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8th Annual IIEF Pension Policy Conference and Roundtable
IIEF Regional Pension Policy Roundtable 2008
01 May 2008, The Park Hotel, Parliament Street, New Delhi, India
08.45 Registration and coffee
Roundtable Moderated by
Gautam Bhardwaj
Director, Invest India Economic Foundation
09.30 How the PFRDA will develop the private pension market in India
D. Swarup
Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
Meena Chaturvedi
Executive Director, PFRDA
09.50 Questions
10.05 A round-up of new global pension reform efforts and learnings
for developing countries
Dr. Robert Palacios
Senior Pensions Economist, The World Bank
10.25 Questions
10.35 Coffee break
11.00 Strategies for targeted delivery of contributory social security benefits
to the poor and lessons for SAARC Countries
Ashish Aggarwal
Executive Director, Invest India Micro Pension Services
11.20 Questions
11.30 Imperatives, challenges and status of South Africa's Pension Reform
Shantha Padayachee
First Vice President, Institute of Retirement Funds, South Africa
Greg Morris
President, Institute of Retirement Funds, South Africa
Jurgen Boyd
Deputy Executive Officer, Institute of Retirement Funds, South Africa
11.50 Questions
12.00 Civil Service Pension Reforms in Asia and Lessons from the evolution
of the US Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)
Gary Amelio
Former Executive Director, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
11.20 Questions
11.30 Lunch break
13.40 Pension reform and retirement outcomes in Latin American countries
Dr. David Tuesta
Chief Economist (Pension Systems and Economic Research), BBVA
Miguel A Caballero
Head – International Expansion and Strategy
Pension and Insurance Division, BBVA
14.00 Questions
14.10 Coffee break
14.30 The Rationale, Implementation Challenges and Status of
Pakistan's Pension Reform
Yawar Zia
Additional Finance Secretary (Regulations), Ministry of Finance
Government of Pakistan
Syed Nayyar Hussain
Associate Actuary, Ministry of Pakistan
Government of Pakistan
14.50 Questions
15.00 The role for technology in pension administration and service quality
Lessons from the US 401k
Bala J. Raman
Co-founder and President, Congruent Solutions
15.20 Questions
15.30 Pension reform and retirement outcomes in South East Asia
Prof. Mukul G. Asher
Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
National University of Singapore
15.50 Questions
16.00 Role of State Governments in promoting formal and informal sector
co-contributory pensions in India
Subhash Garg
Principal Secretary, Department of Finance, Government of Rajasthan
16.20 Questions
16.30 The role for cooperation on pension reforms among SAARC Countries
Dr Shashank Saxena
Director Banking Operations & Pensions
Department of Financial Services
Ministry of Finance, Government of India
16.50 Questions
17.00 Vote of thanks
17.10 Close of Roundtable
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