IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 88
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NewsPreqin buys Colmore to help clients through private market investment lifecycle
Acquisition to boost transparency in alternative assets
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UK government urged to consult LGPS pools for domestic infra boost bid
‘Onus on government to invite leading UK pension funds to the consultation table,’ says Brunel CIO
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NewsTPR executive director makes case for trustees’ energy transition influence
David Fairs disagrees trustees can do little in the face of global temperature rises
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Jewellers’ pension fund agrees £236m buy-in deal with Rothesay
Plus: Brent Group’s £3m buy-in deal with Just Group
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Brunel PP launches £2.1bn corporate bond fund
The pool received 26 tenders, ultimately choosing five potential managers for further due diligence
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NewsL&G sees 2021 pension risk transfer volumes ending up at £25bn
Around £5bn of bulk annuity transactions have been publicly declared so far this year
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NewsAccounting round-up: FRC ups enforcement, focuses on DB accounting
Plus: IASB disclosure requirements project; FRC’s feedback statement on non-financial reporting
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NewsIndustry calls on UK government to remove barriers for ‘investment big bang’
Over 80% of UK DC pension funds’ investments are in mostly listed securities, which represent only 20% of the UK’s assets
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NewsFRC fines KPMG £13m, sanctions restructuring unit partner [updated]
KPMG and Costley-Wood’s actions allowed HIG Group to snap up Silentnight out of insolvency while £100m of pension liabilities were transferred to the PPF
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London pension fund swaps investment for greener solution
This decision further excludes fossil fuel extraction companies from the scheme’s portfolio
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NewsSwiss scheme seeks adviser for multi-manager allocation of $500-800m
Plus: UK Tate Galleries seeks DC pensions provider
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Pension funds, investors set grand plan to make steel sector decarbonise
‘Business as usual no longer acceptable,’ says Sweden’s AP funds ethics chief
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NatWest Group DB scheme in 15-year ‘later living’ JV with L&G
The pension fund has also committed to acquiring all the developed fully-occupied villages outright
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NewsUK asset owners ‘take charge’ on diversity disclosure
Key component of new ’Charter’ is an asset manager diversity and inclusion questionnaire
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UK roundup: Railpen ready with internal trading desk
Plus: Resilient funding; Women’s pension pots less than half men’s
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NewsConsultants concerned about government DC consolidation drive
Government seen going ‘too far, too fast’
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NewsUK roundup: NEST to trial opt-out approach for emergency saving
Plus: British American Tobacco derisking, River and Mercantile fiduciary assets retention
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NewsUSS helps TPG Rise Climate to $5.4bn first close for inaugural fund
Investor base includes participation from multinational companies
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NewsUK dashboards programme signs up seven providers for initial testing
Between them the “potential provider coverage” is more than 30 million pensions
