EVENTS

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 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, this event continues to go from strength to strength.

As the exclusive media partner to the PLSA Local Authority Conference, 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 LAPF Strategic Investment Forum is the leading investment conference and dinner for senior LGPS fund investment officers and their advisers. The Forum will take place on the 4th - 6th July, 2023, at The Grove hotel in Hertfordshire.

LGPS-Live is a webinar series focusing on the key issues for LGPS pension funds and pools. Upcoming webinars look at specific areas of pension fund management, examining how the LGPS can deal efficiently with day-to-day operations, administration and governance, while maintaining their focus on investment strategy and performance.

The LAPF Investments Awards celebrates outstanding achievement in the LGPS. Over the years, an award from LAPF Investments Awards has come to be recognised as mark of excellence in the field of pensions provision in the LGPS. Featuring a judging panel composed of some of the most-respected names in the industry, the awards are designed to recognise the best in the UK public sector arena and are a great way to celebrate achievement within the LGPS. We are delighted to say that with strong attendance from many of the most senior figures in the UK pensions industry, these awards have already become a “must attend” event in the LGPS calendar.

The DB Strategic Investment Forum gathers senior pension executives from across the UK to address key issues, learn how peers are confronting common challenges, and hear from leading industry experts on the investment approaches that are working at other funds. With a mixture of panel sessions, interviews, presentations and discussion groups on investment and other issues, the DB Strategic Investment Forum is a key fixture in the calendar for pensions professionals seeking to deliver outstanding investment returns for their pension funds.

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.

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 Annual Conference, 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.

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.

Impact investing challenges the view that institutional investors must focus on purely financial factors in order to achieve their strategic investment goals. The Summit will help to shape the response of the pension fund sector to an increased awareness of the opportunities presented by impact investing.

Away from the hustle and bustle of London, the LGPS Pooling Symposium takes place at The Belfry Hotel & Resort on the 23rd - 24th April, 2024. It will analyse the evolution of LGPS Pooling and assess the progress made to date.