Dear Colleagues

We would like to invite you to the launch conference of the new Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM):

The wealth chasm:

from inequality to inclusion in housing, pension and financial assets

Tuesday 25^th May 2010, 2-5.15pm

G12 Main Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham

Conference themes

At a time of increasing economic uncertainty and growing inequality, the UK, like many other advanced economies, has seen a shift from collective welfare provision towards more individual provision. However, many people appear to lack the financial means or capability to manage this effectively. The University of Birmingham has established a new Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM) to investigate these issues. Based jointly in the School of Social Policy and the Birmingham Business School, the Centre aims to provide a focus for world-class research on the distribution and role of assets in people’s lives from housing to pensions to financial savings. This launch conference will discuss some of the key themes of the new Centre.

Speakers include:

Nicki Cleal, Director of the Pensions Policy Institute

John Hills, Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science

Brian Pomeroy CBE, Chairman UK Financial Inclusion Taskforce

Chris Pond, Director, Financial Capability Division, Financial Services Authority

Karen Rowlingson, Director of CHASM, Professor of Social Policy, University of Birmingham

Booking details

If you or a colleague would like to attend this event, please download a booking form from the CHASM website: http://www.chasm.bham.ac.uk/chasm-launch-event.shtml

and send it to Helen Harris at [log in to unmask] by 13^th May 2010:

Please note that places are free but strictly limited, so early booking is advised. We will operate a waiting system if over-subscribed.

Location and map: http://www.business.bham.ac.uk/contact/

University of Birmingham, School of Social Policy and Birmingham Business School

Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM) Launch Conference

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Karen Rowlingson
Professor of Social Policy
Institute of Applied Social Studies
Room 925, Muirhead Tower
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
B15 2TT

0121 415 8565

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