“Non-state pension funds: future of the Russian pension system” – round table

Date: July 15, 2008
Address: Moscow, Swissotel Krasnye Holmy

In recent years non-state pension funds have been growing steadily and occupied an important place both in the RF pension system and at its financial market. Presently the market of non-state pension services is on the verge of landslide development. The situation may be explained by the state interest in the pension system, and by energetic actions of funds themselves at the private savings open market.

Resultant competition becomes tougher, and a fund needs to differ from its competitors to attract new clients. Service quality is visible with a naked eye, but the fund reliability in most cases remains a mystery. To aggravate the situation, information on non-state pension funds in open sources is extremely scanty. But even if the information is full to the maximum, an amateur has problems with an objective assessment of a fund. Our reliability rating may be of help in this respect.

Expert RA is about to complete the job of assigning first classic reliability ratings to non-state pension funds. The purpose is to secure information transparency of the non-state pension funds’ market both for rank-and-file consumers and the pension market players. The market is in dire need of objective, well-grounded and easy-to-understand assessment of the non-state pension funds’ reliability.

The round table purpose:
To discuss the current status of the RF pension market, the role of non-state pension funds in resolving “pension problems”. To discuss non-state pension funds reliability rating.

The round table audience:
Representatives of the executive and legislative power (Federal Service for Financial Markets, Ministry for Health and Social Development, Ministry for Economic Development, the RF pension fund), non-state pension funds, asset management companies, insurance companies, banks, mass media
Altogether about 50-60 persons

The round table topics:
Two sets of questions:
1. The modern status of the RF pension reform. The role of non–state pension funds

• Modern status of the НПО and ОПС (?) market
• Problems and restrictive factors in the current pension system
• Main areas of the pension system development
• The non-state pension funds role and place in the RF pension system
• The non-state pension services’ market – possibilities for development

2. The non-state pension funds reliability rating

• Reliability appraisal of non-state pension funds
• Rating non-state pension funds – different approaches
• Non-state pension funds reliability factors

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