IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 233
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NAPF urges members to stop abstentions in policy overhaul
UK pension fund representative body writes new corporate governance policy for members to move away from ‘box-ticking’
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NewsING Investment Management poaches convertible bond team from rival
Asset manager grows team with second hire from Avoca in attempt to grow fund offerings
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UK roundup: PPF 7800 Index, Partnership, medically underwritten buy-ins
Funding shortfalls at UK pension funds shoot up as Gilt yields falls dramatically in November
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OECD calls for standardisation to create tradable longevity market
Think tank says investors must be more comfortable with notion of tradable longevity
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USS agrees to survey membership on investment beliefs
UK’s largest pension fund to survey membership on views of non-financial investment matters once changes to benefits agreed
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Church of England to file shareholder resolutions at BP, Shell AGMs
Church commissioners say oil companies have biggest carbon footprints of all those listed on London Stock Exchange
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NEST to replace cash, money market funds with short-dated Gilts
UK master-trust looking to ‘eke out’ extra return by matching Gilt funds with target-date fund maturity
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UK tax exemption secures £9bn for infrastructure, private placement
Six UK companies commit £9bn to private placement, infrastructure debt investments after Autumn Statement
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Rosy economic forecast has 'hidden sting in tail' for UK DB schemes
UK official forecasts point to £500bn linker shortfall
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London, Lancashire schemes to create £10bn pooled investment fund
Partnership will see UK pension funds merge investment expertise, liability management
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NewsConvertible bond specialist leaves Avoca Capital for ING IM
Former APG strategist leaves asset manager sold to US private equity firm KKR
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IPE Views: Lessons learned on the UK Invensys Pension Scheme
Robin Claessens, former chief executive and CIO of the UK’s Invensys Pension Scheme, talks about the lessons he learned overhauling its management structures
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Final IORP II draft ahead relaxes depository, prudent person rules
Latest compromise draft to be used as basis for negotiation with European Parliament, with EU member states hoping for swift passage of agreed text
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PensionDanmark dismisses green bonds, increases grid investments
Danish fund says green bonds ‘marketing cover’ for corporate bond issuance
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NewsUK schemes able to expedite wind-up process after High Court ruling
Ruling allows pension schemes to sell s75 debt to third-parties, speeding up winding-up process after sponsor insolvencies
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Special Report
Special Report, Fees & Costs: Winds of change
Brendan Maton reports on the anxious vigilance around costs in pension fund management, but finds progress to be frustrated and incomplete.
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Features
Global rating of pension systems, interview with David Knox, Melbourne Mercer Global Pensions index
Now in its sixth year, the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension index has become a yardstick for the world’s industry to assess the successes and failures of pensions policy.
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NewsFriday people roundup
SPF Beheer, Swiss Life, Mercer, Woodford IM, Jupiter, Aegon AM, VAM Group
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Regulatory expectations of engagement a 'systemic flaw', says USS
Pension fund’s internal asset manager says investors should not be expected to fix society’s ills
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TRW pension fund breaks buyout record with £2.5bn L&G deal
L&G has now written more than £8bn in liabilities in 2014
