IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 80
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Top UK pension providers fail to keep up with climate action
Top 20 UK DC schemes are lagging behind in multiple areas – from short-term targets to action on deforestation
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NewsSpeed of climate change has been underestimated, say actuaries
A new report from Cambridge University and the IFoA calls climate change ‘a risk-management problem on a global scale’
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Agfa UK Group Pension Plan completes £200m buy-in deal
The bulk purchase annuity (BPA) is the second buy-in completed between the pension fund and Standard Life
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Opinion PiecesLessons on LDI: learn from the Dutch cultural revolution
Around 20 years ago, UK occupational pension liabilities underwent a structural change. With assets weighted towards UK equities, still cashflow positive and open to new members and future accrual, liabilities were not too greatly discussed.
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Opinion PiecesAn uncertain outlook for UK pension journey plans
Following the Bank of England’s (BoE) emergency intervention announced on 28 September to stem the sell-off of long-dated UK government bonds, UK defined benefit (DB) pension funds were kept busy, as falling Gilt prices over the past weeks caused mark-to-market losses in liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies.
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FeaturesUK sovereign debt in turbulent waters as challenges remain
The buttoned-up Gilts market has never seen or done anything like it. Trusty stalwart of liability matching for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, the blue-chip security has already poleaxed a British chancellor of the exchequer just a month in office, and has effectively done the same to prime minister Liz Truss.
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FeaturesUK LDI woes raise wider European questions
Turmoil in UK Gilt markets has forced continental European pension industries to review their risk management strategies
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UK’s legal investing framework limits sustainability impact, says PRI
Many UK investors are still hesitant to change their established practices and pursue sustainability impact goals
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Guy Opperman returns to UK’s Department for Work and Pensions
‘After the recent merry go round in government we welcome Guy Opperman back as the pensions minister,’ says Aegon
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Market for transferring pension schemes to insurers set to ‘skyrocket’
‘The industry simply does not have the operational bandwidth,’ says LCP
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Volatile markets bring annual reporting challenges as deadline looms for trustees
Trustees should consider the accounting implications of how much a scheme is exposed to current volatility
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NewsUK roundup: Cobham scheme completes £530m buy-in
Plus: DB deficits could be a thing of the past; £1.3trn wiped off value of UK bonds since start of 2022
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NewsUK large employers plan pensions management outsourcing, research shows
The shift is due to increasing regulation driving scheme management into ever more technical territory
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NewsMembers demand more from their schemes, Hymans’ latest research shows
Retirement outcomes for DC scheme members in master trusts have undoubtedly been impacted by recent market challenges
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NewsFCA seeks feedback on plans for anti-greenwashing investment labels
The consultation document maps the planned new labels against those already defined by the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation
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NewsUK pensions committee launches inquiry into DB schemes with LDI
Inquiry will focus on impact of recent volatility in Gilt yields on DB schemes with LDI strategies and their regulation and governance
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NewsPensions industry raises concerns over DWP’s scheme funding consultation
‘We do have major doubts over whether the proposed legislation is sufficiently flexible,’ says Aon
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Consolidation in UK pensions market – what are the options?
Will there be an increase in pension scheme consolidation in the UK market and will it lead to increased investment in alternative ESG assets? Consolidation could provide the collateral to invest in greater ESG assets.
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Nordic, English pension funds take VW to court over lobbying silence
Swedish national pension funds, Denmark’s AkademikerPension and Church of England Pensions take legal action against carmaker to ‘clarify grey area for corporate law in Germany‘
