Tuesday 5th May
10:30 – 10:55
Registration
10:55 – 11:00
Welcome & Chair’s Opening Remarks
Chair
John Harrison
Adviser
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership & Staffordshire Pension Fund
11:00 – 11:40
Keynote: Pension Bill update
11:40 – 12:20
Question time: What does strategic investment advice look like now?
Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair
Panellists
Joe McDonnell
CIO
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
Nick Page
Head of LGPS Investment Strategy
Mercer
12:20 – 13:00
Panel: Listed equities – strategy and pooling perspectives
Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair
Panellists
Speakers to be confirmed: Columbia Threadneedle Investments and Janus Henderson Investors, and representatives from LGPS pools and/or funds
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 14:40
Panel: Listed bonds – strategy and pooling perspectives
Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair
Panellists
Carl Shepherd
Fixed Income Portfolio Manager
LGPS Central
Speakers to be confirmed: Royal London Asset Management and T. Rowe Price, and representatives from LGPS pools and/or funds
14:40 – 15:20
Panel: Private markets – strategy and pooling perspectives
Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair
Panellists
Speakers to be confirmed: J.P. Morgan Asset Management and PGIM, and representatives from LGPS pools and/or funds
15:20 – 15:40
Break
15:40 – 16:20
Panel: Property – strategy and pooling perspectives
Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair
Panellists
Louise Warden
Head of Real Estate and Indirect Infrastructure
LPPI
Speakers to be confirmed: CBRE Investment Management and Fiera Real Estate, and representatives from LGPS pools and/or funds
16:20 – 17:10
Panel: Fit for the Future – a fund perspective
Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair
Panellists
Rachel Brothwood
Executive Director of Pensions
West Midlands Pension Fund
Joanne Donnelly
CEO
LPFA
Paul Guilliotti
Director of Financial Services
Richmond and Wandsworth Councils
Euan Miller
Managing Director
West Yorkshire Pension Fund
17:10 – 17:20
Devil’s Advocate Summaries
17:20 – 17:25
Chair’s Closing Remarks
Chair
John Harrison
Symposium Chair
17:25
Private key collection and check-in becomes available
18:30
Driving Range
19:30
BBQ on the Master Suite Terrace
Wednesday 6th May
08:30 – 09:00
Registration, coffee and early networking
09:00 – 09:05
Chair’s Opening Remarks
Chair
John Harrison
Symposium Chair
09:05 – 09:55
Panel: Delivering against tightened deadlines and new responsibilities – the pool perspective
Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair
Panellists
Richard Law-Deeks
CEO
LGPS Central
09:55 – 10:35
Panel: Governance and fiduciary oversight
Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair
Panellists
Speaker to be confirmed: Gallagher, and representatives from LGPS pools and/or funds
10:35 – 11:00
Break
11:00 – 11:40
Panel: Private debt – strategy and pooling perspectives
Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair
Panellists
Speakers to be confirmed: Brightwood Capital and PIMCO, and representatives from LGPS pools and/or funds
11:40 – 12:20
Panel: Local investment projects in practice
Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair
Panellists
Speakers to be confirmed: Aviva Investors and GCM Grosvenor, and representatives from LGPS pools and/or funds
12:20 – 13:00
Roundtable: Where are we with the transfer of assets?
13:00 – 13:10
Devil’s Advocate Summaries
13:10 – 14:10
Lunch
14:10 – 14:50
Panel: Natural capital – strategy and pooling perspectives
Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair
Panellists
Olly Hughes
Managing Director, Forestry
Gresham House
Panellists
Speakers to be confirmed: New Forests, and representatives from LGPS pools and/or funds
14:50 – 15:30
Panel: Building local impact solutions across the private asset classes
Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair
Panellists
Speakers to be confirmed: AlphaReal Capital and Pluto Finance, and representatives from LGPS pools and/or funds
15:30 – 15:55
Break
15:55 – 16:35
Panel: Clean energy – strategy and pooling perspectives
Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair
Panellists
Speakers to be confirmed: Capital Dynamics and Quinbrook, and representatives from LGPS pools and/or funds
16:35 – 17:15
Panel: Investment trends and the impact on strategy
Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair
Panellists
Anthony Fletcher
Independent Adviser
17:15 – 17:25
Devil’s Advocate Summaries
17:25 – 17:30
Chair’s Closing Remarks
Chair
John Harrison
Adviser
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership & Staffordshire Pension Fund
17:30
Drinks Reception
19:00
Dinner and Guest Speaker
