The Annual Arab Pensions Conference 2021 will be inaugurated tomorrow under the patronage of His Excellency Lieutenant Dr. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Health, Chairman of Al-Hekma Retired Society. This year’s conference is held with the grand theme of: “What should MENA Pension Systems look like for the next 50 years?”.

The annual conference has become a regional platform for discussing topics and issues related to pension and social security systems in MENA region.

His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Maait, Minister of Finance of the Arab Republic of Egypt, who has been involved for many years with the pension sector in Egypt, is scheduled to speak at the opening session, to share his perspective and expectations of future developments that are likely to take place in the pension sector across the Arab world.

This shall be followed by five specialized sessions on: the demographics and longevity risks of pension systems, expanding pension coverage, lessons learned from the Pandemic on household finance and social protection, future investment returns for pension funds, and role of Fintech in expanding pension savings landscape respectively.

The World Bank’s “The Future of Jobs & Social Protection in MENA Report 2021” and Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index, now in its 13th year, will both be highlighted at the Arab Pensions Conference 2021.

Organisations speaking in this event include Social Security Corporation of Jordan, SSGA, Smart Middle East, Blackrock, LAZARD, World Bank, International Peace Institute, OECD, Amundi, Moroccan Foundation for Financial Education, the George Washington University (Global

Financial Literacy Excellence Centre), Sabeen Investment, Cocoa Invest, Bahrain Economists Society, DERASAT, Mercer, Menarah Network for Ageing Research, UK’s National Employment Savings Trust “NEST”, BIBF, StashAway, AXA, 4Sight, Tamkeen, Bahrain EDB, Prime Factor and Bardot Group.

“We would very much like to thank all the supporters of this year’s conference led by SMART, our platinum sponsor, as well as all the speakers from major organisations from the region and around the world.

“We hope this year’s conference will contribute to powering the rich and lively discussion that we have started in recent years to address the complex challenges facing pension systems globally, with a specific focus on our Arab region, and explore the horizon for possible solutions to develop a more robust and secure pension infrastructure for the region,” said Ebrahim K Ebrahim, Chairman of the Arab Pensions Conference.

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