All articles by Jonathan Williams – Page 62
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NewsUK roundup: DCLG, LGPS, PPF, BNY Mellon, British Airways
UK – UK department consults on exclusion of elected officials from LGPS.
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UK roundup: Aon Hewitt, LAPFF, Astrazeneca
UK – Aon Hewitt predicts UK funds to increasingly rely on bonds, alternative portfolios.
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NewsDanish doctors reconsider Hospira sale after ABP victory
DENMARK – Lægernes reconsidering sale after successful engagement effort by Dutch fund.
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NewsShareAction 'suspicious' of attempts to show fiduciary duty as moral code
UK – Comments come after IMA's chief executive said fiduciary standards 'a form of conduct'.
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UK roundup: KCom, LAPFF, Staffordshire, Greenwich
UK – Telecoms firm KCom agrees funding proposal with scheme, backed by property portfolio.
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NewsUK government's 'cavalier' attitude to state pension reform criticised
UK – Committee of MPs says employers need more support preparing for end of contracting-out.
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NewsIrish deficits fall on first quarter's global equity growth
IRELAND – Consultancy LCP estimates mature fund could have seen funding increase 3.5%.
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NewsIndustry warns against 'excessive' regulation of UK DC funds
UK – NAPF and law firm warn against prescriptive code of conduct considered by regulator.
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Features
‘Rip-off culture’ rejected by Swiss electorate
More than five years into the current financial crisis, one could be forgiven for thinking parts of the financial industry have returned to business as usual. The perception, based only in part on fact, that executive pay is rising sharply while other incomes are stagnating eventually led to the backlash ...
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The end of fees as we know them
Taking to the stage on the first day of the National Association of Pension Funds Investment Conference in early March, Paul Marsh of the London Business School unwittingly set the tone for the rest of the event.
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NewsUK's LAPFF backs annual publication of executive pay ratios
EUROPE – Call comes as Swiss parliamentarians reject need for law capping pay.
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NewsAIB pension deficit falls 10% despite €1.1bn loan transfer
IRELAND – Deficit falls €81m after transfer of loan portfolio to fund redundancy programme.
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NewsKay investor forum 'must avoid insider trading', minister warns
UK – Vince Cable says forum must be independent from institutional investor trade bodies.
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NewsWednesday people roundup
AP Pension, USS, AP3, Allianz, Kames, Aberdeen, BlackRock, Broadstone, Buck, Gazprombank
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NewsUK to examine if 'fiduciary duty' definition hinders investing
UK – Law Commission to review extent to which fiduciary duties apply to asset managers, consultants.
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NewsUniversities Superannuation Scheme appoints TPR's Bill Galvin as CEO
UK – Head of UK regulator to replace retiring Tom Merchant as £32bn scheme's group chief executive.
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NewsPresident of Cyprus vows to protect accrued pension benefits
CYPRUS – Confusion still reigns in industry, however, as form plan might take remains unclear.
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NewsDC plans must not employ 'misleading' return predictions
UK – Pensions Institute calls for industry to employ 'plausible' return predictions.
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NewsUK roundup: TUC, Unison, Unite, PIRC, Fujitsu, CBI
UK – Union umbrella group TUC launches own shareholder engagement group.
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NewsAxa IM agrees management buyout of private equity division
EUROPE – 'Irrevocable' offer comes from senior management, led by CEO Dominique Senequier.
