IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 99
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NewsAccounting round-up: FRC ups enforcement, focuses on DB accounting
Plus: IASB disclosure requirements project; FRC’s feedback statement on non-financial reporting
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NewsIndustry calls on UK government to remove barriers for ‘investment big bang’
Over 80% of UK DC pension funds’ investments are in mostly listed securities, which represent only 20% of the UK’s assets
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NewsFRC fines KPMG £13m, sanctions restructuring unit partner [updated]
KPMG and Costley-Wood’s actions allowed HIG Group to snap up Silentnight out of insolvency while £100m of pension liabilities were transferred to the PPF
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London pension fund swaps investment for greener solution
This decision further excludes fossil fuel extraction companies from the scheme’s portfolio
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NewsSwiss scheme seeks adviser for multi-manager allocation of $500-800m
Plus: UK Tate Galleries seeks DC pensions provider
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Pension funds, investors set grand plan to make steel sector decarbonise
‘Business as usual no longer acceptable,’ says Sweden’s AP funds ethics chief
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NatWest Group DB scheme in 15-year ‘later living’ JV with L&G
The pension fund has also committed to acquiring all the developed fully-occupied villages outright
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NewsUK asset owners ‘take charge’ on diversity disclosure
Key component of new ’Charter’ is an asset manager diversity and inclusion questionnaire
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UK roundup: Railpen ready with internal trading desk
Plus: Resilient funding; Women’s pension pots less than half men’s
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NewsConsultants concerned about government DC consolidation drive
Government seen going ‘too far, too fast’
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NewsUK roundup: NEST to trial opt-out approach for emergency saving
Plus: British American Tobacco derisking, River and Mercantile fiduciary assets retention
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NewsUSS helps TPG Rise Climate to $5.4bn first close for inaugural fund
Investor base includes participation from multinational companies
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NewsUK dashboards programme signs up seven providers for initial testing
Between them the “potential provider coverage” is more than 30 million pensions
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HSBC adviser appointed top trustee at £9bn Church Commissioners
‘First Church Estates Commissioner’ chairs the committee responsible for strategic oversight of the investment portfolio
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NewsIndustry corner: UK pension firms adopt, trial hybrid working
Office (re)design is a key consideration
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NewsLegal & General completes £925m assured payment policy transaction
Deal is insurer’s second APP with an L&G pension scheme
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Investors co-sponsor standard to help reduce plastic pollution
Published by the UK national standards body, PAS 510 sets out requirements for handling and management of plastic pellets
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Border to Coast on track to deliver £250m of savings
‘In a single transaction we saved two partner funds £3.5m’
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Kingfisher Pension Scheme inks £900m bulk annuity with Aviva
Deal insures liabilities associated with more than 8,000 members
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Railpen ‘carefully considers, announces and shares’ net-zero plan
Third-party financial impact analysis clears the way for £32bn investor to commit to the plan
