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NewsChart of the Week: The best place in the world to retire is...
… Iceland, which narrowly beat Switzerland, according to Natixis Investment Managers’ annual Global Retirement Index
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USS ‘pushing regulator to the limit’ on risk, says CEO
£68.5bn scheme’s leaders say they have taken a position of ‘maximum flexibility’ in a bid to resolve a long-running dispute over contributions
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Weak funding levels are a threat to reform, says Dutch Pensions Federation
Schemes lack the cash to compensate older workers for a transition from average to degressive pensions accrual, says the industry trade body
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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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MN appoints Martijn Scholten as new CIO
Scholten has worked for MN since 2003 and replaces Gerald Cartigny, who has moved to Goldman Sachs
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Tate & Lyle agrees £930m buy-in with L&G
The food and beverage company has now insured its entire £1.2bn pension scheme with Legal & General, covering 6,700 members
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Netherlands roundup: BpfBouw appoints fiduciary for property investments
Also: €8.6bn postal scheme PostNL allocates 2% to green bonds via NN Investment Partners mandate
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NewsPeople moves: Lloyds pension director joins Law Debenture [updated]
Law Debenture, Lloyds Banking Group, Aviva Investors, Russell, IA, PGIM, Jennison, QMA, Schroders, Just, Heptagon Capital, Scottish Widows, Edmond de Rothschild AM, Citrus, Gresham House, GAM
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Pension funds call for corporate action on Amazon forest fires
230 institutional investors with $12.6trn in assets under management call on companies to tackle ‘material deforestation risks’
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Tailoring investment strategies ‘can benefit members’, says Dutch regulator
DNB says that the benefits would apply to all available pension arrangements being considered as part of reforms to the Dutch system
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UK trustees ready for ESG reporting rules despite implementation challenge
A Hymans Robertson poll shines a light on how pension fund supervisors will handle new reporting rules coming into force in October
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NewsPRI to commission research on ‘sustainable pension systems’
PRI wants to explore an assumption that structure, policy and regulation of pension systems have a significant influence on schemes’ ability to pursue responsible investment
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NewsSampension wins Danish army pension contract from rival Nordea
New members have increased the Danish pension provider’s public sector quotient and its asset base
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Swedish pension funds slam draft IORP II solvency rules
Folksam, AMF and Alecta home in on proposals for traditional guaranteed pensions while industry association says ambiguities in the draft must be addressed
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Former head of Berkshire Pension Fund dies
Nick Greenwood led the now-£2.2bn fund from 2007 to 2018, implementing a variety of innovative investment and risk management strategies
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NewsClimate change: PRI develops ‘inevitable policy response’ forecast
The PRI has commissioned research forecasting the nature and financial impacts of a forceful and disorderly government response to climate change by 2025
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Aegon pushes for DC switch for Dutch staff
Continuing with DB arrangements would cause a disproportionate increase in costs, according to the insurer – but other options are limited
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Asset management roundup: Aberdeen Standard launches private markets arm
Also: Unigestion targets Nordics expansion with Copenhagen office; Trium Capital buys quant specialist Sabre Fund Management
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NewsUS supra-national seeks fixed income options via IPE Quest
The multi-sector mandate should be global and actively managed, and will be housed in a segregated mandate
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More UK trustees add support to climate charter
Industry forum has signed up 76 trustees and pension managers responsible for £367bn of assets in a bid to step up scrutiny of asset managers
