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NewsIntricate risk controls have damaged portfolios, says 300 Club
Idaho’s Bob Maynard says ‘transparency’ should be main method of controlling risk
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UK roundup: Ashridge Pension Scheme, P-Solve, Legal & General, PRIAC
The £50m Ashridge scheme selects P-Solve for fiduciary mandate focusing on manager selection, tactical allocations
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Dutch pension fund to invest 5% of assets in residential mortgages
Asset class offers better returns than euro-denominated bonds against ‘very limited’ additional risk, scheme says
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UK roundup: Merseyside Pension Fund, Research Machines scheme, PIC
The £6.1bn Merseyside Pension Fund returns 6.2%, aided by successful European equities, property
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NewsIlmarinen sees long-term increase in equity weighting
Third quarter overall return dips to 5.7%, as effects of crisis in Ukraine weigh on portfolio, but reforms allow mutual to boost equities exposure by third
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NewsBulk annuity, fiduciary market growth entices Aon Hewitt to launch merged solution
New service to combine delegation of asset management, buyout of liabilities with insurance company
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VER sees equity returns boosted to nearly 10% by US, emerging markets
Finnish state fund sees quity portfolio offer strongest return, despite improved results for fixed income portfolio
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UK local government pension schemes warned over further reforms
Official says it would be unwise for LGPS to assume no further reforms will take place for 25 years
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Prudential backs Welsh hydro-power plant despite annuity market changes
Prudential, one of six insurers to commit £25bn to government infrastructure plan, provides capital for £1bn tidal-energy plant in Wales
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Unilever, Panasonic schemes turn to insurers amid favourable market conditions
Legal & General, Rothesay Life announce transactions for bulk annuities as market growth continues
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Near-half of German institutions to miss investment targets
Survey from Union Investment showed preference for safety to decline as dissatisfaction with returns continues
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Affordability of DB schemes on the up at FTSE 350 companies
Hymans Robertson research on FTSE 350 firms shows improved funding and secruity despite yield fall
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Bernardino backs pensions stakeholder group amid merger concerns
EIOPA chairman personally backs separate pensions and insurance working groups in wake of Commission review
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EIOPA chairman defends stress tests as data-collection approaches
Gabriel Bernardino eases industry concerns that supervisor will copy insurance model to conduct IORP stress test
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UK pensions minister increases pressure with new measures on DC charges
Trustees to be forced to evaluate all charges and establish whether transaction costs deliver value for money
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IPE Views: 'De-carbonising’ portfolios doesn’t mitigate risk – it adds it
IPE’s Martin Steward wonders whether a habit of thought is developing that fails to recognise ‘de-carbonising’ as a risk and starts to regard it as a certainty
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UK watchdog aiming to push guidance agenda, assert position in Europe
TPR chairman moves to ease fears arising from Budget reforms, DB funding code
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Low interest rates drag Dutch schemes back into underfunded positions
Three of Netherlands’ largest pension funds fail to achieve minimum funding, with participants ‘paying price’ for Europe’s low rates
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UK roundup: PPF deficits, Ofcom, Legal & General, Aon Hewitt
Aggregate deficit of UK DB schemes declines over September despite falling equity markets
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No one would set up cross-border scheme under proposed IORP II – expert
Corporate pensions expert at Germany’s Bosch cites ongoing legal uncertainty, possible introduction of capital requirements
