All articles by Pamela Kokoszka – Page 36
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NewsPRI set to launch collaborative stewardship initiative on nature
The first set of supporters will be announced in early 2024
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NewsFiduciary management market faced 24% fall in asset value in 2022
Client growth also stalled in 2022 as scheme buyouts and transfers to PPF offset new funds moving to fiduciary management
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NewsDB schemes need integrated approach to sustainability reporting
Hymans Robertson suggests three initial actions pension schemes and other institutional investors should take for successful TNFD reporting
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NewsDWP reviews UK’s pensions regulator making 17 recommendations
But review also concludes that The Pensions Regulator is ‘well-run’ and ‘well-regarded’ by its main stakeholders
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NewsFCA awards tech solutions calling out greenwashing
TechSprint formed part of FCA’s wider work to improve trust and transparency in the ESG market
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NewsProposals for LGPS funds to invest 10% of assets in private equity ‘unhelpful’
Proposals would ‘fundamentally disrupt the good work’ since 2015 to achieve a balance between administering authorities and pool operators, says SPP
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NewsPension industry warns of unintended consequences of LGPS pooling proposal
Isio suggests pools should be reformed before pooling mandate is enforced
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NewsUK government consults on occupational and personal pension levy
DWP seeks the industry’s views on the three options previously agreed by ministers
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AnalysisUK pension industry reacts to government’s ambitious Mansion House Reform agenda
September saw the close of key pension reform consultations. Pamela Kokoszka and Liam Kennedy assess the proposals and some of the responses
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NewsInvestors call on Rishi Sunak to not backtrack on climate change
IIGCC, PRI and UKSIF, among others, expressed concern with the prime minister’s proposals to ‘backtrack on vital policy measures that support the UK’s transition to net zero’
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NewsFCA set to kick off review of private market valuations
IOSCO recently highlighted valuations as a vulnerability for the private sector
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NewsScotland’s Falkirk and Lothian pension funds merger talk ceased
The City of Edinburgh’s Council Pension Committee will review merger options in two years’ time
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NewsThe People’s Partnership prepares to reform workplace proposition
It will start to price at a scheme level and has already started to reform its bulk transfer capabilities with a new specialist team
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NewsNEST ethnicity and gender pay gap figures show room for progress
The median gender pay gap rose to 11% and ethnicity pay gap rose to 18%.
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NewsValue of UK defined benefit schemes falls by £626bn in 2023
ONS data indicates that the total value of DB pension schemes decreased from over £2trn at the start of 2022 to less than £1.4trn by the end of March
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NewsFCLTGlobal calls for fundamental shift in remuneration structures
Total shareholder return is the most common metric that shareholders employ to align interests, but it is often short term-oriented
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NewsImerys Pension Scheme appoints Aon as fiduciary manager
Aon will provide implementation services alongside expert investment advice, including journey planning, to help scheme trustees make better decisions
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NewsBT Pension Scheme invests in Federated Hermes innovation fund
The growth focused programme complements the thematic Horizon private equity strategy that BTPS co-founded with Federated Hermes
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NewsNorthern Bank Pension Scheme secures benefits of nearly 2K members
The transaction also involved the successful transfer of an illiquid asset from the pension scheme
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NewsPPF opens levy consultation to halve charge to £100m
‘It is clear that PPF would like to go further but is constrained by law,’ says LCP
