IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 15
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NewsUK extends investment research payment optionality to pooled funds
New rules remove huge potential roadblock to the return to client-funded research budgets
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NewsAQA Education completes £120m full scheme buy-in with Rothesay
The transaction insures the benefits of all 869 scheme members, comprising 471 pensioners and dependants, as well as 398 deferred members
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NewsWales Pension Partnership launches £25bn pooled investment company
The company will consolidate assets of 22 local authority pension funds representing 412,000 members
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AnalysisIPE UK Briefing: Green light to six ‘fit-for-the-future’ pitches from investment pools
Plus: Pension dashboards, small post consolidator and multi-employer CDC
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NewsUK’s TPT to launch collective defined contribution pension fund
Authorisation for the multi-employer CDC fund is expected by the end of 2026, with TPT also planning bespoke single-employer CDC schemes for larger businesses
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NewsCancer Research UK pension fund in £280m buy-in with Standard Life
Th fund worked closely with Standard Life to meet its de-risking objectives and secure the buy-in deal through a ‘bespoke’ offering
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NewsUK market at ‘inflection point’ for tackling systemic risks, says report
But panellist describes systemic risk as another term that is ‘bandied about’ without being clearly understood
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NewsBritish Growth Partnership takes first step with regulatory nod for third-party arm
The British Growth Partnership creation was announced at the International Investment Summit in October 2024
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NewsBrunel Pension Partnership exceeds pooling aims as it explores options
The investment pool has been told to merge with another as UK government rejects its proposed business case
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NewsPrudential Regulation Authority puts funded reinsurance use high on agenda
Regulator to increase transparency of insurer life stress test by publishing both sector-wide and firm-specific stress test results for largest UK life insurers
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NewsLGPS Central launches stewardship service to ease governance burden
Mandate announced by the pool in January 2025
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NewsBulk purchase annuity transactions hit record number in 2024
298 bulk purchase annuity transactions were completed in 2024, an increase from 227 in 2023
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NewsSSGA launches opt-in sustainability stewardship service
New service is available globally to institutional separately-managed accounts that ‘prioritise achieving sustainability outcomes’
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NewsUK pension funds brace for surge in member enquiries as dashboard rollout begins
WTW polled 68 pension schemes on challenges expected ahead of the pensions dashboard launch
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Country ReportUK country report 2025: Defined benefit pension schemes face surplus unlock dilemma
Defined benefit pension schemes could face some tough decisions on how to deal with surpluses if planned legislative changes to ease access come into effect
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Special ReportImpact investing evolves amid strong demand
Private credit is attracting the attention of investors with impact objectives, while strategies in public equities have a clearer framework to lean on
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Country ReportVirtue or folly? UK pension funds eye domestic market investments
Canada, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and Australia all have considerable pension assets invested in their local economies – is it time for the UK to follow suit?
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Special ReportReforms needed for European push towards blended finance
European supranational institutions have been among the driving forces behind blended finance, but scaling up the involvement of the continent’s risk-averse institutional investors remains challenging
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Country ReportUK government pushes for further consolidation of Local Government Pension Scheme pools
The Labour government has laid down the gauntlet for the existing eight pools managing almost £400bn of local government pension assets to consolidate further
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Country ReportInnovation reshapes the UK pension risk transfer market
Spurred on by improved DB scheme funding, the market has seen both new entrants and returnees
