IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 115
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Opinion PiecesNasty problems can be overcome
The Nobel laureate Bill Sharpe once called defined contribution (DC) decumulation the “nastiest, hardest problem in finance”.
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Special ReportValue and Costs: UK workplace pensions – measuring the unmeasurable?
The UK’s FCA is seeking feedback from the financial services industry on its plans to work out a definition of value for money
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AnalysisUK DB: Pushback over UK proposals for ‘one size fits all’ funding code
Not long before the UK went into its COVID-19 lockdown this March, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) launched the first of a two-stage consultation on a revised defined benefit (DB) funding code.
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FeaturesPensions first in move toward UK mandatory climate risk reporting
Mandatory reporting in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has long been a topic of discussion in the UK. It is almost hard to believe that a definitive move to make it policy is only a few months fresh.
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FeaturesAccounting Matters - UK DB pension schemes: One step forward, two steps back
As sometimes happens with Easter, one of the surveys of the UK pensions accounting landscape from consultants Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) was later than usual. And, like an Easter egg, this keenly awaited overview of the net funding position of FTSE 100 defined benefit (DB) pension schemes comes in two halves.
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InterviewsStrategically Speaking: Insight Investment
Insight Investment’s asset management roots are in the structural shift over the past two decades to closed-book defined benefit (DB) pensions in the UK and elsewhere.
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NewsBorder to Coast secures £1bn in private equity commitments
The Partnership has been able to access ‘high quality’ investments due to its collective size
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NewsPPF drops multi-year levy approach given COVID-19 uncertainty
Flags possible ‘substantial’ effects of COVID-19 on levy scores for 2022/23 payment period
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IAS 1 faces UK endorsement challenge, LAPFF warns FRC
Once the UK leaves EU institutions at the end of this year, accounting standards will be handled by a new UK endorsement body
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NewsLGIM launches ‘one stop solution’ for smaller DB schemes
‘NavGuide’ offers complete investment service from portfolio design through to buyout
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‘Largest ever’ asset manager ESG evaluation launched
Initiative being launched for the benefit of UK pension schemes and broader transparency
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NewsUK roundup: DC assets continue to grow despite pandemic turmoil
Plus: PLSA vote reporting templates; Hymans Robertson scheme launches new default option
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NewsMandate roundup: LGPS pool names MAC specialist managers
Plus: Swiss plan tenders out $200-400m emerging market small cap mandate, Record lands $8bn mandate
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NewsCheshire scheme revamps climate strategy
The fund’s total equities portfolio is approximately 30% more carbon efficient than the FTSE All World index
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LCP calls sponsors to work closely with trustees to consider superfunds
The buyout demand may outstrip market capacity, forcing schemes to remain in the funding regime for significantly longer than anticipated
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Hymans calls on trustees to consider commercial consolidators
DB scheme members of weaker employers have 50% chance of benefits cuts
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PKA and PenSam buy into UK electric trains PPP in €460m deal
Danish pension fund pair buy John Laing’s 30% stake in Agility Trains East
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NewsUK pension schemes ‘over-dependent’ on equity performance, says WTW
‘Simply putting all your eggs in one basket and hoping for unlikely events will not be enough to solve the funding gap’
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NewsPartnership sets up UK coalition for carbon accounting
Financial firms ‘must measure and report the emissions generated by the companies they invest in and lend to’
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LPP investment arm creates new due diligence role
Jadeja will work across all the asset classes in conjunction with LPPI’s specialist portfolio management teams
