MANAMA: The 4th MENA Pensions Conference is the latest financial event to be affected by the pandemic, as organisers have decided to make it a ‘digital event’ this year.
The event will be hosted in Manama, on November 16 and 17, under the slogan ‘Towards A Futureproof Regional Pension System’.
“We’re forging ahead with the vital debate that we’ve started around pensions. Nothing has changed during this pandemic, other than the setting and format,” said conference chairman Ebrahim K Ebrahim.
“We look forward to bringing together our ecosystem of government pension funds, ministries of finance and economic planning, asset managers, actuary firms, audit firms, financial industry, HR leaders and labour unions to discuss how a more sustainable and futureproof retirement system can be built.”
Held in Bahrain for the fourth year, the MENA Pensions Conference is the only event for the pension industry in the region, supported by a number of regional and international institutions, reinforcing the kingdom’s attractiveness as a hub for major economic and financial events.
This year’s conference will tackle the following questions: Can public defined benefit pension systems be saved by parametric fixes? Can and should governments in the region finance the current deficits pension funds? What does it take to re-model regional pension systems to a multi-pillar structure? and how should pension funds invest their assets?
“What really makes this event significant is the participation of key actors, including pension funds, international institutions, investment houses and financial markets. It also links pensions with HR management strategies in terms of employee benefits, employee engagement and technology applications,” added Mr Ebrahim.
More than 600 participants from Bahrain, Gulf, Arab countries and abroad participated in the event in the previous years.
Free registration is available here
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