IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 55
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NewsRemoving age and earning thresholds could help close UK gender pension gap
Research from NOW: Pensions and PPI found that women retire with an average pension savings of £69,000, compared to £205,000 for men
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NewsScottish Widows Master Trust appoints Isio as investment adviser
Isio will advise on default design, asset allocation, manager selection and risk management for Scottish Widows Master Trust
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NewsAon expands services to help clients assess security in pension schemes
Aon has appointed Alice Wilmot and Michael Fenton to its covenant and security team
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NewsAuto-enrolment changes could add £105bn to young adults’ pensions
People’s Partnership has called for cross-party agreement with the support of key unions and trade bodies, on a timeline for implementing auto-enrolment reforms
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NewsQuarter of UK schemes yet to start General Code preparations
The Pensions Regulator’s General Code has been laid before parliament earlier this month and is expected to come into effect at the end of March
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NewsAMNT backs mandatory standardised vote reporting to pension schemes
Legislation to make standardised vote reporting by asset managers is currently before the House of Lords
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NewsIndustry sees continuity in Labour Party pension plans
Some ‘slightly interventionist’ changes include strengthening TPR powers in relation to DC consolidation
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News2024 to be the biggest year for UK pension de-risking
WTW expects the pension risk transfer market to reach £80bn in 2024
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Special ReportRisk transfer special report: Pension liabilities shift to insurers
New players are waiting to enter the UK pension risk transfer market but this will depend on how accommodating Solvency UK will be
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Asset Class ReportsUK equities fail to regain their shine
UK pension funds are abandoning domestic equities, and the country’s global weighting in indices has also declined significantly
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FeaturesMiFID II reforms: Bye bye unbundling?
A key part of the 2018 MiFID II package, the requirement to unbundle research from execution costs shook up the European asset management industry and changed the relationship between investment managers and their clients.
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Opinion PiecesUK equities: stop tinkering and focus on the long term
As the UK heads for a general election this year, both major parties (Labour and Conservative) will be proclaiming their solutions to the UK’s perennial problems of chronically low levels of investment, a dearth of new innovative companies and disappointing growth.
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - February 2024
IPE’s monthly poll of market sentiment, asking 50 asset managers about their six to 12-month views on regional equities, global bonds and currency pairs
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Opinion PiecesMansion House reforms: UK government should embrace long-term thinking to boost the economy
Other countries have been far better than the UK at creating long-term strategies that have been maintained way beyond the five-year or shorter electoral timescales on which UK politicians focus
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InterviewsPension funds hold on to their equities
European pension funds are looking to maintain their equity allocations, despite an uncertain outlook for global growth
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NewsWPT and Cushon in a first master trust consolidation
This is the first time an acquired authorised master trust has been merged into another authorised master trust
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NewsPension insurers charter commits to sustainable pension risk transfers
‘The charter delivers on a better articulation of what the pensions community wants from insurers,’ says A4S
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NewsDWP regulation is ‘starting gun’ for new DB funding regime
Final set of regulations provide greater flexibility for mature schemes to diversify investments in a wide range of assets without constraints, says PLSA
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NewsUK government confirms final DB scheme funding regulations
The regulations are set to come into force from April 2024
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NewsUK innovation and tech pension scheme in £400m buy-in deal with Just Group
The deal secures the benefits of all 2,500 pensioners and dependants and 1,500 deferred members of the scheme
