IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 97
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NewsEC’s sustainable governance play: Asset owners wary of potential snags
A good EU legal framework would help to institutionalise the process of just climate transition, says UK’s LAPFF
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New UK centre aims to ‘transform availability of climate data in finance’
Asset owners lent their backing to the Centre for Greening Finance and Investment
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NewsDB lifeboat fund strikes first direct deal in UK social housing
Pension Protection Fund says investment ‘showcases our in-house expertise and capabilities’
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NewsMajor UK pensions bill becomes law
Much detail to be sorted out in secondary regulation and guidance, talk of further bill soon, too
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UK roundup: £1trn of DB pension risk to be insured by 2031, says Hymans
Plus: Graphic Packaging International switches fiduciary manager; BlackRock LTPC to acquire pensions software provider
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Universities scheme eyes ABS debut amid in-house fixed income boost
‘We are taking more of these mandates in house which means we are able to do more to invest the scheme’s assets at a lower cost than paying an external manager’
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NewsBorder to Coast invests £370m in private equity funds
These commitments provide exposure to operational value add, buy and build, mid-market, healthcare, technology, Asia, distressed and co-investments
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Trustees are lowest paid in pension scheme management: PwC survey
The average pay of a trustee who is not a board chair, but is likely to have additional responsibilities such as chairing a sub-committee, is £30,000 a year
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NewsUK roundup: Mowlem scheme avoids lifeboat fund with £150m L&G buyout
Plus: NEST chooses administrator for digital future-focussed scheme
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Asset owners advised to demand ESG engagement escalation policies
Charity investor calls for ESG market to plug ‘serious gaps or risk credibility’
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NewsACCESS LGPS pool adds £5.5bn via seven new sub-funds
Seven new externally managed funds cover global equities and bonds
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NewsPIRC tackles IAASB over audit expectation gap
‘Auditors have substantial obligations in relation to detecting fraud in an audit, regardless of the expectation gap’
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Mandate roundup: Swiss scheme seeks passive bond manager for $1bn
Plus: Another Swiss fund issues an RFI on €4.1bn currency overlay brief; UK local authority awards property mandate
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NewsUK roundup: Smart Pension to provide platform to Barclays clients and employees
Plus: PPF launches consultation on actuarial assumptions; UK DB schemes’ health surpasses pre-COVID-19 levels
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USS’s asset management arm names new strategic equities head
The current £11.4bn portfolio overseen by transition manager BlackRock will be taken back in house
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InterviewsHow we run our money: Local Pensions Partnership
Chris Rule (pictured), CEO of the £19.7bn Local Pensions Partnership (LPP), speaks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about building an in-house investment management outfit
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Features
Accounting Matters: Auditing the auditors
There is widespread consensus that the audit sector is not fulfilling its potential, and that previous attempts at reform have been ineffective. As the impact of high quality audit goes far beyond the boardroom, when pension funds rely on audited financial statements for their capital allocation decisions, it is ultimately their individual members’ capital that is at risk.
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: David Neal, IFM Investors
While COVID-19 continues to hit the global economy, governments are looking to infrastructure as a way to create future employment and sustain the eventual economic recovery
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FeaturesFixed Income, Rates, Currencies: Same again in 2021?
The relief from the farewells to 2020, and welcoming a Brexit trade deal, has waned in the face of rising COVID-19 infection rates. There have also been further lockdowns across swathes of Northern Europe as well as in Japan, Thailand, and South Africa to name a few. The vaccine-generated light at the end of the tunnel which appeared last year, seems rather distant, and possibly dimmer too.
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NewsInvestment consultants offer guide to assessing their climate competency
‘Trustees need to know their advisers are on the front foot’
