All member consultation articles
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NewsPensions UK to increase subscription fee for pension funds
The subscription fee will increase from £23,405 to £35,000
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News78% of ABP participants want to invest sustainably
Members of the Dutch civil service scheme want the fund to divest from sectors including fast food chains and producers of disposable plastics
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NewsPensioenfonds Detailhandel updates investment policy to incorporate member preferences
The €30bn scheme for the Dutch retail sector will collaborate with other pension funds on labour rights
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NewsDutch fund for doctors to divest from fossil fuels
The move follows a vote by the scheme’s members
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NewsInvestment decisions should not be deferred to members, says conference panel
While some savers believe they are ‘competent enough’ to make investment decisions, they still want someone else to take care of their money, says AP7’s Gröttheim
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NewsUK master trusts don’t survey members on risk appetite
‘Risk considerations are not driven by member views but by expert opinion,’ says Hymans Robertson
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NewsUK actuaries call for robust design and high-quality comms in new CDC pensions
There are significant concerns about DWP’s proposals to compare investment performance net of member-borne costs and charges and all costs paid by an employer to a scheme or pension provider
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NewsGerman Pensionskassen yet to set up joint decision mechanisms on sustainable investments
Pensionskassen still steer their investment policy without considering the demands and opinions of their members, says professor
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NewsAdmin practicalities and costs block pensions progress, says Barnett Waddingham
Other barriers included a lack of impact on the scheme, a lack of knowledge or engagement, or concerns about giving members too much choice
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NewsEIOPA floats IORP II change to require impact on ESG consideration
Supervisor suggests change within the Article 19 prudent person rule may improve ESG integration by pension funds
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Universities scheme decides exclusions, cites prospects concerns
Higher education scheme set to make its first exclusion-based divestments
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Pensions minister asks schemes for copies of ESG statements
Guy Opperman wants to compile a record of SIP principles to monitor compliance with new requirements and highlight best practice
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Responsible investment policies ‘could boost contributions by £1.2bn’
Franklin Templeton recommends schemes align with member values via better integration of responsible investment into DC strategies
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Should DC schemes drop the term ‘ESG’?
Invesco survey finds ‘ESG’ term unpopular among DC scheme members, with most preferring either ‘responsible investment’ or ‘ethical investment’
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NewsPMT divests from fur and pornography industries after member survey
Metal industry scheme sells half of its holdings in 1,600 companies
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NewsDutch schemes fine-tune ESG investments following member feedback
PGB excluded investments in tobacco firms and companies selling arms to civilians
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NewsNEST to consider physical impacts of global warming for climate fund
Climate aware fund outperforms following negative climate news stories in media
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NewsESG engagement proposals ‘neither practical nor purposeful’: PLSA
Proposed requirement for statement on approach to member views would risk ‘greater confusion’
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NewsDWP ‘regrets’ wording in trustee ESG duties announcement
Lawyers described language about ‘empowering savers’ as misleading
