IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 143
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NewsUK contribution increase ‘did not impact auto-enrolment take-up’
Rise from 2% to 5% of salary barely affected opt-out rates, according to early data from top three providers
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Joseph Mariathasan: Big decisions over China for Europe and the UK
Picking a side in the trade war ‘should be an easy decision’, Ashmore’s Jan Dehn tells Joseph Mariathasan
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Scottish Widows hands £30bn of disputed SLA mandate to BlackRock
UK banking group in talks with Schroders over management of remaining £80bn of investment and pensions assets
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Schroders targets DC default market with sustainable factor-based launch
Asset manager secures backing from UK defined contribution schemes to open ESG-tilted fund with £350m
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NewsUK announces further review of audit market competitiveness
Competition and Markets Authority to fast-track probe into continued dominance of ‘Big Four’ auditors
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NewsESG roundup: Amundi unveils plan to step up responsible investment
Plus: Canadian pensions giant teams up with Generation for long-term investments; Hope for impact reporting ‘coalescence’
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Local authority pension pool to launch £1.2bn UK equity fund
Baillie Gifford, Janus Henderson and UBS Asset Management appointed to run active equity portfolio
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BT Pension Scheme appoints former NOW: Pensions boss as CEO
Morten Nilsson was founding CEO of the UK master trust in 2012
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Nortel UK pension scheme avoids PPF with £2.4bn L&G buyout
Bulk annuity deal follows near decade of international litigation
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NewsNEST to consider physical impacts of global warming for climate fund
Climate aware fund outperforms following negative climate news stories in media
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UK pensions lifeboat fund names head of alternative credit
Sanjay Mistry joins from Mercer as PPF continues insourcing drive
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Unilever abandons restructure under pressure from shareholders
RLAM and other major shareholders had opposed “forced divestment of Unilever under a single listing”
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Chris Hitchen to chair DB scheme consolidator
Former chiefs of Railpen and Hannover Life Re join UK DB consolidator as non-execs
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EU watchdog spearheads preparations for ‘no deal’ Brexit
ESMA, EU27 regulators should have memoranda of understanding with FCA, says Steven Maijoor
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Local Pensions Partnership unveils £750m hedge fund vehicle
Property pooled vehicle planned for later this year as Berkshire begins onboarding £2bn of assets
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Why ESG ‘misunderstanding’ is a barrier to adoption
Many people discussing ESG themes ‘are still talking ethics’ instead of investment, says UK CIO
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Asset managers urge ‘immediate action’ on transaction cost methodology
Regulator should suspend and replace use of slippage cost methodology for calculating implicit transaction costs
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News30 providers exiting UK DC provision as new law enforced
Master trusts including NEST and the People’s Pension have to apply for authorisation from the Pensions Regulator from today
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Joseph Mariathasan: USS debate raises profound questions for UK DB
The debate over USS’ valuation raises deeper questions about the UK’s DB sector and how it is regulated
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PensionsEurope’s chair on Brexit, retirement age and Dutch reform
Janwillem Bouma in conversation with IPE’s sister publication Pensioen Pro
