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Board Education: Decision Making for Pension Boards – How to Make Good Decisions to Get Things Done

Martijn Vos, Ortec Finance & Alfred Slager, Tilburg University and ABP

Webinars

Catch up on our latest webinar recordings below. For upcoming webinars, please visit Events.

  • Board Education: Decision Making for Pension Boards – How to Make Good Decisions to Get Things Done

    Martijn Vos, Ortec Finance & Alfred Slager, Tilburg University and ABP

  • Insights from 2023 Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index

    David Knox, Senior Partner from Mercer and Senior Actuary for Australia

  • Board Education: New Scenario Narratives for Action on Climate Change

    Mark Cliffe, University of Exeter and Mirko Cardinale, Universities Superannuation Scheme

Podcasts

  • The Retirement Security Bond: A Simple Innovation to Manage Accumulation and Decumulation of DC Assets that Meets Retirement Security

    Arun Muralidhar discusses his research paper “SeLFIES: A New Pension Bond and Currency for Retirement” that presents a solution to address the inadequate structure for pension provisions in most major markets.

  • Supercharge Me

    ICPM speaks with lead policy economist Eric Lonergan, and sustainability and climate expert Corinne Sawers about their book “Supercharge Me: Net Zero Faster”. In this practical guide, Lonergan and Sawers introduce a framework to incentivise the energy transition, such as using subsidies in lieu of punitive taxes.

  • Harnessing the Disruptive Power of De-Fi

    Richard Olsen, CEO of Lykke Corporation argues that De-Fi will prompt a new round of cost reduction for pension plans by capturing improvements in transaction efficiency and back-office processing.  He further makes the case for pension plans to use De-Fi technology to leverage their liquidity advantage, adding a new source of return.  

Global Pension Powerhouses

ICPM profiles the most powerful women in the pension industry, who handle $2.3 Trillion USD combined assets and are the driving force behind some of the most innovative changes in the pension industry. Hosted by ICPM Board Vice Chair Michelle Ostermann.

  • Anca Drexler, EVP & Head of Total Portfolio Management, OMERS

  • Kim Thomassin, Executive VP and Head of Investments, CDPQ

  • Marlene Puffer, President and CEO, CN Investment Division

Working Group Reports

ICPM Working Groups regularly produce reports covering key issues in the pension industry.

  • An Outsider’s View on the Australian Pension System

    M. Preisel, S. Banta (aided by A. Oberthur), A. de Wet, F. Larrain, A. Oerlemans, B. Morency, B. van Popta, A. Snellen, Z. Alexander (aided by E. Cooksey), D. Knox (Advisor)

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    An Outsider’s View on the Chilean Pension System

    B. van Popta, B. Morency, D. Dobson, J. van der Walt, D. Richardson, S. Banta, M. Preisel (Chair), K. Kemmerer; S. Have Balle, F. Larrain (Advisor).

  • Climate change for asset owners

    J. Coulson, A. Goehner, K. Thomassin, N. Rouault, S. Hill, D. Iverson, D. Ng, E. Angen, K. Preston, M. Zhao, J. van Dam, L. Jansen, M. Walker, D. Russell, M. Jordan