Held each year in February, the LAPF Strategic Investment Forum is a one-day investment conference for senior LGPS fund investment officers and their advisers. Consisting of short, snappy, thought-provoking presentations, interviews, expert panel sessions and roundtable discussions focusing on key investment issues, the conference attracts strong attendance from the sector, and has become an important event in the calendar for local authority pension fund representatives and their advisers.

The Pension Fund Investors Dinner brings pension funds and their advisers together in a relaxed, informal environment where issues of the day can be discussed and relationships established or renewed. Representatives from pension funds, consultants, advisers and fund managers sit at each table at the dinner, and a drinks reception beforehand offers the ideal opportunity for attendees to widen their circle of friends and acquaintances. Timed to coincide with the PLSA Investment Conference in March, this event continues to go from strength to strength.

The Summit gathers the most senior executives and trustees from leading corporate and local government pension plans, together with master trust and IGC chairs, senior government officials, regulators, members of influential trade bodies, and key advisers to the industry, to debate the implications of the tectonic shifts taking place across the UK pensions landscape.

As the exclusive media partner to the PLSA Local Authority Conference in May each year, DG Publishing is delighted to have the opportunity to host a dinner party on the opening night of the conference. Supported by contributors to LAPF Investments, the LAPF Investments Dinner Party is the ideal place for conference delegates to catch up and prepare for the gruelling days ahead! A champagne reception is followed by a seated dinner where pension fund representatives and advisers alike have the opportunity to discuss the issues of the day in the LGPS.

The aim of the DC Strategic Summit is to deliver a DC pensions conference like no other, comprising a thorough examination of the outlook for the sector, and the opportunities and challenges it presents to all the key players at any point in time. There are detailed debates on all the pressing topics in DC. The Summit is highly interactive, with outstanding knowledge-sharing and networking opportunities.

The Responsible Investment Forum will look at the impact of the new regulations for LGPS investment committees, and is designed to help the Scheme Advisory Board formulate the sector’s response to an increasing awareness of investment committees’ responsibilities to their pension funds and to society in general.