Regional pensions conference set

Under the patronage of Lt-General Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, President of the Supreme Council of Health and Chairman of Al Hekma Society for the Retired, Manama will host the third MENA Pensions Conference, on October 31. More than 500 participants from Bahrain, Gulf, and Arab countries have registered to attend the conference, with the participation of public pension agencies, global asset management firms, actuarial companies, financial services providers and FinTech specialists. The conference will begin with a working paper presented by Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Maait, Minister of Finance of the Arab Republic of Egypt, former head of the pensions reform programme in Egypt. Dr. Maait holds high academic qualifications in actuarial sciences, insurance and mathematics, and is one of the permanent speakers at the World Bank on pensions.

Speaking in the conference will be leaders from specialised institutions, including KPMG Fakhro, Milliman, Ernst and Young, Mercer, SICO, public pension funds from Saudi Arabia, Oman and Jordan, OECD and IFM Investors (Australia’s pension assets management) Central Bank of Bahrain, the Dubai International Financial Centre and Abu Dhabi Global Market.

The conference is sponsored by a number of prestigious national and international institutions, including Bahrain’s Economic Development Board, Tamkeen, the World Bank, the Abu Dhabi Global Market, Robeco, Allianz Global Investors, Intertrust, AON, Aberdeen Standard Investments, TMF Group, International Peace Institute, and UK’s Pension Administration Standards Association (PASA).