News – Page 442
-
News
€3bn Dutch pharmacy staff scheme reduces risk profile
PMA reduces equities allocation from 50% to 40% in favour of fixed income, lifts interest rate hedging to 40%
-
NewsMulti-asset manager sought for German foundation via IPE Quest [updated]
€15m multi-asset mandate up for grabs for asset manager based in a German-speaking country
-
News
UK health insurer transfers £20m DB scheme to master trust
TPT Retirement Solutions has consolidated a ‘wide variety’ of schemes in the past year
-
News
Dutch schemes headed for rights cuts after dramatic funding drop
Pension funds’ coverage ratio declined by four percentage points in the first week of August
-
News
Promoting sustainable finance won’t help save the planet: consultant
Portraying sustainable investments as making a significant contribution to sustainable development is ‘a fairytale’, says Frank Wettlauffer
-
News
Dutch pension fund Equens to join consolidation vehicle
APFs – general pension funds – are rapidly gaining in popularity in the Netherlands
-
NewsUK roundup: L&G buys pension pot consolidator in ‘dashboard’ move
Plus: LGPS Central to use KAS Bank for cost transparency work
-
News
Church Commissioners seeks new CEO as Brown signals retirement
Andrew Brown has served as secretary to the Church Commissioners since 2003, overseeing £8.2bn in pension and endowment funds
-
News
Cadbury Mondelēz takes a bite out of liabilities with £520m buy-in
Deal with Rothesay Life is pension scheme’s second buy-in in 10 years as insurers process busy pipeline of de-risking transactions
-
News
SEC proposes revised corporate disclosure rules
US regulator’s revamp is intended to make disclosures more readable for investors and simplify compliance to cut out ‘unnecessary costs and burdens’
-
News
Dutch regulator’s pension fund aims for 30% outperformance on ESG
Pensioenfonds De Nederlandsche Bank also plans to reduce its carbon footprint by 10% relative to benchmark, and cut controversial weapons and tobacco from its investment universe
-
News
Chart of the Week: Analysing sterling’s volatility
Weak second-quarter growth figures added to the pressure on the UK currency after weeks of speculation about the nature of the country’s exit from the EU
-
News
Opinion: Far more than a trade war
The are reasons to question the accepted description of the current tensions between the US and China, writes Daniel Ben-Ami – it is arguably far more serious
-
NewsDe-risking deals totalled £17.6bn in H1: LCP
Legal & General and Pension Insurance Corporation dominated the market for buy-ins and buyouts in the first six months of 2019, and the total for the full year is set to be a record
-
NewsUK MPs criticise government over handling of FRC chair appointment
Simon Dingemans is set to chair the Financial Reporting Council and its successor body – but politicians have expressed ‘frustration and dissatisfaction’ at the process
-
News
Bonus eyes climate risks with fresh investment approach
The €1.5bn Austrian multi-employer scheme is setting up a fund-of-funds structure it believes will help improve the transparency of climate-related risks
-
News
KPN scheme ups fixed income holdings after difficult 2018
The €10.2bn KPN Pensioenfonds cuts strategic allocation to securities in favour of fixed income, and has allocated to green bonds
-
NewsPeople moves: Lombard Odier hires senior sustainability duo
Lombard Odier, Detailhandel, Bibliotheken, Barings, Eurizon, Hymans Robertson, Savills IM, Principal Global Investors, KGAL
-
NewsAon’s European retirement chief exits
Andy Cox is standing down as head of Aon’s retirement practice in the EMEA region after more than seven years at the helm
-
NewsAccounting standards board approves changes to DB reporting methods
The IASB sought to address complaints that pensions accounting rules ‘often do not meet the primary objectives’ of accountants and analysts
