2010 FIAP International Seminar: “Developing the Potential of the Individually Funded Pension Systems”

FIAP, together with the Chilean AFP Association, is organizing the 2010 FIAP  International Seminar called “Developing the Potential of the Individually Funded Pension Systems”.  This Seminar will take place on May 6 and 7, 2010 at the Sheraton Miramar Hotel, located in the City of Viña del Mar, Chile.

The main purpose of the Seminar is to identify means and instruments whereby the pension fund managers can broaden their current efforts for solving the pension problem and furthermore, extend them to other areas of interest so as to improve the quality of the population’s social security protection.

There will be three approaches for meeting this objective. In the first place, different ways will be explored in which the individually funded programs can extend their coverage to sectors of the population that are not currently engaged in pension saving or are doing so through other types of vehicles that are less appropriate for providing an effective solution to the pensions issue. Secondly, ways will be explored whereby the pensions industry can take advantage of its experience and capacity for attending to other social needs of the population. Finally, organization and process alternatives that enable improving the operational management and effectiveness of the industry will be analyzed.

The seminar will have a practical focus aimed at highlighting the characteristics and the results of concrete experiences that could serve as a reference for fund management companies, legislators and supervisors for innovating and improving their own processes and regulations.

This is why, on this occasion, speakers have been invited who will present concrete cases of policies, products and management and organizational models that will be useful to those attending for identifying new opportunities and encouraging them to revise the way in which they regulate or manage their respective agencies.  Furthermore, dialogue between the audience and the speakers and discussion between them will be especially encouraged. 

This seminar coincides with FIAP’s Annual Assembly and is the eighth of a series beginning in 2002. As on former occasions, more than 300 participants from different countries worldwide are expected to attend (FIAP members and others), including government authorities, members of parliament, officers of international agencies, representatives of pension fund managers and other personalities related to the social security sphere.

To review the Seminar program, registration forms, hotel reservations and transfers as well as the accompanying program and relevant tourist information, please visit the following website: www.afpfiap2010.cl.