Past Events (2010)

When: 28/06/2010

Where: Etoile Saint-Honoré, 21/25 rue Balzac, 75008 Paris, France

Subject: Inaugural meeting of IEBA France, including presentation on pan-European pension plans

The inaugural meeting of IEBA France was held at 9am on Monday 28 June 2010 at Etoile Saint-Honoré, 21/25, rue Balzac, 75008 PARIS. The agenda is below.

When: 23/06/2010 at 14:00 to 18:00

Where: Linde AG, Klosterhofstr. 1, 80331 München

Subject: Current issues and developments in the US medicare system, IAS19, and longevity swaps

The agenda is:

Introduction (Anke Couturier, The Linde Group)
Changes to the US medicare system - what does this mean for corporates? (Ernst Schmandt, Towers Watson)
Proposed changes to IAS19 (Björn Schneider, the Linde Group)
Longevity Swaps (Nick Meuli and Markus Unterkofler, Swiss Re)
Current hot topics and discussion

The meeting will begin as usual at 2pm and the formal session will finish at 5pm.  There will be time for drinks and networking afterwards.

The meeting is being held at the offices of Linde AG, Klosterhofstrasse 1., 80331 München which is a short walk from Sendlinger Tor (U1/U2/U3/U6) and Marienplatz (S1-8) stations.

We need to keep a track on numbers to ensure that there are not more attendees than the room permits.   Please let Anke Couturier (anke.couturier@linde.com) or Graham Pearce (grahampearce@kpmg.com) know if you would like to attend.  We may need to restrict the number of delegates from single organisations in the event that too many people register to attend.

When: 08/06/2010 at 18:30

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

Subject: The right model for DC investment in Europe

DC investment practices across Europe are varied and evolving.

As such, we are planning a panel discussion among industry investment experts to get their views on various aspects to consider for plan sponsors when selecting DC investment options to be provided in countries across Europe.

The panel discussion will be faciliatated by Paul Kelly, Towers Watson, with the panel including:

Gary Hibbard, BP
Martijn Tans, AEGON Global Pensions
Andrew Warwick-Thompson, Hewitt Associates

We hope you will be able to join us for what we believe will be an interesting and thought provoking session.

When: 03/06/2010 at 15:30 to 20:00

Where: ACHMEA Zeist Branche Handelsweg 2 3707NH ZEIST

Subject: Pooling and Captives Life & Non Life

Frank van Kats, Senior Consultant at Marsh Risk Consultants started the afternoon with an introduction to captives, wich will include both a Risk Management and Financial Angle.
Further speakers were  Peter Milner VP Benefits at Unilever plc. who  shared his experience on integrating captives in the process of benefit planning for a global corporation and Theo Lutgendorff, Principal & Global Benefits Consultant at Aon Consulting who gave comments on the presentation and shared his experience on this process from a consultants perspective.
It was an interesting topic to for both Finance and Risk Management collegues.
Chairman Hans van Dijk of the IEBA NL Board reported on the survey wich was held spring 2010.
Boardmember Mariël van de Veer reported on the Annual IEBA Conference in Brussels 2010
.Achmea and Maxis hosted the meeting. Thanks and Compliments for them.

Hereunder you can read the presentations held.

When: 26/05/2010 at 13:30 to 17:30

Where: Towers Watson offices, Lausanne

Subject: Demographic Pressures on Benefit Provision and Benefit challenges in relation to international transfers

Demographic Pressures on Benefit Provision

Benefit challenges in relation to international transfers

When: 11/05/2010 at 18:30

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

Subject: A day in the life of a Risk Benefits Manager

In the survey of IEBA members conducted last year on presentation topics that they would be most interested in, many members mentioned their interest in the "A day in the life of..." event series.

In response to the survey findings, Bill Fitzpatrick, the VP of Corporate Risk Benefits at Deutsche Post DHL, has kindly agreed to take us through a day in the life of a Risk Benefits manager.

Bill will cover the following in his presentation:

• The business context he is working within at DP DHL
• What changes have been introduced at DP DHL in the area of employee risk benefits over the recent past
• What challenges arose during this change process and how were they overcome
• What issues arise regularly and how are they most efficiently addressed
• What are the hot topics on his agenda at the moment to be addressed over the coming year/s
• What helpful tips and hints would he give to other Risk Benefit managers

Bill is well qualified to conduct this presentation with over 25 years in the employee benefits field, 16 years with a major multinational insurer and a frequent speaker on employee risk benefit topics.

When: 22/04/2010

Where: Law Society, Chancery Lane, WC2A 1PL

The 35th Annual London Dinner will take place on Thursday 22 April 2010 at the Law Society, Chancery Lane, at 6.45pm for 7.30pm.

IEBA has agreed to subsidise the 2010 Annual Dinner so that more members and guests may attend, and we have reduced the charge to members from £90 to £50 per head without compromising on the quality of the five-course meal, or of the wine (supplied, as in recent years, by Michel Mallard who many will remember from our Wine Tasting in December 2006).

Please contact tim.reay@hewitt.com if you would like to attend.

When: 23/03/2010 at 18:30

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

Subject: The Reward Climate – Post Economic Crisis

Mark Childs of Total Reward Solutions will be discussing the challenge of distinguishing between changing seasons and long-term climate change, including:

• Economic crisis – the short-term impact and expected lasting changes for the financial services sector in particular
• Compensation models – a blip in the long-term trends or will the future be different?
• Incentives – recalibrating the reward mix and the future significance of deferred compensation
• Benefits – the declining significance of benefits provision and anticipated developments in the next decade

Mark is a Director of both the boutique reward consultancy, Total Reward Solutions and the search and interim firm, Total Reward Careers. He has previously headed up global compensation and benefits in Fidelity Investments, Seagram, Chubb, Reckitt & Colman plc and Forte plc.

In additional to a wealth of international compensation and benefits experience Mark spent ten years as an HR generalist in both the public and private sectors and has an academic background in industrial relations.

Mark is a Companion and former Vice President Reward of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD). During this time he was an architect of the CIPD's Advanced Certificate in Reward Management and is Tutor for the Pensions, Share Schemes and Benefits module. He is also Consulting Editor of CIPD's Reward Management publication.

A Fellow of the Institute of Business Consultants, Mark is a former member of the CBI's National Employment Policy Committee and Chair of both the CBI's Employee Resourcing and Social Security Panels. He is author of Personnel Today's One Stop Guide to Reward Management and a regular speaker and contributor to reward publications.

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

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 to 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

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.