The Gazette 1992

GAZETTE

SEPTEMBER 1992

Association of Pension Lawyers has Busy First Year The 1991 season of activities of the Association of Pension lawyers in Ireland started with an examination of the new set of disclosure regulations which the Minister for Social Welfare bought into force under the Pensions Act, 1990. On 24 September, Brian Bohan of Ernst & Young, addressed the Association on "Some Technical Issues arising from the new Disclosure Regulations". On 9 October the then Minister for Social Welfare, Dr. Michael Woods TD, formally launched the Asssociation of Pension Lawyers in Ireland at a reception which coincided with the two day Annual Conference of the Association of Pension Lawyers (our sister Association in the UK) which was held for the first time in Dublin on 9 and 10 October. On 28 November, the Association held a Joint Meeting with the Limerick Bar Association at which Mary Hutch, Thistee Consultant, Mercer Fraser Pension & Investment Consultants Ltd, presented a paper on "Facing the Reality of Member Trusteeship" and Brian Gallagher, Gallagher Shatter, presented a paper on the "Interaction of Labour Law and Family Law with Pensions". On 9 December, Prudential Life of Ireland Ltd hosted a meeting on "Investment Management Agreements for Pension Funds - Some Legal and Operational Considerations". Papers at the meeting were presented by Michael Lane, Secretary of the Association, and Michael Dangerfield, Investment Manager of New Ireland Investment Managers Ltd. On 13 February, the Association's first meeting for 1992 took as its theme mergers and acquisitions. Members of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland were invited to participate in this meeting. The speakers were Brian Buggy of Matheson Ormsby Prentice and Andrew Fleming of Maclay Murray & Spens of Glasgow. The Committee of the Association met with the Chief Executive of the Pensions Board in March to report to him on various subjects which the Association's Legislation and Parliamentary Committee had been examining during the year and to discuss matters of general interest to both the Association and the Pensions Board. In May the Association hosted a most successful dinner. Our Agenda for 1992/1993 is well in hand. Our trusteeship seminar, which we intend holding later in 1992, is 'on the drawing board'. The Association has not been idle and our membership is now well into the 80s. The Association's strength is an active membership whose interest and commitment has ensured that pensions law is fast becoming one of the most dynamic areas of law for the future. Further details and information about membership is available from Ms Raymonde Kelly, Chairman, Irish Association of Pension Lawyers, Irish Life pic, Irish Life Centre, Lr Abbey Street, Dublin 1. • Raymonde Kelly

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