European Retirement Week, taking place annually in the last week of November, provides a platform for a wide range of stakeholders to debate the future of pensions in Europe and raise citizens’ awareness of the need to save for retirement and achieve pension adequacy.
This year, the European Retirement Week will be held from 25-29 November 2024. As part of the week’s activities, on 28 November BETTER FINANCE will host an insightful and forward-thinking conference titled “Future-Proofing Pensions: Creating Sustainable and Adequate Private Retirement Systems in Europe.”
This event will bring together leading experts, policymakers, and industry leaders to discuss the future of private retirement systems in Europe, with a focus on sustainability and adequacy.
For further information, refer to the programme below.
Date | 28 November 2024 | Venue | Hanse Representation Office to the EU
Andreas Dressel, Minister of Finance, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Aleksandra Mączyńska, Managing Director, BETTER FINANCE
Jan Ceyssens, Head of Capital Markets Union Unit, DG FISMA, European Commission
Introduction | Fausto Parente, Executive Director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
Moderator | Josina Kamerling, Head of Regulatory Outreach EMEA, CFA Institute
Tilman Lueder, Head of Insurance & Pensions Unit, Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services & CMU, European Commission
Alwin Oerlemans, Head of Product Management, APG Asset Management
Fausto Parente, Executive Director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
Ján Šebo, Senior Researcher, Matej Bel University, Faculty of Economics, Chief Research Officer, Orange Envelope, and Economist, Government of the Slovak Republic
Lucia Silva, Group Chief Sustainability Officer, Generali (TBC)
Katarina Thorslund, Deputy CEO, Head of Customer Relations, Alecta (TBC)
Zoltán Kormányos, General Counsel, BrokerChooser
Sébastien Commain, Policy and Research Officer, BETTER FINANCE
Introduction | Dana Bachmann, Head of Unit for Social Protection, Social Rights and Inclusion, DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Moderator | Sébastien Commain, Policy and Research Officer, BETTER FINANCE
Alexander Bogensperger, Head of Group Regulatory Affairs, Allianz (TBC)
Dana Bachmann, Head of Unit for Social Protection, Social Rights and Inclusion, DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Gertrude Pils, Vice-Chair, PEKABE
Rick Redding, CFA, CEO, Index Industry Association (TBC)
Rainer Riess, Senior Advisor, Federation of European Securities Exchanges. (FESE)
Gender gap:
Financial inclusion:
Aleksandra Mączyńska, Managing Director, BETTER FINANCE
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