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SUMMARY:Retirement Week 2024 | Future-Proofing Pensions: Creating Sustainable and Adequate Private Retirement Systems in Europe
DESCRIPTION: \nDate | 28 November 2024  | Venue | Hanse Office\, Brussels \nEuropean 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. \nThis 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.” \nThis 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. \nFor further information\, refer to the programme below. \nProgramme\n\n08:30 | Registration and Coffee \n\n09:00 | Welcome Speech\nAndreas Dressel\, Minister of Finance\, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg \n\n09:05 | Introduction\nAleksandra Mączyńska\, Managing Director\, BETTER FINANCE  \n\n09:10 | Keynote Address\nJan Ceyssens\, Head of Capital Markets Union Unit\, DG FISMA\, European Commission \n\n09:30 | Panel 1 | Golden Years on a Green Planet: Maximising Financial and Environmental Returns Through Pension Investments  \nModerator | Josina Kamerling\, Head of Regulatory Outreach EMEA\, CFA Institute \nPanellists:\nTilman Lueder\, Head of Insurance & Pensions Unit\, Directorate-General for Financial Stability\, Financial Services & CMU\, European Commission\nAlwin Oerlemans\, Head of Product Management\, APG Asset Management\nFausto Parente\, Executive Director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)\nJán Šebo\, Senior Researcher\, Matej Bel University\, Faculty of Economics\, Chief Research Officer\, Orange Envelope\, and Economist\, Government of the Slovak Republic \n\nDynamic asset allocation and life cycle: What obstacles to investing more pension savings into equity?   \nSustainability risk in pension investment: Climate-related financial risks and pension investments; How can saving for my pension impact climate change?\nCan pan-EUropean pensions plans challenge the high cost-low performance status quo of European markets?\n\n\n\n\n10:50 | Presentation | The Devastating Impact of Investment Fraud: Protecting EU Citizens’ Savings and How to Combat It\n\n\n Zoltán Kormányos\, General Counsel\, BrokerChooser \n\n11:10 | Coffee Break\n\n11:40 | Presentation | Enhancing Returns: How European Pension Funds Can Claim Their Share from U.S. Securities Class Actions\nBruno Rosenbaum\, Partner\, Kahn\, Swick\, & Foti \n\n12:00 | Presentation | Will you afford to retire? | The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings | 2024 Edition \nAleksandra Mączyńska\, Managing Director\, BETTER FINANCE \n\n12:20 | Panel 2 | We All Want to Retire (Someday): Can Private Plans Secure Adequate Pensions for Everyone?  \nIntroduction | Dana Bachmann\, Head of Unit for Social Protection\, Social Rights and Inclusion\, DG for Employment\, Social Affairs and Inclusion\, European Commission\nModerator | Aleksandra Mączyńska\, Managing Director\, BETTER FINANCE \nPanellists:\n\nDana Bachmann\, Head of Unit for Social Protection\, Social Rights and Inclusion\, DG for Employment\, Social Affairs and Inclusion\, European Commission\nGertrude Pils\, Vice-Chair\, PEKABE\nRoger H. Hartmann\, Board Director\, European Financial Planning Association (EFPA)\, Board Chairman\, EFPA Luxembourg\nRainer Riess\, Senior Advisor\, Federation of European Securities Exchanges. (FESE)\n\n\nGender gap:    \n\nHow can we avoid earnings-based pension systems from reproducing and worsening the gender gap in labour income?   \nWhat compensation can be offered to carers for the loss of pension rights resulting from care-related leave?  \n\nFinancial inclusion:    \n\nHow can we increase the coverage of occupational pensions in an uberized world?   \nHow to save for your pension when you live on a minimum salary?\n\n\n13:40 | Closing Words\nAleksandra Mączyńska\, Managing Director\, BETTER FINANCE  \n\n13:45 | Networking Lunch\n\nTo attend the conference\, please register below indicating whether you will be joining us in person or virtually. Please note that on-site seating is limited\, while registration for the virtual conference is unlimited. For virtual attendance\, you will receive an email ahead of the conference with a link to join the conference. \nUse the buttons below to add the event to your calendar. \n\n
URL:https://betterfinance.eu/event/european-retirement-week-2024-better-finance/
LOCATION:Hanse Representation to the Eu\, Avenue Palmerston 20\, Brussels\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
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