News – Page 205
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NewsThreefold rise in asset managers holding board responsible for ESG
Alongside NNIP and PGGM, the investors that took the biggest tumble down the rankings since 2020’s survey were State Street Global Advisors, PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors
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NewsInvestment returns fail to match liabilities for 30% of Dutch pension funds – research
Small sector schemes score especially badly in the study performed by the new website overrendement.nl
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NewsSocial partner model spreads to small, medium-sized firms in Germany
New contracts for more than 600 employees have been signed so far
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NewsUK roundup: L&G Mastertrust reaches £20bn AUM milestone
Plus: Smart Pension achieves 50% cut in default growth fund emissions, 20-20 Trustees to merge with Punter Southall Governance Services
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NewsAP4’s 11.9% loss confirms AP3 as largest buffer fund after 2022
Last of the big-four Swedish pensions buffer funds to report 2022 figures says active management worsened result by 3.8 percentage points
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NewsDanish lobby says tax agency owes pension firms nearly €500m
IPD complains to ombudsman after tax authority fails to act properly on ECJ ruling of 2014
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NewsTPR’s new funding code causes cost concerns for DB schemes
Nearly half of trustees and sponsors (42%) are concerned about the additional governance challenges, and in turn associated costs, that the code will bring
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NewsDifficult for pensions industry to prepare for pensions dashboards, says Isio
For pensions administrators, the decision on which ISP to connect with constitutes the beginning of a long-term partnership and significant investment
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NewsDutch pension federation slams over-inquisitive regulator over pension transition policy
DNB also gives itself excessive discretionary power to block the transition of pension funds to the new DC system, according to Pensioenfederatie
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NewsSwedish buffer funds AP1, AP3 report 2022 losses of 8.6%, 5.8%
AP1’s CEO stresses importance of liquidity management; AP3 says emerging markets exposures to be analysed
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NewsGovernance codes for Dutch pension boards to include cultural diversity
Currently, it is recommended pension funds have at least one woman and one person younger than 40 on their boards
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NewsThe Pensions Regulator launches ESG, climate campaign
TPR is warning trustees that enforcement action may be taken against them if they fail to publish their statement of investment principles
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NewsNorway’s SWF puts Poland’s PKN Orlen on watch list due to press freedom worry
Council on Ethics says risk of political interference particularly serious in connection with elections
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NewsValida takes cautious equity approach while increasing alternatives
The Pensionskasse closed 2022 with returns of -8.96%, while the Vorsorgekasse returned -8.5% last year
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NewsPeople moves: BNP Paribas AM builds new systematic portfolio management team
People’s Partnership, MinPension, Sycomore AM, OPF, AXA IM, BNP Paribas AM, Broadstone, Hymans Robertson
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NewsAP7 loses 9.5% in 2022 but beats average premium pension fund
State-run default in first-pillar DC system says forex, private equity and risk premia shored up returns last year
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NewsInvestors should pay more attention to people, says Federated Hermes
EOS will next year expand its requirement for FTSE100 companies to have at least one director from a minority ethnic group to the FTSE350
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NewsLower accruals age adds 100,000s to pension fund member tally
Three sector funds in low-wage industries expect the bulk of new 18-21 year-old members
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NewsSwiss canton of Vaud pension fund contains losses with real estate, infrastructure
The scheme’s funding ratio stood at 68.6% at the end of 2022
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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
