Advisers – Page 33
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UK roundup: KPMG, PPF, SEI, CBPE Capital, Xafinity
UK – Increasing number of ‘pension zombies’ to become insolvent, KPMG predicts.
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NewsPensions funds should consider utility company inflation swaps – Redington
EUROPE – Consultancy cites utility companies' predictable cash-flow profile.
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NewsLawyers outline LIBOR claim options, but still 'lack evidence'
EUROPE – Case 'slowly divulging secrets', but creating 'more questions than answers'.
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NewsUK roundup: ONS, NAPF, Barnett Waddingham, Towers Watson
UK – Office of National Statistics launches review of retail prices index.
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NewsTowers Watson predicts bright future for DC in Netherlands
NETHERLANDS – Senior consultant says PPI vehicle 'well suited' to DC pensions.
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UK local authorities to jointly tender national framework agreement
UK – Framework to be available for use by all LGPS Administering Authorities.
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Spain's use of Social Security Reserve Fund 'vague'
SPAIN – Local consultants surprised by government’s use of funds to ‘cover some treasury needs’.
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NewsPensions experts welcome Wheatley Review of LIBOR, but call for more clarity
UK – Martin Wheatley unveils review of inter-bank lending rate commissioned in July.
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NewsPension funds should 'beware' calls to boost domestic investment
EUROPE – Experts at AGI event say diversification best antidote to financial repression.
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NewsSwiss pension funds 'failing to recognise' long-duration risk
SWITZERLAND – Professor at CFA Swiss Pensions Conference warns of 'painful losses'.
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NewsPension funds see rising life expectancy as biggest funding risk
EUROPE – Longevity trumps falling equity markets, rising inflation, poll shows.
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NewsThink tank calls for end of tax breaks for rich pensioners
UK – CentreForum calls on UK coalition to build a more 'age-neutral' tax system.
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NewsUK asset managers boost LDI teams for de-risking schemes
UK – Recent hires at AXA IM, Ignis signal shift towards liability-driven investment.
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NewsTrustees should prepare for potential euro-zone break up - Towers Watson
EUROPE – Companies developing euro-zone break-up plans for businesses, but not pension funds.
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NewsConsultancies team up to launch agricultural investment project
GERMANY – Kommalpha, Agrifood Consulting aim to bring more transparency to agri-business sector.
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NewsOne-third of trustees to leave within five years, survey shows
UK – Two-thirds of those who remain expect to de-risk schemes, according to MetLife.
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NewsSurvey shows drop in pension costs for FTSE 250 executives
UK – LCP says tax changes introduced last year have lowered pension costs for large companies.
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Schemes must measure performance through 'extra-financial' factors
UK – Towers Watson study examines role of sustainability in future of investment.
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UK roundup: TUC, FTSE pensions, NAPF, Mercer
UK – Union umbrella group TUC says FTSE company directors get £4.3m pensions on average.
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NewsUK roundup: Aon Hewitt on IAS19, LGPS 2014 proposals
UK – Consultancy warns of IAS19's impact on individual companies' profit and loss charge.
