IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 61
-
Special ReportOutlook – Europe and the world: UK launches its own approach to green investment
The focus is on financial regulation rather than economic policy to drive decarbonisation
-
FeaturesBlackRock executive pegs inequality with new opportunity index
“Inequality is both a risk and an opportunity that should be measured,” says Gavin Lewis in a conversation about his book ‘The Opportunity Index: A solution-based framework to dismantle the racial wealth gap’. Growing up in a single parent household without a father in Tottenham, a predominantly black area of London with high poverty levels, Lewis is well qualified to have a view on inequality. But as a managing director at BlackRock, is he also an example of the exception that proves the rule?
-
FeaturesCareer development: Reaching to the next generation in pensions
Pensions can be seen as a dry industry, but an array of initiatives is seeking to support younger professionals
-
NewsFTSE 350 DB pensions schemes shift £5bn deficit to £38bn surplus
But ’there is every chance that 2022 will be a last hurrah for cash injections into DB schemes’, says WTW
-
NewsUK government seeks further views on LGPS changes
The final regulations are expected to come into force on 1 October 2023
-
NewsAP7 hands LGIM large active climate-transition equities mandate
Swedish pensions giant says new partnership is first time it has combined a focus on firms able to transition with active ownership
-
NewsPension professionals increasingly dissatisfied with pensions policy, says PMI
However, there is scope for improvement, according to the Institute
-
NewsNew PPF proposals would represent ‘seismic changes’ to UK pensions landscape
Plans would mean ‘struggling’ DB schemes could choose to opt-in to the Pension Protection Fund
-
NewsNEST advances into private markets as AUM reach £30bn
‘NEST needed an investment framework in place that could rapidly grow’, says Liz Fernando, NEST’s CIO
-
NewsChurch of England posts 5% return amid volatile market
Despite ‘challenging environment for financial markets’ Church Commissioners delivered positive investment return
-
NewsValue over cost, says new UK pensions regulator chief
’Our position is clear: no saver should be in a poorly performing scheme that doesn’t offer value for money,’ says Nausicaa Delfas
-
NewsInstitutional group set to tackle pension inequalities in the UK
‘Doing nothing is not an option,’ says NOW: Pensions
-
NewsUK roundup: Brunel updates climate policy following review
Plus: Smart Pension reaches £3bn in total assets amid market consolidation; Timpson pension fund signs buy-in deal with Just Group
-
NewsLCP sets up climate risk tool for pension scheme stakeholders
The firm is urging trustees to carefully analyse company business plans and forecasts
-
NewsAMNT calls on UK government to help lay trustees reach full potential
‘Downgrading the role of member nominated trustees, whose only interest is the best outcome for members, would seem to be a retrograde and potentially harmful step,’ says AMNT co-chair
-
NewsBrunel Pension Partnership calls for constructive dialogue on long-term interests
Concerns have been raised about a perceived misalignment between long-term interests and how investment managers are exercising proxy voting
-
Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Australian-style reforms can unlock green growth and boost pension performance
Rewriting UK pension rules could unlock green growth, directing much-needed investment into sustainable infrastructure
-
NewsIgnoring ESG factors is not an option for trustees, says The Pensions Regulator
There have been concerns on the implementation risks of greenwashing and the potential for ‘greenhushing’, among others
-
NewsUK roundup: British Steel Pension Scheme in £2.7bn buy-in deal
Plus: DWP opens auto-enrolment consultation for defined benefit schemes; Direct Line Group Pension Trustee picks LifeSight as master trust provider
-
NewsOverall LGPS funding level up to 107%, says report
Improved funding positions have meant that schemes have been able to reduce the level of contribution rates
