All IPE articles in August 2022 (online) – Page 2
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NewsTPR reviews tender process for fiduciary management services
Introducing these regulations ‘should not place an additional burden on schemes,’ says Fairs
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Swiss attorney general charges former portfolio manager with insider trading
Unlawful dealing in hundreds of transactions netted portfolio manager over €3m, raises governance questions
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WH Smith Pension Trust completes £1bn buy-in with Standard Life
Bulk purchase annuity secures the benefits of 13,000 members
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NewsUK regulator launches consultation on Long Term Asset Fund access
FCA seeks contributions from participants to design draft rules to market LTAFs to retail investors, pension schemes
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Icelandic pension fund foreign allocations shrink after H1 rout, stronger krona
Pension funds hit by 5.4% investment loss in first half of 2022, with foreign assets alone losing 14%, central bank data show
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Norway’s SWF joins ESMA in call for pragmatism in EU corporate sustainability rules
NBIM advocates fewer disclosure metrics and more focus on key data likely to be valuable to users
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UK makes second investment with Dutch development bank to protect forests
MFF is working to finalise a second investment in US-based Timberland Investment Group (TIG) by the end of 2022
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Unisys pension scheme picks Cardano as fiduciary manager
Cardano will provide investment advice, investment management, sustainable investing and risk management for the £1.2bn scheme
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NewsPPF 7800 Index dipped in July, but funding levels remain robust, for now
The aggregate surplus of the 5,215 schemes in the UK’s PPF 7800 index dipped in July to £254.3bn
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Schroders identifies persistence in private equity returns [updated]
Research by Schroders Capital finds that past performance could be more instructive for some parts of the private equity market than others
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FTSE Russell launches sustainable investment fixed income indices
The indices are designed for investors seeking to integrate their sustainable investment strategy into their fixed income investments
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Dutch agri fund sells lower-rated govvies
By reducing or eliminating its allocation to countries such as France and Italy, BPL Pensioen wants to prevent excessive exposure to highly indebted countries
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People moves: HSBC AM appoints Douin head of Nordics institutional business
Karmali heads HSBC institutional business for Middle East and Africa
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Aviva’s move into BPA market proves profitable
Aviva is already a significant writer of UK bulk annuity business, ranking in the top four in 2020
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NewsFCA issues warning to alternative investment bosses via open letter
For the UK’s status to be retained, its markets must remain clean, liquid, and orderly, letter states
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Boots Supplementary agrees £50m pension buy-in with L&G
L&G has provided investment management services to the plan for more than two decades
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Definition conundrum not a reason to ditch ESG
The difficulty of measuring ESG criteria should not be a reason to ditch the term altogether, according to the Dutch pension federation
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Carney to chair Brookfield’s asset management unit
Canadian firm spins out Brookfield Asset Management to manage the firm’s $750bn assets
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LPX launches first listed direct lending debt index
Performance benchmark is a stock index based on market prices, allowing for direct comparison with other indices
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NewsUK DB pension scheme funding proposal ‘risks corporate insolvencies, asset fire sales’
Consultants warn on ‘dramatic’ impact of new UK DB pension scheme funding rules as DWP proposal raises insolvency risks
