News – Page 187
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NewsHarrods pension scheme completes buy-in deal worth £400m
The deal secured benefits of around 1,900 pensioners and 2,100 deferred plan members
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NewsESG roundup: Asset owners move to standardise climate stewardship
Plus: Just Climate solutions fund raises $1.5bn in institutional capital; Pension funds slow to invest in biodiversity
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NewsAlecta to diversify equities, cut non-Nordic exposure and add indexing
Swedish pensions heavyweight announces first steps in crisis-driven strategy overhaul
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NewsPensions industry calls on regulators to ‘materialise’ revised funding code
The code has introduced elements of flexibility, but uncertainty needs to be avoided
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NewsPLSA conference panel pushes for ‘outcome-generating’ investments
Any long-term investment vehicle for the UK should be just as attractive to overseas investors as it is to UK investors
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NewsUK Treasury urges investors to be more positive about taking risks
West Midlands Pension Fund: UK government’s proposals lack of clarity and consistency
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NewsPLSA supports UK growth investing, but with focus on best outcomes for savers
TPR calls on trustees to focus on protecting savers
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NewsFinnish pensions centre chief argues for 10-point rise in equity weightings
Paldanius says boosting equities allocations by a tenth could add 0.3 percentage points to Finnish workplace pension fund returns
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NewsCorporate governance: Investors rethinking Say on Climate votes
To prevent investors from being overloaded, the French SIF has begun evaluating every Say on Climate proposal in France
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NewsUBS signs protection agreement for non-core assets
The agreement covers approximately 3% of the combined assets of the merged bank
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NewsNorway’s FSA says pensions capital planning must factor in big downside risk
Sharp fall in commercial property prices will result ‘in substantial losses and a pronounced weakening of Norwegian life insurers’ buffer capital’, says watchdog
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NewsNorway SWF starts psychology research to boost performance capability
NBIM starts research collaboration with Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) to probe importance of psychological safety and resilience in investment
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NewsUK pensions minister announces Pensions Dashboards delay
PDP’s connection deadline pushed from 31 August 2023 to 31 October 2026
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NewsCA100+ ‘moves from disclosure to the implementation of transition plans’ in second phase
There will be a greater focus on the role of lenders under the new strategy
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NewsItalian government readies new investment rules for first pillar pension system
Pension schemes have been waiting for an upgrade to their investment rules since 2011
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NewsPeople moves: SEI Investments names new chief
Aviva, AXA IM, Isio, MaPS, SEI, Lumera, Skandia, PFA, AP Pension, Formuepleje, Church of England
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NewsItalian pension funds lean towards domestic investments, says COVIP
Many pension funds are also expanding their investment strategies in private equity and private debt, according to the pensions regulator
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NewsFinnish pension funds deemed able to weather big illiquids writedowns
Average investment return of 1.6% in Q1 was just below required rate of return, says FIN-FSA
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NewsAsset owners should include human rights in RFPs, says PRI
The severity of actual and potential human rights outcomes is a deciding factor in company prioritisation
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NewsSwiss pension funds set to change SAA to reach bond investment targets
According to Swisscanto, 17% of pension funds surveyed adjusted their strategic asset allocation, and 35% changed allocations tactically.
