IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 112
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News500-plus UK employers expected to delay pension deficit payments
First estimate from LCP is that around £500m will be held back
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NewsLCP sees ‘net neutral’ COVID-19 effect on 2020 buy-in/out volumes
Consultancy estimates £25bn of deals this year
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Railpen finds new chief fiduciary officer at Denmark’s ATP
Mads Gosvig fills gap left by internal shuffle last November
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NewsPPF DB index funding level dips 0.7 percentage points in March
114 more schemes are in deficit than at the end of February, according to new UK DB lifeboat fund figures
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Smurfit Kappa UK appoints River and Mercantile for £1.16bn
The contract includes a fiduciary management mandate for £630m and an LDI brief worth £530m
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NewsAsset manager roundup: Neuberger Berman to make pre-AGM vote disclosures
US asset manager claims pioneering status with advance proxy vote disclosure initiative
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NewsUK roundup: Co-op selects PIC for another £400m buy-in deal
Plus: Brunel PP appoints CACEIS for cost transparency contract
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London CIV hires permanent CIO from LGPS Central
Pool also announces head of responsible investment and client relations director appointments
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PLSA gives AGM voting guidance for COVID-19 context
Association’s move follows newsflow about company workforce, executive pay decisions
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NewsDashboards group issues progress report, input calls to follow
Stakeholder engagement will come ‘when the time is right’
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NewsTesco to make £2.5bn pension deficit plugging contribution
This and other measures also expected to reduce prospect of making further deficit contributions
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UK asset manager body sets out stall on dividend decisions
‘Our members are not here to take short-term decisions or capitalise on companies or people in distress’
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Border to Coast starts first fixed income fund
Insight Investments, M&G Investments and Royal London Asset Management have been selected to run the fund
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Schemes warned of emerging COVID-19 private equity risks
PE firms may not be able to access government SME COVID-19 support packages for individual portfolio companies
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UK publisher seeks pension deficit contribution deferral talks
Company says all stakeholders need to play their part
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NewsUK roundup: DC operator furloughs staff; Six de-risk in March
Also: The People’s Pension changes charging structure for COVID-19 cushioning effect
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NewsUK roundup: RPI reform impacts; cost transparency system live
PPI quantifies various potential impacts of RPI reform; Monitoring system launched for LGPS cost transparency code
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USS to stay the course with 2020 valuation despite funding stresses
Value of universities scheme’s assets this month fell from £74bn to as low as £64.3bn
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Actuaries join forces to form COVID-19 ‘response group’
Group prizes agility, responsiveness in face of what ‘could well be humanity’s burning platform for change’
