FUTURE
CONFERENCES
Purpose
A strategic forum for UK pension leaders navigating the next era of investment and reform
Programme
Full details to be announced
08.30 - 09.00
Registration & Networking Coffee
09.00 - 10.45
Session 1: What Does the Future Hold?
Legal and Regulatory Update: Consolidation and Highlights from the Pension Schemes Bill
10.45 - 11.15
Refreshments & Networking
15.45 - 16.30
Close of Conference and Drinks Reception
The pensions sector is entering a period of fundamental transformation. In this high-level opening session, leading voices from government, The Pensions Regulator (TPR), master trusts, corporate schemes, LGPS and the PPF come together for a candid conversation about what lies ahead.
Short presentations followed by an interactive panel discussion will cover:
• The practical realities of consolidation and pooling
• A general legal update, including pertinent developments from the Pensions Schemes Bill impacting DB, DC and LGPS Schemes
• Surplus sharing update and what options do schemes now have – run on, buyout, consolidate?
• What the 26 November budget may bring
This session will tackle the big questions and provide clarity on how policy translates into board and investment decisions.
11.15 - 13.00
Session 2: Transformative Implications of AI
• How will AI influence fund design, long-term strategy, asset allocation, and overall scheme sustainability?
• How asset managers are adopting AI tools to enhance decision-making, drive performance, and improve transparency.
• The need for trustees to understand and oversee AI tools while maintaining objectivity and accountability.
• Can AI be used enhance decision making for trustees boards?
• Will using AI tools lead to more effective communication with members therefore improving member outcomes?
• Will AI revolutionise pension administration—taking over call centres and improving data quality? What could this mean for your future staffing needs?
13.00 - 14.00
Networking Lunch
14.00 - 15.45
Session 3: Investing in the UK – Where Are the Opportunities?
As pension funds are called upon to invest more into the UK economy, what are the risks, opportunities, and barriers? This session explores:
• Identifying viable UK investment opportunities without compromising returns
• Productive finance: what’s investible and what’s not
• Are there enough UK assets to meet industry-wide commitment?
• Achieving real social impact through pension capital
• How DB, DC, and LGPS schemes are using alts to diversify and de-risk
• How to manage liquidity with higher alts allocations
• Fee structures under scrutiny: how to assess value for money
Cost
The conference is by invitation only for pension funds and other institutional investors and we welcome new attendees from these investors. Therefore if you are not already receiving an invitation please contact us. A limited number of Complimentary invitations are available to genuine pension fund representatives (executives and trustees) and other approved institutional investors. However, to ensure we have room for as many funds as possible, we have to limit free places to 3 attendees per approved organisation thereafter a reduced rate fee is payable per delegate. Furthermore, SPS always reserves the right of admission (free or paid) and our decision is final.
Venue
Farmers and Fletchers in the City
3 Cloth St,
London
EC1A 7LD
Tel: 020 7600 2064
Farmers and Fletchers is 1 minute from Barbican tube station, 5 minutes from St.Paul’s tube station
and very convenient for the new Farringdon Crossrail link.
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