Agenda

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17 March 2026

10:30 - 11:00: Registration and refreshments

11:00 - 11:10: Chairman’s welcome

Huw Evans, Partner, Head of Insurance, KPMG UK

11:10 - 11:35: Session to be announced (sponsored by Franklin Templeton) 

11:35 - 12:00: Navigating Regulatory Shifts in European ABS & ABF

Jeremy Deacon – Head of Leveraged Finance and ABS, RLAM
This presentation will explore how new European regulations could reshape asset-backed securities (ABS) and asset-based financing (ABF) markets. Learn what these changes may mean for your portfolio and where the next investment opportunities could lie.

12:00 - 12:40: PANEL DISCUSSION: Exploring the Fixed Income Environment (Sponsored by Nuveen)
Chair: Laura Cooper, Head of Macro Credit and Global Investment Strategist, Nuveen

Panellists: 

Moiz Khan, Managing Director & Head of Investment Solutions, Reinsurance Group of America
Sumit Mehta, Head of Strategy, L&G
Richard Roberts, Chief Finance and Investment Officer, Pool Re

Fiscal and monetary policies across the globe mean insurance investment leaders have to continuously navigate uncertainties and remain competitive. Impacts on investment strategies mean a number of tactics must be deployed to ensure portfolio resilience in a complex macroeconomic environment. This panel will explore this environment.

12:40 - 13:05: Session to be announced (sponsored by HSBC Asset Management)

13:05 - 14:05: Lunch break

14:05 - 14:30:  Session to be announced (sponsored by Pinebridge Investments)

14:30 - 14:55: An unique asset class as a new building block for institutional investors’ portfolios: working capital and inventory finance (sponsored by Pemberton Asset Management) 
Oren Bass, Head of Working Capital Solutions, Pemberton Asset Management

14:55 - 15:15: Coffee break 

15:15 - 15:55: PANEL DISCUSSION: Alternative opportunities for insurers (sponsored by Invesco)
Panellist: 

Prasun Mathur, Head of Private Assets, Aviva UK Life
Peter McGloughlin, Chief Investment Officer, Canada Life Reinsurance
Corrado Pistarino, Chief Investment Officer, Foresters Friendly Society
Cecile Retaureau, Head of Private Markets, Phoenix Group

Having endured huge fluctuations in central bank policies in recent years, CIOs are now more comfortable embracing investment strategies outside of traditional fixed income instruments that are helping to not only generate better returns but also diversify their risk profiles in today’s increasingly complex world. This panel will look at current opportunities within the alternatives space and how these fit within portfolio strategies.

15:55 – 16:20:  Session to be announced (sponsored by Artisan Partners) 

16:20 - 16:30: Chairman’s closing remarks

16:30: End of conference Day 1/ Networking pre-dinner 

Three course dinner

18:30 - 18:55: Drinks reception

18:55 - 19:00: Welcome from the Editor of Insurance Asset Management, Adam Cadle 

19:00 - 20:30: 3 Course dinner

21:00 - 21:30:  After Dinner speaker – Dennis Taylor

21:30 - 22:00:  Post dinner drinks 

18 March 2026

09:20 - 09:40: Registration and refreshments

09:40 - 09:50: Chairman’s welcome

Huw Evans, Partner, Head of Insurance, KPMG UK

09:50 - 10:30: PANEL DISCUSSION: ESG – PROGRESSION OR MORE WORK NEEDED?  
Chair: Hetal Patel, Head of Sustainable Investment Research Office, Phoenix Group

Panellist:

Andrew Bailey, Investment Director, Bupa Group
Ben Howarth, Assistant Director, Head of Sustainability and Climate, The ABI
Sindhu Krishna, Independent Consultant 

Like any other, the insurance industry stands to reap significant benefits from embracing ESG in strategy execution. Insurers must take advantage of ESG opportunities to propel their growth strategy, future viability, and long-term sustainable delivery of dividends for stakeholders. This panel will explore how the insurance industry can drive sustainable finance, how it can address the ‘S’ in ESG and how investments in this area are evolving.

10:30 - 10:55:  Session to be announced

10:55 - 11:20:  Session to be announced

11:20 - 11:45: Session to be announced

11.45 - 12.00: Chairman's closing remarks

Huw Evans, Partner, Head of Insurance, KPMG UK

12.00 - 13.00: Lunch break

13.00: End of conference

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