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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News26 UK councils call on chancellor to remove ‘principal advice’ on asset allocation
Chancellor Rachel Reeves proposes that LGPS pools replace role provided by investment consultants and independent advisers in providing investment strategy advice
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The government plans to consolidate LGPS funds into handful of ‘megafunds’ to allow more investment in infrastructure
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Consolidating DC schemes will take a long time, cause massive cost and disruption and may still fail to deliver government’s objectives, says LCP
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The independent master trust aims to appoint a private markets specialist and to create a research capability, initially investing in infrastructure and real estate
NewsUK welcomes Torsten Bell as new pensions minister
Emma Reynolds is appointed economic secretary to the Treasury in a cabinet reshuffle
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Regulator will consider ‘further use’ of its powers if firms are not meeting its expectations
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UK government aims to increase pension fund investment in UK private markets
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UK 10-year Gilt yield rose to 4.93% today following increased borrowing costs from government
NewsCompass Group Pension Plan completes £1.5bn buy-in with Standard Life
The transaction secures the benefits of over 14,000 pensioner members and 11,000 deferred members
NewsSouth Yorkshire Pensions Authority appoints Northern Trust as custodian
The appointment marks ‘significant step’ in enhancing the security of SYPA’s £11bn investment assets
NewsCyber resiliency should be top priority for investors
Railpen and Royal London Asset Management have published new guidance for investors on cybersecurity resiliency
NewsClarks Footwear Pension Fund completes second buy-in with PIC
PIC has now insured all £820m of the fund’s defined benefit liabilities
NewsLCP predicts new DB superfund and insurer PRT entrant in 2025
Consultancy expects 2025 to be another bumper year with £40-50bn of buy-ins
NewsPIC completes first transaction under streamlined service Mosaic
The buy-in deal for the General Council of the Bar Pension and Life Assurance Fund is worth £20m and covers its 103 members
NewsAirways Pension Scheme completes £340m longevity swap
The deal is an insurance arrangement between scheme trustees and Zurich UK, and a back-to-back reinsurance arrangement between Zurich UK and MetLife
NewsCalor Group pension fund appoints GSAM as fiduciary manager
Goldman Sachs Asset Management will manage £240m assets on behalf of Calor Gas’s UK defined benefit pension scheme
NewsSEI joins forces with PIC to facilitate master trust access for DB scheme members
DB scheme members with DC and AVC arrangements will be able to access the SEI Master Trust
NewsL&G default contract-based DC fund to target 15% allocation to private markets
L&G claims new funds have potential to deliver value for money and better outcomes in retirement
NewsBrunel appoints AssetMetrix for private markets data management
AssetMetrix’s platform will enable Brunel to streamline data processing and aggregation, while offering investors greater insights into private market assets
NewsUK government puts second phase of pensions review on hold
The second phase of landmark pensions review was expected to launch before the end of the year
