IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 125
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CEO of £30bn Brunel Pension Partnership resigns
Dawn Turner was instrumental in setting up the Bristol-based asset pooling company for 10 public pension funds in the local government pension scheme
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Asset managers urged to ‘talk openly’ in support of LGBT+ staff
Follow-up report published a few days before Pride in London parade, in which investment industry employers will for the first time march together under an Investment Association banner
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PPF assets grow to £32bn but surplus hit by Kodak claim
A 5.2% investment return for 2018-19 helped boost assets but the lifeboat fund’s biggest claim dented its surplus
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Cambridge University endowment gains 8.8%; Oxford ‘flat’ for 2018
Multi-billion pound endowment funds report mixed results for private assets and listed equities
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Smiths Group secures £176m buy-in with Canada Life
FTSE 100-listed engineering firm strikes pension risk transfer deal bringing total bulk annuity value across all schemes to £1.6bn
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NewsAviva launches ethical and ESG workplace pension default strategy
Lifestyle strategy is based on Aviva ‘Stewardship’ funds in operation since 1980s that apply exclusions and engagement
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NewsStrathclyde pension fund gains 5.9%, Lothian rejigs allocation categories
Two largest Scottish local authority pension funds report on performance in the year to the end of March
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UK regulator toughens stance on poorly performing pension schemes
The UK’s Pensions Regulator (TPR) is seeking to accelerate pension scheme consolidation to raise governance standards. In a consultation paper launched today, TPR said it wanted to ensure all pension savers were in schemes with “excellent standards of governance that deliver good value” – which would mean “fewer but ...
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NewsUK to explore mandatory climate reporting for pension funds, companies
Government green finance strategy welcomed, but investors emphasise it must only be seen as a first step
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Half of FTSE 100 companies could buy out DB funds in 10 years: report
Diverting an additional 6% of profits would let 70% of FTSE 100 schemes buy out within a decade, says Barnett Waddingham
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UK pension fund figures sign climate impact pledge
Signatories pledge to push asset managers to engage with investee companies about their impact on climate and plans to transition to a low-carbon future
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British Steel buyout ‘could affect pension insurance market capacity’
British Steel Pension Scheme trustees are reportedly in early stage talks regarding a pension risk transfer deal to secure the pensions of its 81,000 members
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NewsFRC board warns over government delays to budget sign-off
Delays to agreeing the audit regulator’s budget for 2019-20 could hamper work on the transition to the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority
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Special Report
Liability Strategies - Consolidator funds: New tools, new models
Can consolidator funds provide an additional tool for UK pension schemes approaching the defined benefit endgame?
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Special ReportCommentary: The endgame
UK pension funds should consider nine dimensions as they move to deris
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FeaturesAdequacy: the all-important question
How do you measure success when it comes to pension reform? In the UK, it is clear that the government measures the success of auto-enrolment by some numbers, but not others.
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Politician demands answers over regulator’s oversight of USS
Frank Field writes to the Pensions Regulator as dispute emerges between UK’s largest pension fund and a former trustee over valuation concerns
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NewsUK regulator sets out climate change investment guidance for DC schemes
TPR also urges trustees to consider the liquidity requirements of their members as spotlight falls on daily dealing investment funds
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NOW: Pensions CEO exits as part of Cardano acquisition
Troy Clutterbuck steps down after two years leading one of the UK’s biggest multi-employer defined contribution schemes
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NewsNorthern Trust transfers private equity blockchain tech to Broadridge
Broadridge will develop technology ‘to provide data and analytics tools connecting private equity lifecycle for all market participants’
