All articles by Jonathan Williams – Page 78
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NewsMandate roundup: RBS, Hastings, Merseyside, Mercer, Berkshire
RBS pension fund appoints Australian fund manager to oversee infrastructure exposure.
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NewsUK to launch automatic pot transfers 'as soon as practicable'
Department for Work and Pensions expresses preference for 'pot follows employee' over aggregator funds.
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NewsEngineering lobby pushes for LGPS infrastructure platform
ACE says vehicle should aim for £6bn investment from local authorities.
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NewsWatchdog should push pension funds toward Stewardship Code – UKSIF
EUROPE – Code must 'go further' to encourage asset owners to demand responsible investment from providers.
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NewsUK roundup: Mercer, Pension Insurance Corporation, Graham & Brown
Pension funds must consider buy-ins as 'investment solution' in light of depressed gilt yields.
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NewsUK roundup: State pension, automatic pension age, NAPF, Ed Miliband
NAPF laments delay to White Paper on state pension reform, saying 'time for discussion' now past.
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NewsMandate roundup: IPE-Quest, Mercer, Merseyside
EUROPE – European investment consultant tenders €30m Asian bond mandate using IPE-Quest.
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NewsPension fund tenders $10bn currency overlay mandate using IPE-Quest
EUROPE – Mandate is largest conducted in manager-search facility's history.
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News
Levy increase 'no surprise' after six-fold deficit increase
Levy framework requires average asset, liability values over five-year period, PPF says.
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NewsIrish public workers to see standard of retirement 'locked in'
TD criticises indexation switch from wages to CPI, saying it will 'screw' pensioners.
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NewsNAO slams 'insufficient accountability' in regulation of DC pensions
National Audit Office also questions whether regulator has enough powers to perform its duties.
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NewsVervoer claims clarify complaint against Goldman Sachs AM [updated]
EUROPE – Dutch scheme seeking €250m for losses on subprime mortgages, delays in implementing high-yield strategy.
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NewsMandate roundup: IPE-Quest, Environment Agency
EUROPE – European public pension fund tenders $200m global corporate debt mandate using IPE-Quest.
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NewsPensions liabilities should be discounted against non-bonds – SPC
Liabilities should not be measured solely against bond yields, Society of Pension Consultants says.
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NewsUK aims to give pension trustees new powers to scrutinise takeover bids
Takeover Panel proposes changes that would allow trustees to be informed of bids, offer feedback.
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NewsNAPF calls for debate on effect of quantitative easing on pensions
Call comes as Bank of England increases asset purchase facility by £50bn, with size of QE now at £375bn.
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NewsIrish roundup: Pensions levy, IAPF, Aon Hewitt, scheme returns
IAPF blasts 'wasted' pensions levy assets that have failed to stimulate employment market.
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NewsUK minister calls for industry to guarantee minimum pensions
Schemes should consider pot option to safeguard value of contributions, Steve Webb says.
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NewsUK roundup: Southwark, BlackRock, L&G, Scotland, LGPS
London Borough of Southwark awards mandates to BlackRock, Legal & General Investment Management.
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Features
The managed decline of DB pension funds
The death of defined benefit (DB) funds has, in some form, been prophesied for decades, but the latest threat of closure – stemming from the publication of statutory guidelines on Ireland’s new funding standard – may well prove to be a real and insurmountable threat to final salary schemes in the country.
