IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 130
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NewsLDI market breaches £1trn as smaller schemes join hedging trend
XPS Investment attributes most of 2018 growth to new mandates, mainly from smaller schemes
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Pension dashboard: UK to force pension funds to provide data
Government urges schemes to prepare their systems and records for introduction of dashboards in next few years
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UK asset manager body rejects FRC’s proposed stewardship definition
Investment Association calls for ‘careful redrafting’ of proposed new stewardship code
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UK pension fund body targets consolidation in strategy update
Pensions dashboard, cost transparency and improving standards placed at the centre of four-year plan
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NewsMore DC master trusts approved as UK authorisation window shuts
TPR says 30 applications submitted and another 10 have been granted extensions to 31 March deadline
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Asset managers seek to close 31% gender pay gap
Investment Association chief calls industry figures ‘sobering’
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Commerzbank UK scheme insures DB and DC sections for £1.2bn
Also: Rothesay Life backs £110m buyout of electronics company pension plan
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NewsUK public funds hit out at ‘simplistic’ pooling guidance
Central government accused of imposing higher costs in new guidance for pooling of LGPS assets
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Country ReportMercer parent completes $5.6bn JLT acquisition
Transaction sealed after JLT agreed to sell its aerospace insurance brokerage
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FeaturesWhat’s in a number?
There has been much hand wringing among UK actuaries and pension scheme managers about the impact of a recent court ruling requiring certain pension benefits to be paid equally to men and women
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FeaturesPension fund consolidators enjoy strong growth
Efforts to increase scale and improve efficiencies across the European pension fund sector are gathering pace, new data shows – but schemes still face hurdles
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NewsFCA finalises ‘no-deal’ rules as parliament rejects Brexit agreement again
UK regulator publishes final rulebook for EU exit transition and reaffirms information-sharing agreement with SEC
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NewsAP funds and Church of England to tackle global mining regulations
Swedish and UK asset owners to represent PRI and create international standards in wake of Brazil tragedy
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Goldman Sachs fined £34m for MiFID reporting breaches
Second multi-million penalty levied this month by UK regulator for transaction reporting failures
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UK’s largest scheme names chief pension officer
Helen McEwan joins Universities Superannuation Scheme having previously been at Aegon
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DC master trust exits UK market as authorisation deadline looms
Auto-enrolment providers have until 31 March to submit their applications to the regulator or request a six-week extension
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UK lawmakers urge asset owners to act on executive pay
BEIS committee says main responsibility for bringing about change lies with asset owners, not asset managers
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NewsLondon pension pool appoints infrastructure manager
London CIV names StepStone as first infrastructure manager for local authority pension assets
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Politicians warn on UK audit sector’s Brexit preparations
‘UK law must prevail’ if there is a clash between UK and international standards, peers say
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NewsPension funds call for clear-out at UK audit regulator
Local Authority Pension Fund Forum demands government conduct a swift clear out of the FRC’s senior ranks
