IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 141
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NewsLife expectancy will continue to fall in 2019: KPMG
Longevity swap contracts could be ‘out of the money’ given major shifts in data on life expectancy, warns accountancy group
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Mandate roundup: Ircantec awards five mandates worth €2.8bn [updated]
Plus: German church fund awards currency overlay mandate to Metzler; Italian education workers’ scheme shakes up manager line-up; Hampshire hires JP Morgan
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Stagecoach sues UK government over pension-related rail franchise ban
The transport company is taking legal action after it was banned from three franchises for refusing to take on funding risk related to Railpen
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Cost transparency firm hails quartet of ‘exceptional’ asset managers [updated]
Chris Sier’s ClearGlass highlights four stand-out performers from 105 manager interactions – although another five have failed to provide data
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UK public pension pool allocates $60m to private equity impact fund
Allocation made on behalf of four of Brunel Pension Partnership’s local government pension scheme clients as impact investing appetite grows
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Investors urge UK to act on 2050 zero emissions target advice
The UK’s business and energy secretary has pledged that the government ‘will do more’ amid grpwing investor pressure for action
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NewsUK charities facing ‘double whammy’ as pension deficits climb
Hymans Robertson has urged charity DB fund trustees to assess options for securing covenants or consolidating
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Susan Martin exits Local Pensions Partnership
CEO has resigned after three years in charge of the local government pooling vehicle
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UK pools slam ‘simplistic’ guidance
UK local authority funds have accused the government of imposing higher costs through changes in its stance towards asset pooling.
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FeaturesForeign pension funds set for tax refunds on UK property income
A recent ruling by the UK Tax Tribunal decided that the imposition of UK income tax on the property income of a German pension scheme was unlawful under EU law
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InterviewsHow we run our money: Railpen
Andrea Ash (pictured), investment director at RPMI Railpen, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the UK pension fund’s private markets strategy
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UK roundup: Carillion DC schemes join Willis Towers Watson’s master trust
Plus: Capita’s DC master trust allocates £320m to Schroders sustainable multi-factor fund; L&G backs £95m 3i pension buy-in
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NewsLGPS to create compliance system for cost transparency code
Compliance and reporting system would be accompanied by policy for delisting
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Debenhams schemes enter PPF assessment, cash increase agreed
Assessment period triggered by CVAs, creditor meeting scheduled for 9 May
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News‘Perfect storm’ brewing over NHS pensions [updated]
Doctors’ association warns tax and pensions rules may drive clinicians to cut NHS working hours
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NewsPeers call for removal of triple lock on UK state pension
Committee in the House of Lords recommend indexing state pension only to average earnings
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UK roundup: Regulator warns trustees over chairperson statements
Plus: UK pensioners increasingly reliant on state benefits, brisk start to UK pension risk transfer market
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Local authority pension funds back UK audit market reform proposals
But long-standing critics rue missed opportunities
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FCA chief outlines post-Brexit 'same outcome, lower burden' vision
Exact outcome would depend on process of equivalence
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LGPS funds face more change as governance consultation launched
Hymans Robertson has put four options for structural reform to LGPS staff and stakeholders
