The International Federation of Pension Fund Administrators, FIAP, and The Polish Chamber of Pensions, IGTE, jointly organized the International Seminar “Investments and Payouts in Funded Pension Systems,” on May 28 and 29, 2009, in the Sofitel Victoria Hotel, in Warsaw, Poland.

In the Seminar was promoted the discussion of the best practices and regulations on several issues related both to the accumulation and decumulation stages of funded pension systems.

On the first day of the Seminar, several subjects related to the evaluation of the performance of pension fund investments, the analysis of new financial instruments and portfolio investment strategies for pension funds were discussed. The impact of the current financial crisis on funded pension systems also was considered. On the second day of the Seminar different issues related to the design of pension modes and the development of efficient markets for pension products were analyzed. Finally, the outlook for the Polish and European pension systems was examined.

This Seminar coincided with the celebration of 10th annyversary of Polish pension funds and the XIII FIAP’s Annual Assembly. This Seminar was the seventh conference in a series initiated in 2002. As on previous occasions, the Seminar gathered more than 200 participants from different parts of the world (FIAP members and others), including government authorities, members of parliament, officials from international agencies, representatives of pension fund managers, mutual funds, the insurance industry and other personalities related to the social security sphere.

The presentations made by each speaker at this Seminar are available for download.