Apologies for cross-postings: this is a reminder (with a small
correction to my previous announcement) that
The General Applications Section of the Royal Statistical Society is
holding a meeting on the subject of
PENSIONS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF LONG TERM WEALTH
at RSS headquarters, Errol Street, London (see
http://www.rss.org.uk/main.asp?page=1759 for location details)
on Wednesday 15th February 2006, 2-4:45pm (tea at 3:30pm). All are
welcome. The meeting is free. It would, however, be appreciated if
attendees could indicate their intention to come to the meeting by
emailing [log in to unmask]
The aim of the meeting is to present and discuss some of the current
issues involved in long-term wealth management for individuals - for
example, the impact of an ageing population and unpredictable stock
market returns upon pensions provision. The presentations will
provide perspectives from the financial services industry, government
and research organisations. The programme is as follows:
Jackie Wells (Director, Deloitte) "Pensions and consumers -
understanding and buying behaviour"
Jackie will discuss the extensive research
conducted by Deloitte over the past 8 years into
consumer behaviour in the pensions market, the
difficulties in researching this area of study
and future challenges.
James Banks (Director, Centre for Economic Research on Aging) "The
distribution of pension and non-pension wealth: policy questions, data
issues and empirical evidence in the UK"
This talk will discuss the need for microeconomics
data on pensions and savings in the UK, and some of
the research that is being carried out to meet this
need. A particular focus will be the design and
operation of the ongoing English Longitudinal Study
of Aging (ELSA). Some of the key ELSA findings to
date will be reviewed.
Robert Laslett (Chief Economist, Department for Work and Pensions)
"Government statistics on pensions and long-term savings - the challenge
of making policy without complete data"
This talk will describe the statistical work the
Department for Work and Pensions (and Government
more generally) does on pensions, how it is used
in policy making and what new sources are under
development - with special reference to the
Wealth and Assets Survey.
For enquiries about this meeting, please contact Richard Chandler
([log in to unmask]).
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Richard E. Chandler
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Room 135, Dept of Statistical Science, University College London,
1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 1880 Fax: +44 (0)20 7383 4703
Internet: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Stats (department)
http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucakarc (personal)
email: [log in to unmask]
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