- Key market themes shaping investor outcomes in 2026
- How market events have influenced PruFund performance and positioning
- The role of today's annuity market within retirement planning
- How blended retirement solutions can support different client objectives
- The latest position on EGRs, UPAs
PruFund Power Hour - Turning insight into retirement action
ABOUT THIS EVENT
As we approach the end of 2026, advisers face a changing retirement planning landscape. Market conditions, investment performance and attractive annuity yields are creating new opportunities to build tailored solutions for clients approaching or living in retirement.
In our latest PruFund Power Hour, we'll explore what's been driving markets, how these developments have influenced PruFund performance and what this means for your clients. We'll examine how guaranteed income solutions can work alongside lower-volatility and growth-focused investments to help create retirement strategies aligned to individual client needs.
We'll also demonstrate how the latest developments across our retirement proposition can help you turn today's market conditions into meaningful client conversations and practical planning opportunities.
Attendees will receive a Certificate of Attendance for up to 60 minutes unstructured CPD.
What we’ll cover
Meet the speakers
Kirsty Wright
Director of PruFund Proposition, M&G Life
Kirsty oversees new business propositions and integration initiatives within M&G Life, playing a key role in advancing the growth of PruFund. She joined M&G in 2024. Prior to this, Kirsty led the Wealth Proposition at LV=, developing strategies across pensions, annuities, and investment products.
Kirsty brings more than three decades of experience in financial services.
Ciaran Mulligan
Chief Investment Officer, M&G Life
Ciaran is responsible for Life Investment Office (LIO) and the management of over £159bn of assets on behalf of our Life Company. His remit spans strategic asset allocation, manager selection, mandate design, product design and ensuring that LIO delivers robust long‑term investment outcomes for our clients.
Ciaran has been with the Life Investment Office for over ten years, having first joined M&G in 2015 as Head of Manager Oversight. Before joining M&G, he worked as an investment consultant to UK pension schemes and as a Fund‑of‑Funds portfolio manager. His earlier career included senior research and portfolio management roles at Buck Consultants and Investment Solutions, where he led global research and managed fixed income strategies. Ciaran studied Actuarial Science at Heriot‑Watt University.
Investment Specialist, M&G Life Investment Office
Amy is an Investment Specialist within the Life Investment Office (LIO) and has almost a decade of experience working at M&G. She works closely with M&G’s UK and international distribution channels, supporting advisers and clients but explaining the firm’s multi‑asset investment propositions and how they are positioned to meet different client needs.
Amy regularly presents to financial advisers on M&G’s investment approach and fund ranges, including the £70bn PruFund range. Amy joined M&G on the apprenticeship scheme in 2017 and is now a CFA Charterholder.
Ben Troke, CFA
Senior Investment Strategist, M&G Life Investment Office
Ben is a Senior Investment Strategist within the Life Investment Office (LIO) with over 17 years of industry experience. He has spent approximately nine years within the Long‑Term Investment Strategy team, with a focus on capital markets research and investment strategy. Ben has contributed to the development of the team’s market insights and long‑term strategic thinking. He holds a BSc in Economics & Econometrics and is a CFA Charterholder.
Ed Green
Pension & Investment Specialist, M&G Life  
Ed has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry, working with several of the UK’s leading life insurance providers. He's spent the past 13 years at M&G plc, focusing on the development and delivery of retirement and investment solutions.
With a strong technical background and a practical approach, Ed works closely with financial advisers to help them navigate complex areas such as tax planning, product structures, and investment suitability in a changing regulatory landscape.
Ben Allen
Pensions Specialist, M&G Life
Ben has over 15 years' experience in financial services, beginning his career in accountancy before working as an Independent Financial Adviser supporting private clients and business owners with retirement, investment and tax planning strategies.
Ben later led proposition development for one of the UK's national advice firms, helping to create its Centralised Investment Proposition, Centralised Retirement Proposition and investment philosophy. He has extensive experience helping adviser firms navigate legislative and regulatory change, adapting business policies and procedures to evolving FCA requirements while supporting the delivery of consistent client outcomes.
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