IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 146
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NewsMandate roundup: Pension fund seeks green bond strategies via IPE Quest
Plus: €1.7bn Ircantec bond mandate, UK schemes appoint DC providers
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Dutch firms pay higher contributions to UK subsidiaries, survey finds
Average contributions are more than double level of FTSE350 counterparts
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NewsResearchers urge IASB to launch hybrid pension accounting project
Existing pension accounting rules hampering take-up of risk-sharing pension arrangements, consultants argue
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UK refuses to commit to timetable for rollout of pension dashboard
Parliament’s upper chamber hears that feasibility work is near completion but government has ‘more questions’ for industry
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Closure in the pipeline for £2bn plumbing industry pension scheme
Trustees warn that low expected asset returns mean contributions could nearly double in the years ahead
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Pension Insurance Corporation seals two more de-risking transactions
Civil Aviation Authority and 600 Group have both insured some or all of their pension liabilities
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Brexit: UK regulator warns on derivatives, reassures on passporting
Financial Conduct Authority lays out vision for transition from EU to UK rulebooks
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NewsESG engagement proposals ‘neither practical nor purposeful’: PLSA
Proposed requirement for statement on approach to member views would risk ‘greater confusion’
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Country ReportAdvisers, fiduciaries respond to ‘softer stance’ from competition regulator
But some dispute the findings of adverse effects on market and customers from the CMA
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Country ReportUK schemes must tender fiduciary contracts, competition body says
CMA finds adverse effects on market competition in investment consulting and fiduciary management sectors
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NewsFRC finds support for stewardship code to mirror section 172 duty
Support for signatories to report on how they considered wide range of stakeholders
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UK pensions sector rallies behind dashboard as government support stalls
Pensions sector unites to urge political backing for dashboard concept
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Wider stakeholders and trust at heart of revised UK corp gov code
New provision aims to enable board engagement with the workforce; FRC says formulaic pay systems should be rejected
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Royal Mail CDC plan ‘could transform UK landscape’
Work and Pensions Select Committee calls for government to enable collective DC arrangements
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NEST takes first steps into commodity investment
CoreCommodity Management to run DC provider’s first segregated mandate
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Church investors set 2023 climate engagement deadline
Companies that fail to address climate change in the next five years will be cut from the Church of England’s portfolios
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UK targets ‘enhanced equivalence’ for financial services post-Brexit
Government publishes white paper setting out negotiating position
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Country ReportRussell appointed fiduciary for Nestlé’s Dutch pension fund
€600m contract follows the termination of Nestlé’s in-house investment operations
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Accounting roundup: UK politician demands answers over BHS audit
Plus: Updated good practice guide for pension accounting; SIG faces investigation; FRC names firms under review
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UK lifeboat fund bolsters reserves despite record year for claims
The Pension Protection Fund reported a £6.7bn surplus after taking on Carillion, British Steel schemes
