Open to all asset owners
The IPE Quest Boardroom Summit creates an informal environment where investors can share investment strategy experiences and best practice with peers. We aim to bring together around 25-30 investors to keep the discussion as productive as possible and the meeting is held under the Chatham House Rule.

An open invitation for any delegates in Rotterdam on 30 November to join us for an informal drinks reception at the Postillion Hotel & Convention Centre WTC 

Leading developments in pensions featuring deep-dive presentations from leading experts from the Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Lithuania, followed by a Q&A session.

The recent surge in inflation is forcing pension plans to future-proof their portfolios. This is easier said than done whilst the unknowns are overwhelmed by the unknowables. In the dark, all swans look black. The session will show why asset allocation has become a high-wire act that blends caution with opportunism.

The CEO of the Dutch pension fund association welcomes us to her hometown on behalf of the Netherlands' pension community.

Keynote and Panel. For further reading on how the panellists view the world, click here. Click here to read IPE's latest interviews with pension funds.

Will long-term structural weakness, fiscal pressures, demographics, and financial fragility see a return to quantitative easing sooner than most people think?

Mandatory minimum retirement account contributions defer housing market entry and increase loan-to-value ratios. A flexible retirement saving scheme could alleviate these side effects.

An examination of effect of pension funds, demonstrates that pension funds provide stability in financial markets, especially during periods of market stress.  This research points to an important policy implication – pensions auto-enrolment can enhance financial stability in European countries. 

Leaving fossil fuels in the ground and promoting cleaner energy is an opportunity for investors including pension funds to speed up the process of the energy transition. In this panel we will discuss opportunities and challenges while highlighting so.me specific approaches that are available for investors

Is it time to challenge consensus thinking on how to allocate to emerging markets? Our panel kicks the tyres on conventional benchmark-driven approaches to global emerging markets and sketches out a vision for how institutional investors should shape their allocations to equities and bonds outside of developed markets in the future.

Recent developments in the UK pensions market have highlighted existing and new questions on interest-rate hedging practice in the EU: what exactly happened in the UK and why? While the circumstances may be very different, do EU pension funds need to review their governance and collateral management practices? And, what role can the ECB play as pension funds move to central clearing counterparties for derivatives clearing?

The ISSB’s technical director takes us through the proposed General Requirements Standard and proposed Climate-related Disclosures Standard and discusses the next steps in the process of moving these standards into use so that investors can have consistent information on climate risks faced by investee companies.

Globalisation is at a crossroads with implications for the global economy and the management of risks in a more fragmented world. Prof Goldin, the author of numerous books on globalisation and systemic risk, examines the relationship between the major trends and the implications for societies. While providing a global picture, he will focus on Europe and the potential effects for pensions and long-term investments. Join the session to listen to one of the most important academics who predicted the global trends we are currently experiencing.

Join us for dinner as we reveal the highly commended investors and winners of this year's IPE European Pension Fund Awards at the magnificent medieval church, Grote- of Sint Laurenskerk.

Join us for breakfast and an exclusive screening of Theo Kocken's latest film, Your 100-Year Life, followed by a Q&A session. Register now as places are limited. For more information, see below. 

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