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NewsAsset management roundup: P-Solve, Generali Investments, Russell Investments
EUROPE – The Network Rail CARE Pension Scheme has appointed P-Solve as a fiduciary manager.
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NewsPeople moves: UK £1.2bn plumbing scheme seeks CEO
Plus: IGG welcomes 12 to group; Broadstone adds to consulting and actuarial division
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UK’s £29bn Railways Pension Scheme names new trustee chair
Existing trustee director Chris Hannon to take over from John Chilman
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Rail union threatens strike over pension changes
[13:15 CET 24-02] UK – Around 7,000 UK railway workers are being encouraged to vote in favour of industrial action as unions claim Network Rail is planning to introduce a “two-tier” pension scheme for workers.
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UK unions force DB reopening and private equity spat
UK – Union anger at closure of company defined benefit pension schemes has led to a reversal at Network Rail and a spat with private equity firm, CVC.
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UK rail workers to act over pension closure
UK – Members of the RMT union at UK rail infrastructure firm Network Rail have voted to take industrial action over pensions, travel concessions and pay.
Asset Manager NewsOrchard Street acquires prime Thames Valley industrial estate for £15.7 million from Kier Property and Investec
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, has completed the acquisition of Trade City Reading, a multi-let industrial estate in Reading, developed in Joint Venture by Kier Property and Investec. The asset was acquired on behalf of St. James’s Place UK Plc. for £15.68 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 4.70%.
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People moves: Candriam CEO elected Efama’s president
Efama, Cardano, Aubrey Capital Management, Swiss Federal Council, MEAG, Crystal Trustee Company, Polar Capital, Spence & Partners
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Former TPR chair O'Higgins joins LPFA/Lancashire partnership
Industry veteran to chair board of £10bn London and Lancashire Pensions Partnership
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People moves: AXA IM Rosenberg Equities creates new senior ESG role
AP Pension, International Corporate Governance Network, PensionsEurope, Schroders, Lombard Odier, AMP Capital, Ossiam, Scope, Just, Berenberg, Transparency Task Force
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Railpen keeps mum on railway pension dispute
UK – Railways Pensions Management, the manager of the pension assets for the UK rail industry, is keeping its own counsel on the current pension dispute in the rail industry.
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Oil giant Shell to close UK DB pension scheme to new entrants
Labour union says ‘disgraceful’ decision based on ‘nothing less than greed’.
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Asset Class ReportsInvestment Grade Credit: Veering between extremes
Capital markets are fluctuating between optimism and pessimism
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RailPen pushes into non-railway administration
[11:05 CEST 03-08] UK – RPMI, the third-party administrator set up by the £17bn (€25bn) Railways Pension Scheme (RailPen), are about to take on the fund administration for two major UK pension schemes, IPE has learnt.
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Commission set up to review UK rail pensions
UK - An independent Railway Pensions Commission has been set up by the rail unions and employers to review the current railways pensions scheme, chaired by former Pensions Commission member Jeannie Drake.
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Norwich confirms extra pension deficit
[16:55 CET 25-11] UK – Norwich City Council has confirmed the financial crisis has resulted in an unexpected pension liability of £19m, relating to staff employed by a contractor, which was not included in the annual financial statements.
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Atkins fund plunges into deficit
UK – The pension scheme of project management company WSAtkins has fallen from a surplus into a £65m deficit.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The LDI analogy of pensions and airlines
[13:00 CEST 11-06] EUROPE - The move to liability-driven investment strategies has been a hot topic over the last two years. But discussion with consultants has revealed pension funds are still not adopting the strategy’s full process, even though the break-even rate on 40-year inflation has now hit a new ...
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UK: Thinking beyond Brexit
Pensions regulation has taken a backseat to Brexit but this has not stopped the industry from moving ahead with changes





