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Punter Southall and Burges Salmon to hold South West and Wales pensions conference with Tony Hobman and David Willetts

22 January 2007, Punter Southall Group, which provides a complete range of employee benefit and investment-related services for companies, pension schemes trustees and individuals, is due to hold its first South West and Wales Pensions Conference in conjunction with Burges Salmon, one of the UK’s leading law firms, on Monday 12 February 2007.

Entitled ‘Balancing corporate pensions and corporate strategy’, the conference will take place at Leigh Court, Abbots Leigh, Bristol.

Aimed principally at trustees, employers and those involved in pension scheme management, the conference will consider the latest legal issues affecting corporate pensions and corporate strategy before going on to speculate about new opportunities for adding shareholder value through pension scheme management.

The conference starts at 9.15am with keynote speaker Tony Hobman*, Chief Executive of The Pensions Regulator, addressing the conference at 12.20pm and a closing buffet being served around 1.15pm. Other speakers include David Willetts MP and Senior Advisor to Punter Southall Group, Richard Knight, Partner at Burges Salmon, as well as Richard Jones, Glyn Jones and Richard O’Callaghan, Principals at Punter Southall Group.

Places at the conference are free. If you would like to attend, please email Carol Massey at carol.massey@psfm.com.

* Tony Hobman was appointed as the first Chief Executive of the Pensions Regulator in April 2005.

For media information please contact:

Penrose Financial

Roman Townsend, Penrose

020 7786 4888

Sarah Caddy, Penrose

020 7786 4888

Punter Southall Group
The Punter Southall Group provides a complete range of employee benefit and investmentrelated services for companies, pension scheme trustees and individuals. It incorporates the following businesses:

  • Punter Southall – consulting actuaries
  • Punter Southall Transaction Services – corporate transaction advice
  • Punter Southall Financial Management – independent financial advice for individuals
    and corporate benefits
  • PSolve Asset Solutions – investment advice and investment management for pension
    funds and other large investments
  • PSigma Investment Management – investment management for individuals
  • PS Independent Trustees – independent trustee services

With offices in London, Guildford, Wokingham, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Bristol, the
Punter Southall Group companies collectively have hundreds of corporate, pension
scheme, charity and individual clients.

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