Global Pensions would to thank sponsors and delegates for their support at the Transition Management Forum 2008

Keynote speaker's testimonial:

"The conference is developing into one of the major events of the year for providers and clients to meet and discuss developments in the transition management industry."

Rick Di Mascio, keynote speaker at the Transition Management Forum London 2008 and Chairman of the T-Charter committee.

The Transition Management Forum took pension funds through all the major transition management issues, from the beginning to the end.

Delegates heard from keynote speakers such as Rick Di Mascio, Chairman of the T-Charter, and Alick Stevenson, NAPF representative T-Charter Steering Group. The guest speakers were industry experts who covered topics such as "Transitioning in a volatile market", "The evolution of the T-Charter" and "Mitigating risks during transition".

Testimonials from your industry peers who attended the Forum in 2008:

"Really good content and speakers. It was well run and each speaker had an adequate amount of time to address the conference. Good time frame with great content. Very professional."

Steve Sole, MFS Investment Management

"Well organised and managed event."

Tony Bentley, Electricity Pensions Services Ltd

"I'm working in a team dedicated to asset transfers without acting as a transition manager. The forum was interesting and gave me an idea of how a " proper" Transition Management works. I will take the information received here back to my team and use it to improve my services and procedures."

Anonymous

Testimonials from 2007:

"I have to admit that I knew nothing about this subject, but found the day of great interest. I’ve now returned to the office to be told that Transition Management will be of importance to us in the future, so I’ll no doubt see you next year! Thanks for an interesting and enjoyable event."

Dave Hood APMI, CPRM Ltd, Newcastle.

"Very relevant, good to know the developments in Transition Management and the expansion of the market."

Parul Thakrar, PKF (UK) LLP.

Forum background

Transition management has developed from an ancillary service offered to clients into a hugely competitive industry in its own right.

  • At what stage should a pension fund bring in a transition manager?
  • Is it best to just use a custodian?
  • What added value does a transition manager contribute with?
  • What are the processes a manager goes through from start to finish?

These and other issues were discussed during the 2008 Forum.

The conference also discussed transaction cost analysis and implementation shortfall as well as looking at LDI from a transition management standpoint, how to establish a panel of transition managers and transitions in a volatile market.

The buy side - sell side debate examined what each side brings to the table and why the whole fiduciary debate is so important, as well as considering whether pre-hedging can benefit or harm pension funds and why is it so controversial.

All these issues combined made this programme the most comprehensive transition management conference in the pension fund industry and, therefore, ensures that pension funds get the best information and education during an invaluable day.

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