OPA London & South Eastern Region:

2006
13th July: John Ashcroft, Head of Strategy at the Pensions Regulator, on the work of the TPR. (Powerpoint presentation slides are available here.)
16th February: Brian Marks on the Turner Commission Report and Peter Austin on Public Service Pensioners' Council and OPA Pensions Conference held on 1st February '06.

2005
13th October: Hilary Salt on "Actuarial Valuation of Pension Funds."
21st July: Trustee discussion panel on "Trustee Knowledge and Understanding"
18 February: Roger Turner and Brian Marks update on the 2004 Pensions Act codes of practice and regulations.

2004
20th July '04: Louise Inward of OPRA on the New Regulator and also an updated on the progress of the Pensions Bill.
11th March '04: the Pensions Bill and draft amendments to be submitted were discussed in an open forum.
5th February '04: Roger Turner outlined future plans for the OPA.
25th September 2003: addressed by Malcolm Wicks MP, the Minister for Pensions. (Click here to see subsequent correspondence.)

Other Meetings

Pensions Conference - held on 1st February '06. Jointly sponsored with the Civil Service Pensioners Alliance this conference was addressed by Stephen Timms, Minister for Pensions Reform, Nigel Waterson (Cons), Shadow Minister for Pensions, Danny Alexander, LibDem Spokesperson on Work and Pensions and Ian Brinkley, Head of Economic and Social Affairs, TUC.

All Party Parliamentary Group on Pensions Consensus
This group was sponsored by the OPA. The inaugural meeting was held on 19 July, '05 with David Blunkett, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and David Blake, Professor of Pension Economics, Cass Business School. The second meeting on 13th December '05 was addressed by Lord Turner.

OPA NW Region (series now ended)

2007
12th Sept: Malcolm McLean, Chief Executive, The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) on "Current Pension Issues". Slides available from OPA Googlegroup - see Note left.
27th June: COST OF LIVING OF THE ELDERLY  (A study into the disparity of the CoL increases for the elderly, compared with the RPI) Speaker:  Waqar A Abbasi, Regional Development Officer,  Help the Aged, North West Region
14th March: "Our Role in Society" by Denise Murphy, Director, Community Service Volunteers

2006
6th December: Simon Jagger on "Investment Strategy in Mature Pension Funds"
7th Sept: Bill Moores, Secretary, North West Pemsioners Association
7th June: Rosemary Mounce of the NAPF on the current pensions crisis and the Citizen's Pension proposal.
8th March: "Sponsor Covenants" by Les Ross and Neil Kilborn of Grant Thornton.

2005
7th Sept: Paul Freisner on "Money Matters"
1st June: Hilary Salt on "Actuarial Valuation of Pension Funds."
2nd March: Paul Hanby on Safety in the Home and an update on the Pensions Act.

2004
8th December: Louise Inward of OPRA on the New Regulator and also an updated on the progress of the Pensions Bill.
8th Sept: Roger Turner on the main parties' policies on pensions.
8th July: Roy Causton on the legal battle between the Thorn-EMI Pensioners Association and Nomura Bank.
3rd March: David Brown, Vice President, North West Pensioners Association on the National Pensioners Convention draft manifesto and the Pensions Bill was discussed.

2003
3rd September: The Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions, Oliver Heald, MP.