All articles by Jonathan Williams – Page 75
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News
NAPF property committee should offer 'thought leadership'
UK – IPD conference told consultants must be won over for real estate debt market to become viable.
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NewsPension funds should be given 'priority' after employer insolvency
EUROPE – EFRP also rejects efforts to create 'level playing field' with insurance industry.
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NewsDWP stands by 'absolutely critical' state pension reforms
UK – Prime minister allegedly raises concerns on reform ahead of White Paper publication.
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NewsSolution for infrastructure 'conspicuous by absence'
UK – CBI/KPMG survey reveals growing doubts over UK government's infrastructure plans.
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NewsIrish risk reserve could force €3bn in additional pension contributions
IRELAND – Timeframe for completion of funding proposals 'particularly onerous', says IAPF chair.
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News
Schemes must measure performance through 'extra-financial' factors
UK – Towers Watson study examines role of sustainability in future of investment.
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NewsUK asset managers lament 'regulatory imperialism'
UK – IMA's annual survey reveals growing concerns over 'politicised' regulatory change.
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NewsMNOPF debates complete buyout and winding down of fund's Old Section
UK – Buyout could be completed by autumn, fund tells members in letter seen by IPE.
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NewsAP1 sees returns recover, boosts exposure to alternatives
SWEDEN – National buffer fund seeks to de-risk equity portfolio after 10% loss in 2011.
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NewsEuropean managers, UK pension fund sue BP over Deepwater
GLOBAL – Investors say BP's claims that it improved safety prior to oil well leak were lies.
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Shift towards long-horizon investing will require 'sea change' in attitudes
GLOBAL – Industry veteran Keith Ambachtsheer says new strategies will require ‘courageous leadership’.
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NewsSwedish buffer fund AP6 names CEO after six-month search
SWEDEN – Internal appointment comes after sudden departure of Marianne Dicander Alexandersson.
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Irish business lobby argues in favour of €4bn pension boost
IRELAND – IBEC backs 25% drawdowns on AVC funds, but warns against access to occupational pensions.
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NewsFormer OECD economist blasts 'defined ambition' pension proposals
UK – Academic Bernard Casey says Dutch pension system often seen through rose-tinted glasses.
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Country Report
UK: The third way
Nearly two decades after Tony Blair espoused a ‘third way’ in UK politics, the current government is in favour of a defined ambition approach in occupational pensions that would combine elements of DB and DC. Jonathan Williams asks whether the industry wants it
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Features
Kay seeks corporate governance ‘settlement’
John Kay’s long-awaited final report on long-term decision making within the UK’s equity market did not offer many surprises. Many of the proposals had already been hinted at in February’s interim report, such as the abolition of quarterly reporting to aid companies in more long-term thinking.
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Country Report
UK: Bucking the trend
Jonathan Williams reviews the Strathclyde Pension Fund, a defined benefit scheme which is still open to new members as well as net cashflow positive.
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NewsIreland to tap pensions reserve fund for rural broadband programme
IRELAND – NPRF likely to contribute to €350m project to increase coverage of superfast broadband.
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NewsUK local authorities urged to focus on dividends as cash flows suffer
UK – LGPS can offset falling contributions by improving dividends, consultancy says.
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NewsQE fears spark threefold increase in inflation hedging
UK – F&C Asset Management reports 'record levels' of inflation hedging.
