PI Partnership – PLSA
Rachel Pine is head of content for conferences at the PLSA
PLSA RECRUIT INFLUENTIAL LINE UP FOR EDINBURGH CONFERENCE RETURN
Investment Conference 22 brings some of the world’s most influential speakers on the economy, financial markets and the political environment to Edinburgh!
The war in Ukraine, the aftermath of the Covid pandemic, the post-Brexit environ- ment, strict climate regulation, rising infla- tion rates and unusual, perhaps structural changes to the labour market are conspir- ing to complicate the near- and mid-term investment outlook. For investment profes- sionals needing to meet pensions promises or tasked with growing the pots of defined contribution (DC) savers, it has never been more important to understand the various factors impacting markets. With these challenges top of mind, the PLSA made a conscious decision to fill this year’s Investment Conference pro- gramme with world-leading speakers to discuss and debate these issues and oth- ers. We are excited to be presenting, live and in-person, a speaker line-up compris- ing global authorities on numerous topics of critical importance to investors, includ- ing the economy, politics, saver behav- iour, infrastructure investment and the work revolution. Multiple perspectives will be explored as well – in addition to our annual panel of scheme chief invest- ment officers, this year we are debuting an all-asset managers panel, populated by speakers who invest $15trn (£11.5trn) on behalf of investors around the world.
From international economist Dame DeAnne Julius, who was a founding mem- ber of the Bank of England’s rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee, as well as a former chief economist of Shell and Brit- ish Airways, straight through to noted political broadcaster and journalist Adam Boulton, most recently of Sky News, the Investment Conference 2022 programme is packed with expertise, experience and excitement, designed specifically to give pensions investors an edge in the months and years to come. Julius is discussing the global economics scene and Boulton will give an in-depth view of UK politics. Noted behaviourist, broadcaster and the Financial Time’s ‘Undercover Economist’ Tim Harford will discuss how to influ- ence saver and investor behaviour to achieve common goals – aimed at increasing saver engagement with their pensions – an issue that bedevils so many PLSA members.
Scheme chief investment officers Mark Fawcett of Nest, Jason Fletcher of LGPS investment pool London CIV and Marks and Spencer’s Simon Lee will discuss how they plan to meet various invest- ment challenges and how they invest dif- ferently on behalf of their different types of schemes.
The UK’s Productive Finance Working Group has given its recommendations on solutions to bolster investment in less-liq- uid assets and John Flint, chief executive officer of the newly-launched UK Infra- structure Bank (UKIB), who is the former chief executive officer of HSBC, join us to
explain the types of infrastructure pro- jects the UKIB plans to bring online, in sectors including clean energy, transport and digital.
A stellar panel of economists will discuss social issues, inflation and unusual events in the labour market which may have unforeseen knock-on effects on pensions. Dame Kate Barker, who chairs the Uni- versities Superannuation Scheme and the British Coal Superannuation Scheme, and is a renowned international econo- mist, joins Paul Mortimer-Lee, interim deputy director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research and Schroders’ chief economist Keith Wade to explore these topics in full.
Our new panel of asset managers features Lori Heinel, global chief investment officer of State Street Global Advisors, who, with $4trn (£3trn) in assets under manage- ment looks after more money than just about any woman in history, David Hunt, fixed-income leader PGIM’s chief execu- tive officer and BlackRock’s David Lomas, who leads the alternatives specialists area there. The group will explain the ideas shaping their thinking in 2022 and beyond, and how this may influence the UK pensions sector and others. Any one of these speakers is well worth a trip to Edinburgh to see, but all together the conference programme represents an unparalleled opportunity for trustees, scheme investment officers and others who advise pension schemes on invest- ment to exchange ideas with our roster of globally-recognised experts.
For more details visit:
www.plsa.co.uk/events/conferences/investment-conference
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