IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 106
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NewsAon: DC schemes re-evaluate operation models amid pandemic
For some schemes the main focus has been on the immediate challenges COVID-19 has brought
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NewsCoronavirus sees UK dividends take record beating in Q2
176 companies cancelled dividends, 30 cut them in ‘biggest hit to dividends in generations’
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Asset owners targeted investment costs during crisis, say data firms
“In the pandemic, you focus on the things you can manage,” says ClearGlass chair
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BTPS keen for big voice in ESG/fixed income debate, says CEO
Credit rating agencies should step up their game on ESG, Nilsson says
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LGPS Central’s Segars extols resilience after lockdown fund launch
Asset managers with poor diversity won’t make it onto our books, UK pensions pool tells IPE event
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NewsUSS bullish on shared ownership housing, debuts with £300m debt facility
Investment ticks multiple boxes for the Universities Superannuation Scheme, including making a social impact
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NewsMaster trusts set for further adoption as companies’ main DC vehicle
Increased use of master trusts has been more at expense of own-trust-based DC schemes than contract-based schemes
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Financial firms to get black students’ input on their diversity work
Redington leading intiative also involving the likes of Aon, Invesco, LCP, Lincoln Pensions, and Wellington
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UK pension infrastructure platform to be acquired by Foresight
Entire Pensions Infrastructure Platform team to transfer to Foresight
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NewsBrazil ministers meet investors to discuss deforestation fears
Meeting follows open letter backed by many heavyweight investors
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BT Pension Scheme names head of sustainable investment
Victoria Barron joins from Newton Investment Management
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NewsLarge cap value, global HY mandates put out to tender via IPE Quest
Scandi pension fund and UK-based institutional investor are behind the searches
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UK roundup: Rally planned to protest proposed Nissan DB closure
Plus: Publisher to resume deficit contributions, Prudential hails ‘vibrancy’ in UK bulk annuity market
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Considerations around consolidation vehicles
Much of the debate around consolidation vehicles thus far has focused on the comparison between the security provided by consolidators and that provided by a traditional insurance company.
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UBS UK pension scheme enters into £1.4bn longevity hedge
DB scheme looking to ‘reduce uncertainties’ as it approaches maturity
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NewsCompanies behaving badly will be post-crisis losers, say USS, BTPS
Universities’ scheme shifts to UK bonds after US debt soars
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Strathclyde backs new life sciences venture fund
‘This is an equity investment which balances our portfolio in terms of diversification’
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£900m in new UK pension allocations to climate-tilted tracker funds
UBS UK’s DC scheme and Tyne & Wear DB scheme invest in UBS AM, LGIM funds
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Peers vote for separate regulatory approach to open DB schemes
Amendment addresses risk of open plans being forced to de-risk prematurely
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UK roundup: Survey points to annual ‘tax drag’ of up to £250m
Plus: 120-member scheme secures all benefits with L&G buyout; Analytics platform boosted with GMP feature
