Private event
The Pension Schemes Act 2026, now having received Royal Assent, marks a fundamental shift in the DC landscape. It brings a sharper focus on the role of employers and greater expectation on them to demonstrate value, take a more active role in governance and support improved retirement outcomes for members.
At the same time, employers are navigating a more complex workforce environment. Shifting demographics, economic uncertainty and evolving ways of working are already placing pressure on pensions savings and retirement outcomes. As they look ahead, the REBA Future of Pension Summit designed specifically for reward, benefits and pensions leaders will examine what these shifts mean in practice – and how employers can respond.
Through a mix of plenary conference sessions and interactive workshops, this invitation-only Summit provides a unique platform for informed, peer-level knowledge exchange and discussion, helping attendees cut through complexity, share practical approaches and build confidence in how to work effectively with their advisers and providers to respond to the next phase of DC pensions.
The Summit is complimentary for REBA professional members or qualifying delegates, and takes place at County Hall, situated in the heart of London.
Benefits of attending:
- Examine how pension reform and regulatory changes, including value-for-money frameworks and pensions salary sacrifice will impact your scheme strategy and governance
- Understand how to get greater visibility of your DC scheme performance to ensure strong member outcomes, robust governance and demonstrable value for money
- Evaluate emerging decumulation models, including new CDC-based options
- Determine whether, in a consolidating market, a Master Trust is still fit for purpose, or if alternative models could deliver better outcomes
- Navigate the shift towards more flexible retirement journeys, expectations around guided retirement solutions and implications for reward structures, workforce planning, talent strategy and integration with wider financial wellbeing benefits
- Address the gender pension gap through practical, employer-led interventions that drive measurable change
- Rethink communication strategies to create employee ownership and engagement with pensions
- Strengthen employee understanding of pensions through targeted support, clear education and guidance and the role employers can play
- Explore the link between workforce health and pension adequacy, including the impact of poor health, career breaks and caring responsibilities – and the role employers can play in improving long-term outcomes
- Exchange insights with senior peers responsible for pension strategy, sharing real-world challenges and solutions shaping the future of DC provision
DC pensions are at a pivotal moment. The Pension Schemes Act 2026, now having received Royal Assent, marks a significant and fundamental shift in the DC landscape and places an ever-greater expectation on employers. Regulatory reform, increased scrutiny of value and the shift towards guided retirement and decumulation are redefining the role of employers. With the introduction of targeted support, the growing focus on value for money and new decumulation models coming into play, pensions are moving rapidly from a compliance exercise to a strategic component of total reward.
At the heart of this transition is a fundamental challenge: how today’s accumulation decisions, particularly the design of default investment strategies and member pathways, alongside contributions, segmentation and governance, will shape tomorrow’s retirement outcomes. Employers are being drawn into new territory, from preparing for decumulation and supporting better member choices, to addressing disengagement, adequacy gaps and the impact of workforce health and financial wellbeing on long‑term outcomes.
The REBA Future of Pensions Summit brings together senior reward, pensions and benefits leaders to explore what comes next. It will examine the practical implications of the latest reforms, the opportunities to redefine pensions within total reward, and how data, design and targeted support can be used to improve outcomes for both employers and employees - now and for the future.
In-depth panel debates with senior pension, reward and benefits experts
Engaging spotlight sessions on key issues
Small group hosted workshops to share knowledge and establish valuable contacts
Connect with other senior leaders responsible for pension provision and strategies
Who will attend?
This is an invitation-only Summit* with key stakeholders invited who can contribute genuine insight and expertise on evolving retirement solutions.
- Senior reward and employee benefits directors with overall responsibility for pension provision for leading national and international organisations*
- Industry commentators
- Regulatory and legislative experts
*This invitation-only event is aimed specifically at senior reward and benefit directors with overall pensions responsibility. Many don't (and do not need to) have detailed knowledge that pensions managers used to have. However, they do need the big picture view of how pensions are changing, what the market shifts are, what changing legislation will mean for their workforce. Plus of course, how they balance the pensions budget within broader benefits and pay spend in order to drive HR and business objectives as well as how to work most effectively with their advisers and providers to achieve value for money and good retirement outcomes for employees.
What will the Summit include?
- Employer case studies from senior pension, reward and benefits experts
- Spotlight sessions focusing in on key issues
- Interactive workshop sessions to share knowledge and establish valuable contacts within your peer group
To find out what you missed in 2025, catch up with our article: 5 things we learned at REBA’s Future of Pensions Summit 2025.
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