All articles by Pamela Kokoszka
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NewsBaker Hughes completes three buy-ins worth £900m with PIC
The transactions secure pensions of over 3,000 pensioners and dependents, and nearly 4,000 deferred members
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NewsVan Lanschot Kempen creates £100m private markets portfolio for DB scheme
The mandate is structured to provide the pension fund with access to Van Lanschot Kempen’s capabilities in private equity and infrastructure
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NewsUK government sets out ‘modern Industrial Strategy’
British Business Bank commits £6.6bn of new capital to boost growth; Financial services sector plan coming in July
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NewsLloyds Banking Group consults on moving pension fund provision in house
The bank’s pension fund would be administered by Scottish Widows
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NewsUK actuaries’ Section 13 Review to focus on DB surplus
It will be “key” to understand the decisions that are made along the way and the rationale for those decisions
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NewsLGPS: ‘strong, cohesive’ oversight to be more important going forward
‘Fund officers must hold pools accountable, particularly during periods of underperformance’, says head of pensions at Lincolnshire County Council
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NewsFinding new pooling arrangement will be costly, challenging for ‘orphaned’ LGPS funds
21 LGPS pension funds are now looking for a new home after UK government delivered pooling verdict
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NewsMajority of UK fiduciary managers produced ‘average’ returns over 2024
Fiduciary managers are adjusting tactical equity allocations following the introduction of tariffs
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NewsBorder to Coast launches £2.6bn global multi-factor equity index fund
The proposition was launched with support from five of its partner funds: Tyne and Wear, Lincolnshire, Cumbria, Bedfordshire and Warwickshire
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NewsMGN pension fund completes £150m buy-in with Just Group
The fund’s first buy-in deal insures the benefits of around 1,300 members
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NewsUK government increases British Business Bank’s total financial capacity to £25.6bn
The increase will enable a two-thirds increase in investments to around £3.5bn each year
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NewsDWP’s Impact Assessment says DB reforms put members’ pensions at risk
Accessing surplus may improve employer’s financial position, but may risk pension scheme becoming underfunded, says Pension Security Alliance
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AnalysisIPE UK Briefing: Pension Schemes Bill
Plus: Mansion House Accord, DB surplus extraction and British Growth Partnership
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NewsUK pensions minister adamant government will not mandate investment
The government has included a ‘reserve power’ mechanism in the new Pension Schemes Bill, giving it power to mandate specific asset allocations
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NewsNew Irish pension strategy will not involve ‘significant change in direction’
The Irish Pensions Authority is set to share its 2025-2029 pension strategy in the ‘coming weeks’
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NewsUK government sets out indicative timeline for pensions reform
DWP launches roadmap setting out UK’s provisional plan to implement reforms across DC and DB workplace pensions
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NewsUK launches ‘game changing’ Pension Schemes Bill
DWP says new bill will create a more ‘efficient, resilient pension landscape’, and lay the foundation for the upcoming Pensions Review
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NewsPensions regulator calls on trustees to consider new options for endgame planning
TPR says it is ‘critical’ that trustees take advice and undertake an appropriate level of due diligence
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NewsReforms to boost UK growth will take several years to show results, says PPI
Institute says that if government policy reforms have their desired effect, data should start to reveal higher allocations to private markets and to UK assets
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NewsPrivate sector dashboards ‘essential’ to recover UK lost pension pots
ABI argues that relying on a single, state-owned dashboard will fall short of predicted impact
