The global financial crisis has brought the spotlight on Pensions, especially with some plans being questioned. With the rapidly ageing societies, Asia’s pension systems need modernising urgently to ensure that they are financially sustainable and provide adequate retirement incomes, according to OECD’s report on Pensions.

With many MNCs seeing their pension funds being depleted in the crisis, the calls for urgent steps to be taken to ensure good governance, proper supervision, and sound risk management practice have intensified. Governments are being asked to take on a more active role to accelerate and strengthen the process?

Asia Insurance Review is putting together the 6th Asian Pensions Conference with the theme “Seeking Sustainable Strategic Solutions for the Pensions Crisis”, to look at the renewed concerns on pension security and adequacy issues, regulatory framework, structural reforms for pensions, evaluating and redesigning pension schemes and the ongoing debate issues on rising living costs, inflation, interest rates, and longevity risks that are adding pressure on pensions plans and activities.

The two-day programme will look at the unique role of life insurers in the pensions market to see what more they can do and what opportunities there are for life insurance in the pensions and retirement planning arena to ensure that people have enough savings to last a lifetime.

Who Should Attend

• Life Insurers, Reinsurers and Brokers
• Pension Funds Operators and Management Houses
• Banks
• Consultants
• Lawyers
• Insurance, Banking, Securities and Pension Associations
• Agents and Financial Planners
• Government Bodies and Regulators in Financial Services Sector
• Securities Houses
• Wealth Managers
• Asset & Fund Managers
• IT Companies providing Software Administration or Products for Pension Funds
• Employers, HR Personnel and those involved in managing pensions
• Service providers to the pensions market

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