IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 85
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Fujitsu General UK scheme in buy-in deal with Aviva
The deal secures DB liabilities of £7.7m (€9m) for all deferred plan members and their dependants
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USS to consider JNC decision as union warns of industrial action
Negotiating committee decides to progress employers’ proposal for USS changes
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NewsUK lifeboat fund confirms COVID levy payment window extension
Schemes and sponsoring employers can apply for the payment extension within 28 days of receiving their levy notice
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NewsPensions association calls for focus on next regs of CMP schemes
The current scope of regulations includes single employers and connected employers
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Special ReportRisk transfer: A story of pent-up demand
Next year’s transaction values could exceed 2019’s record as trustees’ attention turns to future longevity
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Asset Class ReportsUK Micro Caps: Below the line of abandonment
Kestrel Partners exploits a structural inefficiency in the UK’s micro-cap market
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Opinion PiecesPolicy underpins action
Politicians in a variety of different places understandably want to harness the capital of institutional investors. Dutch and UK politicians in particular have made no secret of their desire for local pension funds to invest for domestic ends.
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InterviewsHow we run our money: The People’s Pension
In a valedictory interview, Nico Aspinall, outgoing CIO of The People’s Pension, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about running one of UK’s largest occupational defined contribution pension schemes
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Special ReportUK: Funding challenges amid continued market uncertainty
The UK’s pension regulator emphasises the need for schemes to focus on long-term planning, transparency and risk management
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AnalysisAnalysis: Trustee tactics for takeovers
UK merger and acquisition activity is buoyant, with £6.1bn-worth of domestic companies acquired by foreign entities in the first quarter of 2021
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Covenant group raises confidentiality concerns about climate reporting
ECPA, Redington also say it should be clear that divestment not an expectation
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NewsUnderstanding COVID mortality effect ‘top of pension scheme agendas’
Consultancy weights effect of impact on life expectancy on endgame timings
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NewsUK’s NEST launches private equity procurement for £1.5bn allocation
Government-backed DC scheme looking for ‘innovative’ ways to access private equity, with focus on growth segment
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TPR to take longer over code of practice given feedback, impact
Regulator says it has listened to concerns over limits on unregulated investments and timeframe for new ORA
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Morrisons trustees warn takeover bids would ‘materially weaken’ schemes
CD&R ‘understands and accepts’ that trustees expect talks about additional security
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NewsUK’s NEST selects strategic investment research firm
DC master trust is separately on the search for climate change research services
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NewsPPI sets out plan for framework for analysing UK pension changes
Research charity says its planned UK pensions framework will fill an important research gap
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BT Pension Scheme sells remaining stake in fund manager Hermes
£57.5bn pension scheme remains significant client of Federated Hermes
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Tyne & Wear scheme committee proposes restructure in 2021-2024 plan
The transfer of assets to Border to Coast will exclude all assets in passive indexed investment vehicles
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NewsUK pension pool sees EM equity investments exceed £1bn
The EM equity fund will track the FTSE Emerging Index with the China specialists benchmarked against the FTSE China Index
