IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 142
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NewsUK roundup: Cost disclosure tool signs up 30 clients
Plus: BoAML pension fund secures £400m buy-in with Scottish Widows
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UK roundup: PPF sets out three-year goals for innovation, efficiency
Plus: Debenhams schemes stay out of PPF; ‘Significant minority’ of firms support CDC; DB funding level falls over Q1
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Chart of the Week: Auto-enrolment boosts UK pension coverage
As minimum contributions rise from 5% to 8% of salary, fresh data reveals the transformative nature of auto-enrolment in the UK
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British Airways settles six-year dispute with pension fund
Airways Pension Scheme trustees can reintroduce discretionary benefit increases after funding position improves
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NewsAccounting roundup: Guidance issued on pension equality costs
Plus: Hybrid pension plan accounting; Politicians call for break up of ‘big four’; FRC publishes draft plan and budget
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NewsUK and Australia agree post-Brexit regulatory co-operation
MoUs follow agreements with US and EU regulators as leaders prepare to discuss Article 50 extension
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Scottish Widows insures £830m of liabilities in two bulk annuity deals [updated]
Also: KPMG targets small DB schemes with collective pension risk transfer process
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Moody’s: No-deal Brexit ‘manageable’ for EU asset managers
Asset managers’ and regulators’ preparations would minimise impact
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Investors request ‘urgent’ information from mining companies
Companies asked to disclose information about tailings dam management within 45 days
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NewsLDI market breaches £1trn as smaller schemes join hedging trend
XPS Investment attributes most of 2018 growth to new mandates, mainly from smaller schemes
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Pension dashboard: UK to force pension funds to provide data
Government urges schemes to prepare their systems and records for introduction of dashboards in next few years
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UK asset manager body rejects FRC’s proposed stewardship definition
Investment Association calls for ‘careful redrafting’ of proposed new stewardship code
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UK pension fund body targets consolidation in strategy update
Pensions dashboard, cost transparency and improving standards placed at the centre of four-year plan
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NewsMore DC master trusts approved as UK authorisation window shuts
TPR says 30 applications submitted and another 10 have been granted extensions to 31 March deadline
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Asset managers seek to close 31% gender pay gap
Investment Association chief calls industry figures ‘sobering’
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Commerzbank UK scheme insures DB and DC sections for £1.2bn
Also: Rothesay Life backs £110m buyout of electronics company pension plan
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NewsUK public funds hit out at ‘simplistic’ pooling guidance
Central government accused of imposing higher costs in new guidance for pooling of LGPS assets
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Country ReportMercer parent completes $5.6bn JLT acquisition
Transaction sealed after JLT agreed to sell its aerospace insurance brokerage
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FeaturesWhat’s in a number?
There has been much hand wringing among UK actuaries and pension scheme managers about the impact of a recent court ruling requiring certain pension benefits to be paid equally to men and women
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FeaturesPension fund consolidators enjoy strong growth
Efforts to increase scale and improve efficiencies across the European pension fund sector are gathering pace, new data shows – but schemes still face hurdles
