All articles by Hugo Greenhalgh
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Special Report
The market: Tools in tune with the zeitgeist
2018 marks the year that exchange-traded funds (ETFs) dedicated to tracking environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues truly became mainstream
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NewsInvesco: Sovereign funds doubled alternatives exposure in six years
Alternatives now form 20% of the average portfolio of sovereign investors, up from 10% six years ago
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NewsAsset management roundup: BNPP partners with SME loan originator
Plus: Russell Investments wins transition management mandate from France’s FRR
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NewsBritish Airways wins court appeal over discretionary pension increase
Trustees of Airways Pension Scheme granted leave to appeal to Supreme Court over dispute dating from 2013
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NewsPLSA: Auto-enrolment is not enough to secure good retirement
Auto-enrolment’s success is still not enough to secure comfortable retirements for UK workers, trade body says
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Features
Managers get behind ETFs
The asset management arms of JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs have bolstered their European exchange-traded funds (ETFs) teams with a series of senior hires, throwing a spotlight on a sector overlooked by pension fund investors.
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NewsScotland proposes pooling £42bn of public pension assets
Advisory board pushes forward with long-running effort to encourage greater collaboration between 11 funds
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NewsFund manager trade body launches diversity campaign
Investment Association steps up bid to encourage more young people to work in the sector
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NewsAsset management roundup: Survey predicts ESG-related ETF boom
Plus: Old Mutual splits asset management business; HFR launches 40 smart beta benchmarks
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NewsSurvey finds limited support for commercial DB consolidators
Willis Towers Watson poll reports trustees are sceptical of the benefits of vehicles like the Pension SuperFund
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NewsUK risks ‘blind Brexit’ without financial services deal, ex-minister warns
Former European commissioner Peter Mandelson clashes with ex-IA chair Helena Morrissey over Brexit strategy
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NewsManagers back DC scheme access to illiquid markets
“Auto-enrolment is a game changer,” says trade body chief executive
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NewsBrexit: More finance firms considering transfers away from UK
Several asset managers have moved staff or assets to other EU locations ahead of Brexit
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NewsBanks help FTSE 100 pension deficit fall to just £5bn
HSBC, Santander, Barclays and Lloyds all reported a DB surplus for the first time, says Barnett Waddingham
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NewsUK government rejects call for default at-retirement option
Default decumulation products not in the spirit of pension freedoms
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Country ReportWillis Towers Watson launches bundled service for DB schemes
OneDB combines admin, actuarial and investment services to set schemes on a path to full funding – and, perhaps, consolidation
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NewsTrade war rhetoric should prompt equity rethink, say advisers
Looming tariffs on trade between China and US are a cause for pessimism among consultants and strategists
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NewsAbu Dhabi’s sovereign fund buys 21% stake in UK pension insurer
PIC has been one of the most active insurers in the UK DB de-risking space in the past 12 months
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NewsWelsh pension funds eyeing investment in tidal power project
A collaboration of Welsh public sector pension funds is considering backing a £1.3bn (€1.5bn) tidal power project. The £16bn Wales Pension Partnership (WPP) – formed by the country’s eight local authority funds – has committed to consider investing in the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project. Under the terms of ...
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NewsLow-cost investment research ‘unsustainable’, managers claim
Quality and scope of investment research is already being affected, survey finds
