Today's top news stories
UK broadcaster faces court hearing over pension contributions
ITV claims it has no obligation to fund Box Clever Group Pension Scheme deficit
‘Meaningful’ risk of no deal outcome to Brexit negotiations: survey
But pension schemes should have time to prepare response given ‘signposting’ of progress
ESG roundup: NZ Super, Erste, Trucost
Also: Austrian manager excludes carmakers; Trucost launches carbon priving tool
Dutch cocoa company scheme opts for transfer to Volo APF
Pensioenfonds Jan Huysman to move legacy scheme to Volo, becoming its first client
HFR launches range of investable risk parity indices
Six benchmarks cover 25 funds and $110bn in assets
People moves: CEO of Icelandic pension fund Stapi to leave
Aon, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Gabler, Hymans Robertson, LPP, PKH, Schroders, Stapi
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On the Record: How do you do operational due diligence?
Three pension funds - RPMI Railpen, Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company and Blue Sky Group - discuss their approach to operational due diligence
How We Run Our Money: PREVIP
Livio Raimondi, CIO of PREVIP, a €2.2bn multi-employer DC pension fund in Italy, talks about the fund’s growth aspirations
Briefing: MiFID II – The birth of a market
As MiFID II comes into effect, asset managers and brokers must negotiate a price for sell-side investment research
Briefing: Cyberwar without end
Financial institutions are involved in a cyber arms race against criminals
Briefing: Greece's political millstone
Uncertainties in the euro-zone pose a risk to Greece’s improving economy
Good to have, hard to achieve
Frameworks only take you so far: people create outcomes
Keep on top in the cyberwar
Cybersecurity is part of a never-ending arms race
US Equities: Opinions differ on valuations
Asset managers differ on whether or not the US equity market is overvalued
US Equities: The Trump reflation trade
The US president’s stated policies appear to have boosted the country’s already-reviving economy
US Equities: Stable despite the threats
Investors have not shied away from equities, despite the expectation that near-record low volatility might be due to turn soon
Guest viewpoint: Stefan Lundbergh & Kerrin Rosenberg, Cardano
“At present, UK trustees do not have the right governance framework in place to be effective or accountable”
Climate change: Incentives are the way forward
Generally missing from the discussion on climate change is an identification of the incentives that can drive change
Guest Viewpoint: Avida International
“Fiduciary management has turned into a sophisticated exercise of managing increasingly complex investment value chains”
Diary of an Investor: Looking the part
We at Wasserdicht Pension Funds have been using BIG Asset Management for what seems like an eternity. I have learned two things about BIG over the years
Guest viewpoint: Francesco Briganti, EBWI Employee Benefits and Welfare Institute
It is widely known that EIOPA is studying the possibility of a new EU legal framework for a pan-European occupational defined contribution pension regime
