2024 Agenda

THE FUTURE OF PENSIONS – DRIVING BETTER OUTCOMES FOR MEMBERS 1 February 2024 Croke Park, Dublin

9:15am
MD, iQuest/Business Post Live
9:20am
Virgin Media News Journalist and Presenter on The Tonight Show

CHAMPIONING MEMBERS IN AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD

9:30am
Minister for Social Protection & Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather represents the Cavan/Monaghan/North Meath constituency
10:05am
Retirement Programme Manager, Intel Ireland
10:20am

If the focus is on delivering better outcomes, is simply boosting pension coverage enough? Being in a pension plan does not automatically deliver an idyllic lifestyle in retirement. Factors like inertia and low financial literacy mean many members don’t understand how much they are saving, or the outcome that it’s likely to deliver when the time comes. With a no-frills auto-enrolment (AE) model on the horizon, and master trusts now setting a high bar when it comes to members supports, we look at the hows and whys of connecting and educating members about pensions and their wider finances.

How can employers improve how they manage and develop people as they age?

How can employers deal with factors like inertia and low financial literacy?

What methods can be used to connect and educate members about pensions and their wider finances?

What other solutions are there are available to business both now and in the future?

Head of Client Services – Pension & Risk, Irish Life
Lecturer, LIA
CEO, Retirement Planning Council of Ireland (RPCI).
Head of Trustee Services, Law Debenture Pension Trustees Ireland
11:00am

Better governance, better risk-adjusted after-tax returns, better member retention and, ultimately, better retirement incomes. These are some of the key benefits that behavioural finance can potentially deliver to major super funds and their members. This presentation will outline some of the key applications of behavioural finance for major super funds and how to measure the benefits for funds and their members.

Lecturer in Economics (above the Bar), Department of Economics, University of Galway and Research Affiliate, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
12:05pm

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is focused on building a more sustainable future by investing your money in companies and funds that meet strict environmental, social and governance criteria. By considering these additional factors, investors and pension providers can invest your savings in companies that drive positive change in the world.

Chief Sustainability Officer, Irish Life Investment Managers
12:25pm

The new world of continuing market volatility and geo-political instability is looking very different to what it did in the last 12 months and has changed the game for pension schemes. There are a whole host of repercussions surrounding regulations, investments and operations. This panel will reflect on what 2024 and beyond might have in store for pension schemes.

Are new pension models driving better member outcomes?

Why workplace pension provision is a key tool for businesses when it comes to attracting and retaining talent.

Senior Manager, Pensions, PwC
Chief Sustainability Officer, Irish Life Investment Managers
APFS, Partner, Barnett Waddington
Partner, Arthur Cox

Future focus: key catalysts in the future or workplace benefits

2:00pm
Certified Financial Planner, Radio & TV Broadcaster, Author and Podcast Host 
2:20pm

How AI can help schemes access cost-effective ways to improve the services they offer to members, like retirement modelling tools, or helping identify risks of pension scams or fraud.

Professor of Finance, DCU Business School
2:40pm

We examine factors like the introduction of ultimate retirement benefit drawdown, the evolution of ESG and the shift in focus toward more holistic financial wellbeing and discuss how Artificial Intelligence (AI) might change the (workplace benefits provision) landscape for the future.

What are the emerging trend  in holistic financial planning and wellbeing?

What technologies are changing the landscape for future pensions?

Certified Financial Planner, Radio & TV Broadcaster, Author and Podcast Host 
Director of Propositions, Irish Life
Professor of Finance, DCU Business School
Head of Financial Planning, Unio Wealth Management
3:10pm
Virgin Media News Journalist and Presenter on The Tonight Show
3:15pm

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