Past Events (2010)

When: 03/03/2010 to 04/03/2010

Where: Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Brussels

Subject: IEBA Annual Conference

Our 10th Annual Conference took place at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Brussels on 3 and 4 March 2010, after successful conferences at the same location in 2007, 2008, 2009.  It was attended by 130 people and the feedback was once again very positive.

Please click on the links below to download copies of the presentations and the programme.

When: 09/02/2010 at 18:30

Where: Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, WC2A 1PL

Subject: Funding the End of Service Benefits in the Middle East

Speaker: Michael Brough, Senior International Consultant, Watson Wyatt

The issue of funding end-of-service benefits (ESB) in the Middle East has become a topical one driven by the global slowdown which has hit the economies in the GCC. Many companies have and are still being forced to layoff workers, particularly in certain industries such as construction and retail. In addition, a recent trend indicates that employees (both local and expatriates) are staying longer with one employer thus compounding the future ESB liability for that company in certain Gulf states. The discussion will be focused around the future implications of unfunded liabilities in the Middle East and what some employers are doing currently to address their future ESB costs.

Michael Brough joined Watson Wyatt in 1994 and is a Senior International Consultant based in London. His expertise includes retirement and benefit solutions in emerging markets including the Middle East. He has a number of clients throughout the GCC and has worked on a variety of projects in the region such as the design and implementation of retirement and employee benefit programmes, often of a multi-country variety.

Michael is an economics graduate of the University of Wales, a Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute and has the Cert PFS from the Personal Finance Society.

When: 03/02/2010 at 14:00

Where: Frankfurt - Commerzbank Tower - 49th Floor

Subject: Benefit Audit and further topics

The next meeting of IEBA in Germany will be held on 3 February 2010 in Frankfurt starting at 14.00. We are extremely grateful to Commerzbank for offering us the opportunity to hold the next meeting in the prestigious setting of the 49th floor of the Commerzbank tower, Kaiserplatz.

Please note that an official item of identification is required to enter the Commerzbank Tower (such as a passport or ID card).

Also please could you let Martin Vieweg (ViewegM@alte-leipziger.de) or Wolfgang Krakowka (Wolfgang.Krakowka@commerzbank.com) know in advance if you plan to attend the meeting. Alf Gohdes, Towers Watson will moderate the Meeting.

The agenda is:

1. Fusion Commerzbank-Dresdner Bank -> Harmonisierung Versorgungswerke Luxembourg (Wolfgang Krakowka, Commerzbank)

2. Retirement Benefits in the territories of the Association of South East Asian Nations (Norman Dreger, Mercer)

3. Benefit Audits (Rainer Fritsch, Software AG and Matthias Edelmann, Funk Böhm Consultants)

4. Current hot topics/breaking news

5. Snacks/drinks and networking

As usual the aim will be to end the formal sessions no later than 17.00 to give time for informal discussion.

Please feel free to forward this invitation to any other potentially interested people working in the field of International Employee Benefits.

When: 13/01/2010 at 16:00 20:00

Where: Zwitserleven Office Amstelveen

Subject: The process of decision making in a organisation, and the liquidation of Dexia Pension Fund in the Netherlands

The held presentations will become visable at this site at the end off this convocation.

Zwitserleven Corporate Clients
Burgemeester Rijnderslaan 7
1185 MD Amstelveen
The Netherlands

(0031) 20 3478779

Route: http://www.zwitserleven.nl/algemeen/routebeschrijving

Program:
15:30>16:00 Reception

16:00 Opening by Hans van Dijk Chairman IEBA NL

16:10 Welcome by the Host Peter Ronteltap of Zwitserleven

16:15>17:00 Annemarije Oosterwaal with a lecture on the subject `The process of decision making in a organisation`

17:00>17:15 Short break

17:15>18:00 Lambert Thiry with a lecture on the subject `The liquidation of Dexia Pension Fundin the Netherlands`

18:00> Drinks and food

If you have questions or want to attend another meeting please send an E mail to info@ieba.nl and we will inform you.

When: 12/01/2010 at 18:30

Where: Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, WC2A 1PL

Subject: Pensions and Europe: an update from the UK Pensions Regulator

Speaker: Janice Lambert, Europe Manager at the UK Pensions Regulator

Janice represents the UK on the Occupational Pensions Committee within the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS).

She was responsible for authoring the ‘Key Implementations’ Report [April 2008] which set out how key provisions in the IORP directive have been implemented across the EU. She has been involved in helping CEIOPS provide advice to the Commission on a range of technical and organisational issues, and is currently engaged in working with CEIOPS on responses and outcomes in respect of the de Larosiere report on financial supervision in the EU.