All articles by Gill Wadsworth
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Country Report
UK: Growing pains
Gill Wadsworth surveys the UK’s growing DC pension market, whose assets look set to exceed those of DB funds by 2018
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Country Report
UK: No more ‘set and forget’
Gill Wadsworth examines current practice among UK pension funds and their trustees in the management of liability risk
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Special Report
Europe's Pension Consultants: Playing the long game
With so many pressures to focus on the short term, consultants are having to craft more sophisticated investment advice – and in some cases, re-think business models – to help clients attain their long-term objectives. Gill Wadsworth reports
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Special Report
Europe's Pension Consultants: The professionals
Gill Wadsworth looks at the success of independent trustees in the UK and plans to promote them in the Netherlands, and examines their working relationship with pension consultants
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NewsLocal authority pension funds on brink of unique collaboration
Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire councils say agreement could cut fund management costs.
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News
AllianceBernstein dropped as manager of £200m mandate by local government scheme
Suffolk County Council draws up manager shortlist for timber, infrastructure mandates.
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Special Report
Fiduciary Management: Slow burn
A few early adopters have embraced fiduciary management in the UK. Gill Wadsworth asks whether they were wise to do so
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NewsCumbrian scheme ends 10-year relationship with Capita
UK – The £1.3bn (€1.46bn) Cumbrian County Council pension scheme has ended a decade-long administration relationship with Capita in favour of linking up with a fellow local authority scheme.
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NewsBorough of Lambeth terminates contracts with managers [amended]
UK – The £720m (€820.5m) London Borough of Lambeth pension scheme is understood to be ending contracts with UBS Global Asset Management, AllianceBernstein and Aberdeen Asset Managers.
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NewsHutton's interim report receives warm welcome from industry
UK – Lord Hutton's interim report on UK public sector pension reform has generally been welcomed by the pensions industry, with commentators recognising the difficult balancing act between protecting employees' pension rights and ensuring the system is sustainable and affordable.
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NewsLord Hutton sets sights on 'fundamentally unfair' final salary pensions
UK – The UK government has published its interim report on public sector pensions reform, setting out the case for ending final salary benefits and moving to provision based on career averages.
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NewsBrent pension scheme sets sights on infrastructure, 'green' private equity
UK – The London Borough of Brent's £453m (€520m) pension scheme has allocated 5% of its portfolio to infrastructure investments and made a renewed commitment to clean energy private equity projects.
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NewsUK Pensions Regulator reveals reasons for going after Lehman Brothers
UK – The UK Pensions Regulator's determination panel has revealed the reasons behind decisions to pursue Lehman Brothers' parent company for financial support for the investment bank's insolvent pension scheme.
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NewsStrathclyde Pension Fund terminates mandate, puts other managers on alert
UK – One of the UK's largest local authority pension schemes has terminated a mandate with Aberdeen Property Investors and put several other fund managers on alert.
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NewsNeuberger Berman targets pension funds with emerging market equities fund
GLOBAL – Asset manager Neuberger Berman is targeting European pension schemes with an emerging market equities fund proffering diversification from developed markets.
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Country ReportUK: A pension coalition
The UK’s new coalition government was as quick to tackle the tricky issue of pensions policy as it was surprisingly quick in its formation. Gill Wadsworth outlines the issues under consideration
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Country Report
UK: Questions of governance
The regulator, associations and funds themselves are increasingly grappling with the issue of pension fund governance, writes Gill Wadsworth
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Country Report
UK: Risk…or de-risk
While the market for bulk annuities and partial buy-outs continues to grow, many funds have not even started to hedge interest rate or inflation risk, finds Gill Wadsworth
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NewsLPFA looks to expand responsible investment policy
UK – The £3.8bn (€4.6bn) London Pensions Fund Authority is to roll out is environmental, social and governance (ESG) program, introducing a more systematic approach to responsible investment.
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NewsUK Roundup: TUC on NEST, Royal British Legion appoints Hewitt
UK – The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has warned government against backtracking on plans for auto-enrolment, claiming it would consign another generation to pensioner poverty.
