All articles by Pamela Kokoszka – Page 39
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NewsIrish Pensions Authority publishes own-risk assessment guidance
Trustees are required to complete a full own-risk assessment every three years.
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NewsPension schemes encouraged to run on to avoid potential value loss
Van Lanschot Kempen launched a solution for schemes approaching their endgame to encourage longer term thinking for the benefit of members, trustees and sponsors
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NewsLondon Stock Exchange Pension Scheme in £335m buy-in with Standard Life
The transaction secures benefits of the scheme’s 1,740 members
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NewsCFA launches DEI code to accelerate change in investment organisations
The code calls on firms to commit to six metric-based principles that will lead to greater inclusion of wider viewpoints from the best talent
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NewsTfL pension fund on track to reduce carbon emissions by 2030
TfL pension fund committed to achieve a 55% reduction in its carbon emissions by 2030
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NewsPension SuperFund Capital acquires STM group for £35.6m
Edi Truell believes ‘our track record and stewardship will enable us to provide increased security and value-for-money benefits to members, while also helping to deliver the upside that the Mansion House reforms intend’
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NewsElevated mortality rates accelerate DB scheme shift towards de-risking
Mortality analysis from the start of the coronavirus pandemic until the end of 2022 showed that England and Wales had an excess mortality rate of 26% at the end of 2022
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NewsRailpen sustainable ownership review shows members top concerns
Railpen’s sustainable ownership review showed fair treatment of workers, climate change and fair pay as top concerns for members
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NewsBorder to Coast increases investment in private markets
The investment pool confirmed a further £1.7bn investment in its private markets programme during 2022/2023
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NewsUSS employers agree to restore university pension benefits
UUK and UCU agreed to full benefit restoration to pre-April 2022 levels by Monday 1 April 2024
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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’
