Consolidation
In-depth reporting on consolidation within the pensions and investments industry for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists
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NewsLGPS Central assets under management grow to £44.9bn
The UK investment pool invests £11.1bn in the UK and claims to have delivered £115m in gross cost savings for its partner funds since inception
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NewsBorder to Coast could see £45bn added to assets under management
Seven LGPS funds signal intention to join Border to Coast and create new collaborative partnership, potentially elevating Border to Coast’s AUM to £110bn
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NewsItalian pensions regulator urges consolidation amid structural challenges
Italy’s pensions regulator recently placed the pension fund for newspaper workers under special administration and is pushing for a merger with Fondo Pensione Byblos
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Country ReportItalian pension funds consolidation grinds to a halt
Mergers between pension funds have been too few to have an impact on the Italian pension industry
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Asset Class ReportsViewpoints: Asset managers prepare for global credit slump
Leading asset managers speak out on the contingency plans needed to ensure resilience in the next credit downturn
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: UK pension reform promises hang on data innovation
But it will fall to industry to address the grim state of pensions portability, says Max Lack of Heka Global
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NewsLGPS: ‘strong, cohesive’ oversight to be more important going forward
‘Fund officers must hold pools accountable, particularly during periods of underperformance’, says head of pensions at Lincolnshire County Council
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NewsFinding new pooling arrangement will be costly, challenging for ‘orphaned’ LGPS funds
21 LGPS pension funds are now looking for a new home after UK government delivered pooling verdict
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Special ReportWill the asset management industry automatically benefit from consolidation?
Views from the top: Thirteen leading asset managers talked to IPE for the Top 500 Asset Managers Report
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NewsSwiss collective pension funds gain ground, but individualisation threatens solidarity
Consolidation trend among smaller schemes continues: number of Swiss Pensionskassen falls dramatically – from 4,000 in the 1990s to just over 1,300 today
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NewsUK government sets out indicative timeline for pensions reform
DWP launches roadmap setting out UK’s provisional plan to implement reforms across DC and DB workplace pensions
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NewsAP1 chief lauds team spirit as Swedish parliament seals buffer fund’s fate
Minister says having fewer AP funds will make it easier to follow up and evaluate their operations
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NewsUK biggest funds renew call for investment independence
Outsourcing investment decisions to the government or regulators would be ‘seriously damaging’, asset owners warn
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Country ReportUK government pushes for further consolidation of Local Government Pension Scheme pools
The Labour government has laid down the gauntlet for the existing eight pools managing almost £400bn of local government pension assets to consolidate further
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NewsAlmenni and Lífsverk eye merger to create Iceland’s fifth-biggest pension fund
Negotiations at early stage, say funds, aiming to complete talks by the summer
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NewsSweden names duo to oversee Stockholm, Gothenburg AP fund mergers
Eva-Lena Norgren, Niklas Johansson appointed as coordinators of the complex upcoming national pension fund fusions
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AnalysisSweden: What you need to know about the changes to the AP funds
Sweden’s SEK2trn buffer funds system is set for major change as the number of funds shrinks to three
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AnalysisLGPS pools push back against Rachel Reeves ‘megafund’ plans
ACCESS, Wales Pensions Partnership and Northern LGPS pushed back against government proposals
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NewsNumber of DC funds in UK falls below 1,000
‘Our DC landscape report is further evidence of the evolution towards a pensions market of fewer, larger pension schemes,’ says Nausicaa Delfas, TPR’s chief
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Opinion PiecesRetail superannuation funds gain favour
A three-way battle is raging for control of Insignia Financial, the third-largest retail super fund in Australia’s A$4.1trn (€2.5trn) superannuation sector.
