x-trackers
The conference will critically analyse what drives pension fund choices in today’s Deutsche Bank Exchange Traded Funds, Germany
complex economic environment and point out how they can successfully meet their GREGOR PILGRAM
investment challenges. CEO
Generali, Slovenia
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING FELICIA POPOVICI
Vice President
A review of the latest developments within the pension funds market Raiffeisen Asset Management, Romania
Discuss pension funds role in social security together with their PETR ROJICEK
investment responsibilities Partner, CIO
Developing and executing your pension fund strategies effectively Alpha Associates AG, Switzerland
in order to efficiently manage client relations GAVIN SAFFER
Examine regulatory and legal environments – Achieve success Global Sales Director
through best practice legal approaches Premier Cru Fine Wine Investments Limited, UK
Learn from key experts on optimum strategies for high-return investments DR. ROLAND SCHAEFER
Member of the Board
Examine the challenges – Risk management in the pension fund industry ERGO, Germany
Analyse the alternative strategies – The potential in mainstream ELENA SUKHORUKOVA
and alternative investment products Executive Director
Debating what consumers need from a pension system design NPF “Blagosostoyaniye”, Russia
Silver Plus Sponsor Media Partners
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2. GLOBAL PENSION FUNDS & ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS UNLOCKING THE FUTURE POTENTIAL BY STAYING CALM THROUGH THE CRISIS
Day 1 13th November, 2008 VIENNA
08:50 Registration & Morning Coffee 12:00 Pension Plan Financial Risk
09:20 Welcome & Opening Remarks from the Chair • Developing the tools and strategies to manage your risks
Day 1 Conference Chair: • Strategies and solutions for removing risks from your balance sheet
Petr Benes, CEO, CSOB, Czech Republic • Assessing the best ways of implementing a funding plan
OPENING ADDRESS • Gaining a clear understanding of the legal and financial landscape
• Analysing risks when using derivatives and structured products
1. MAINTAINING CONFIDENCE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES Bart Kuijpers, Deputy Head of Pensions and Insurance Europe
Royal Bank of Scotland, UK
09:30 Panel Discussion: Inspiring Confidence in Pension Funds Dr. Roland Schäfer, Member of the Board, ERGO, Germany
• The Investment outlook for 2009
12:40 Networking Lunch
• Discovering and explaining asset and liability imbalances
• The reasoning behind new types of pension schemes 14:00 Panel Discussion: Innovations in Pension Fund Management
• The role of the pension fund industry • Implementing new investment strategies
• Discovering the road to a successful pension management • Current practical and theoretical ideas in asset allocation,
Moderator: Petr Benes, CEO, CSOB, Czech Republic and risk management
Panelist 1: Ivanka Daneva, Executive Director • Advances in human financial resource management
Saglasie Ltd, Bulgaria • Management control through performance attribution
Panelist 2: Sven Lidén, Head of Client Services & Business Development
Moderator: Bart Kuijpers, Deputy Head of Pensions and Insurance
RMF Investment Management, Switzerland
Europe Royal Bank of Scotland, UK
Panelist 1: Jonathan Kanterman, Managing Director
10:10 Pension Funds Transformation in a Changing World
Stillwater Capital Partners, USA
• Demographical movements and population ageing process Panelist 2: Dr. Roland Schäfer, Member of the Board, ERGO, Germany
• The globalisation of economies and modifications of the social
community structure 3. EUROPEAN PENSION REFORMS
• European pension systems and reforms
14:40 The Need for Pension Reform
• Interaction between capital markets & pension funds
• Coping with demographic change
Elena Sukhorukova, Executive Director, NPF “Blagosostoyaniye” Russia
• Examining developments in the pension markets
10:50 Refreshments & Coffee Networking Break • The need for diversification of investments
Petr Benes, CEO, CSOB, Czech Republic
2. NEW INVESTMENT CONCEPTS
15:15 Refreshments & Coffee Networking Break
11:20 Alpheta Active Management with Passive Products
15:45 Romanian Pension Market Reform
• Exchange Traded Funds – How They Work
• Why reforming/Need for reform
• Overview about the Global Exchange Traded Funds Market
• Pension System Architecture
• Performance improvement with Exchange Traded Funds
• Pension market in figures: participants, AuM, main players/market
• Advantages of Swap based Exchange traded Funds
share, etc...
• Why ETFs can be cheaper than normal mandates for pension funds
• What’s next – Issues still to be decided
• Going short without using derivatives
Felicia Popovici, Vice President, Raiffeisen Asset Management, Romania
Thorsten Michalik, Head of db x-trackers, Deutsche Bank Exchange
Traded Funds, Germany 16:20 Pension Reform in Slovenia – Lessons Learned
• How does guaranteed return influence returns and sales
• Tax advantage as crucial part of the pension reform
• Corporate and individual customers behaviour in a non obligatory
pension system
• Where to go from now on?
Gregor Pilgram, CEO, Generali, Slovenia
16:55 Chairman’s Summary & Closing Remarks
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3. GLOBAL PENSION FUNDS & ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS UNLOCKING THE FUTURE POTENTIAL BY STAYING CALM THROUGH THE CRISIS
Day 2 14th November, 2008 VIENNA
08:50 Re-registration & Morning Coffee 5. NEW MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR PENSION
09:20 Welcome & Opening Remarks from the Chair FUNDS IN 2009
Day 2 Conference Chair: 11:40 How Defined Contribution Compares Across the World:
John Ashcroft, Independent Consultant, Former President of Lessons from Comparing DC Regulation
the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors
• Scheme design and governance
4. ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS • Contribution levels and employee participation
• Investment approaches
09:30 Pension Funds Investment in Hedge Funds • The impact of fees
• Why are pension funds investing in Hedge funds • The payout phase
• Hedge Fund of Funds vs Single Managers John Ashcroft, Independent Consultant, Former President of
• The approach to Hedge Fund investments in different pension markets the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors
Sven Lidén, Head of Business Development & Client Services
12:15 Wine as a New Opportunity
RMF Investment Management, Switzerland
• History of wine and the wine investment market
10:05 Investment Opportunities Created from the Credit Crisis • Historical returns
Asset Backed Lending (ABL)
• Why invest in wine?
• Definitions and Various Strategy Types • Strategies in portfolio management
• ABL vs. ABS: One letter makes a world of difference • Pitfalls and risks
• Are uncorrelated and consistent returns possible?
Gavin Saffer, Global Sales Director, Premier Cru Fine Wine
• What to look for in ABL managers: Figuring out the good from the bad Investments Limited, UK
• Risks of the Strategy
12:50 Panel Discussion: The evolution of the industry
Jonathan Kanterman, Managing Director
Stillwater Capital Partners, USA • Scale versus specialisation: to what extent will the market polarise?
• The influence of mid-sized players
10:40 Private Equity
• What will be the impact of the NPSS?
• The end of the Private Equity boom? What does the future entail? • The separation of manufacturing and distribution
• Turning to Private Equity – The Challenges and opportunities • To what extent will fund managers enter the retail pensions market?
Petr Rojicek, Partner, CIO, Alpha Associates AG, Switzerland Moderator: John Ashcroft, Independent Consultant, Former President of
the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors
11:15 Refreshments & Coffee Networking Break
Panelist 1: Ivanka Daneva, Executive Director, Saglasie Ltd, Bulgaria
Panelist 2: Elena Sukhorukova, Executive Director, NPF
“Blagosostoyaniye” Russia
13:30 Closing Remarks & End of the Conference
13:40 Strategic Interactive Lunch
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4. GLOBAL PENSION FUNDS & ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS UNLOCKING THE FUTURE POTENTIAL BY STAYING CALM THROUGH THE CRISIS
STRATEGIC INTERACTIVE LUNCH
DAY 2, 13:40, MediterraNeo Restaurant
In order to bring added value to the conference we plan to arrange an interactive session during the
lunch on Day 2. We will invite all of our participants to be actively involved in this session to share
international and local experience, and in return take away new ideas and inspirations from industry
peers across the globe.
What can you expect?
The discussion will commence during the ‘Strategic Interactive Lunch’ on Day 2 at 13:40. Each
table is assigned with a strategic topic relating to the conference content. Conference participants
will select a table based on the topic they would like to discuss, and the questions they would like
answered. We strongly recommend that each table nominate a leader who will chair the discussion.
TOPICS & RELATED DISCUSSIONS FOR THE STRATEGIC INTERACTIVE LUNCH
Table 1. UNDERSTANDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF A PENSION PLAN
What important compliance issues exist?
How will the market in Russia develop?
Table 2. STRATEGIES FOR COPING WITH THE IMPACT OF A CRISIS
How will the financial crisis impact on the pension fund market?
What strategies need to be in place to successfully manage in 2009?
Table 3. PRODUCT INNOVATIONS IN PENSION FUND MANAGEMENT
Are complex solutions the answer?
What products can be implemented post CEE pension reform?
Table 4. INVESTING IN THE ALTERNATIVES
How can you maximize the alternatives in pension fund investment?
How to avoid risks and uncertainties in following an alternative strategy?
Table 5. PENSION REFORM
Despite many recent reforms what are the current important developments?
Examine the differences in between reforms in Russia and the rest of Europe.
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