Pamela Kokoszka
Pamela is IPE's UK correspondent.
Before joining IPE in May 2023, she spent five years writing about the insurance industry.
During her career so far she won awards for Most Promising Newcomer in 2020 and Best Investigative Article in 2022 from the British Insurance Brokers Association, and was also highly commended at the WTW Media Awards for Insurance Features Journalist of The Year.
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Demand for equities double but infrastructure mandates fall, report finds
Infrastructure mandates for institutional investors saw a 15% fall in the last year
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UK pensions regulator cuts power to request information
Section 72 requests fell to 11 in the Q4 2023 from 49 in Q4 2018
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Number of DC schemes continues to decline, says UK pensions regulator
Scheme membership has meanwhile grown by more than 12 times since the beginning of 2012, from 2.3 million to 28.8 million
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Border to Coast Pensions Partnership expands its private markets programme
Border to Coast Pension Partnership’s private markets programme has grown to £16bn following further commitments from its LGPS partner funds
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Employers tackle volatility by offering more secure ‘cross border’ pension plans
The number of IPPs and ISPs plans in countries with challenging circumstances increased from 54 in 2019 to 126 in 2024
- Analysis
Mansion House Compact: spotlight on Aon
Jo Sharples, CIO for Aon’s DC solutions, spoke to IPE about Aon signing up to the compact and how it plans on embarking on a private markets journey
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Professional trustee appointments increase marking fourth year of consecutive growth
However, support for member-nominated trustees (MNTs) continues and pension fund boards are encouragedto keep them
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Asset managers expect MIFID II changes to remove operational barriers – survey
Substantive Research finds that 85% of surveyed managers currently operate on the P&L research funding model
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BVCA calls for pensions investment roadmap to increase UK investment
BVCA latest report shows investment by private equity and venture capital in UK businesses fell to £20.1bn in 2023
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Siemens Investor Plan appoints Standard Life as master trust provider
Over 30,000 Siemens members move to Standard Life master trust
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TPR focuses on driving consolidation in new corporate plan
‘Our focus is not just on the fundamentals of driving high levels of compliance, but also working together to enhance the system and support innovation in savers’ interests’
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UK defined benefit schemes overspend £300m each year, report finds
Spence & Partners has calculated that removing inefficiencies could save an average 1,000-member scheme £105,000 per year in running costs
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UK equity disclosure enforcement could contradict Value for Money framework
SPP questions whether pension funds should invest in British businesses when knowing that such investment may produce worse returns than investing overseas
- Analysis
Young pension employees clamour for learning and interaction
Many young professionals are deterred from pursuing careers in pensions due to insufficient knowledge and a perceived lack of career progression
- Country Report
Is buyout still the gold standard for UK pension funds?
Improved funding positions mean more DB schemes are considering run-on rather than off-loading their liabilities
- Country Report
Progress report on the UK’s Mansion House capital market reforms
Details of potential changes to the UK’s pension landscape have been thin on the ground
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Fiduciary managers’ growth portfolios underperform their target returns
XPS survey finds that majority of fiduciary managers’ growth portfolios underperformed their target returns by 3% or more
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Small DB schemes unlikely to run on beyond buyout funding level due to costs
Hymans Robertson finds that the cost of running a small DB scheme is four times the cost of running a large scheme
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LGPS funding level increases to 106% ahead of next actuarial valuation
LGPS funding level improved from 67% at 31 March 2022 to 106% as at 31 March 2024
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The People’s Pension expects ‘adequate’ stewardship resourcing from managers
The People’s Pension has strengthened the expectations of its investment managers in its new responsible investment policy