2015 Global Retirement Savings Summit Highlights (video)
2015 ICI Global Retirement Savings Summit
Japanese and International Experiences
Pension experts gathered in Tokyo on 23 April 2015, for the 2015 Global Retirement Savings Summit to examine how private pensions, including defined contribution (DC) systems, can help people save for retirement.
Japan, like other countries in the developed world, faces a number of challenges: a rapidly aging population, a relatively low birth rate, and uneven economic growth. Pension reform is an important and urgent issue not only for Japan but for the region, which made Tokyo the ideal place to hold a summit on Japan’s—and other countries’—experiences with creating a successful retirement system.
During the summit, Japanese experts discussed their experience and exchanged knowledge with US and UK pension experts about DC systems.
Below are video testimonials from some of the keynote speakers and panellists who attended the event. For information about previous pension events, please visit our Global Retirement Savings Conferences page.
Conference Summary
Changing Times for Japanese Retirement Savings and Investing
Paul Schott Stevens
President and CEO
ICI Global
Perspectives on the Developments in Japan
A Briefing on Japanese Pension Reforms
David Monroe
General Counsel
Matthews International Capital Management, LLC
with
Doug Hymas
Managing Director, Japan Country Executive
BNY Mellon
Japanese Insights on Changes to the Japanese Retirement Savings System
Akiko Nomura
Senior Analyst, Research Department
Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research
- Transcript: Japanese Insights on Changes to the Japanese Retirement Savings System (pdf)
- Japanese translation (pdf)
Thoughts on Changes in the Current Japanese Retirement Savings Structure
Steve Utkus
Principal, Vanguard Center for Retirement Research
The Vanguard Group
- Transcript: Thoughts on Changes in the Current Japanese Retirement Savings Structure (pdf)
- Japanese translation (pdf)
Perspectives on the Global Import of Changes in the UK Retirement Savings System
Insights on UK Pensions Reforms
Tim Jones
CEO
NEST Corporation
The Growing Use of Behavioural Economics
Insights on Behavioural Finance in Retirement Savings
John Rekenthaler
Vice President, Research
Morningstar, Inc.