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Insurance group to buy consultancy Barnett Waddingham
Combined business will offer full range of employee benefits and pensions advisory services to corporate clients
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People moves: Morrissey joins Barnett Waddingham as non-exec chair
Plus: Fidelity International appoints new trustee for master trust; Abrdn makes changes to multi-asset and alternatives leadership team
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Wiltshire Pension Fund appoints LOIM, Barnett Waddingham
The scheme will invest £75m in LOIM’s Planetary Transition strategy
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At retirement DC phase lagging on sustainability, says Barnett Waddingham
Consultancy also reports big gap in 2023 returns between worst and best DC providers, led primarily by strategic asset allocation
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Admin practicalities and costs block pensions progress, says Barnett Waddingham
Other barriers included a lack of impact on the scheme, a lack of knowledge or engagement, or concerns about giving members too much choice
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Majority 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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LGPS additional voluntary contribution framework picks six
Firms appointed include Aon, Barnett Waddingham, Hymans Robertson, Legal and General Assurance Society, Mercer and Prudential Assurance Company
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Clara Pensions completes superfund deal with landmark not-for-profit transaction
UK’s first connected covenant structure deployed in £55m CMS pension transfer, widening access to consolidation for charities
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People moves: Railpen’s Caroline Escott joins Vote Reporting Group as co-chair
Plus: NextGen Pensions picks Escott’s replacement; Barnett Waddingham strengthens governance and secretariat team
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UK relieved as government backs off from forced economic growth investment
The government previously toyed with the idea of mandating DC providers to invest in productive assets
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People moves: Railpen names sustainable ownership co-heads
Plus: Former Alecta’s CEO takes chair role in sustainable finance data group
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ACA sets up steering group to assess risk and opportunities of AI for pensions
The group will be chaired by LCP partner Alex Waite and to date is made up of members from Aon, Barnett Waddingham, Buck, Isio, Mercer and XPS
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Over half of FTSE350 DB pension schemes to be fully funded on buyout basis in the next three years
Around 35% of the schemes are estimated to be fully funded on buyout basis at 31 May 2024, representing £175bn in liability values
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People moves: HSBC Global Asset Management names CEO
In addition to his CEO role, Dan Rudd has also been appointed head of UK wholesale for HSBC GAM
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People moves: Heribert Karch joins Avida International’s advisory board
AXA IM, RBC BlueBay, Barnett Waddingham, Just Group, LOIM, WTW, DWS, Fulcrum, L&G, Avida International, JP Morgan
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People moves: Barnett Waddingham appoints senior data scientist
Barnett Waddingham, PGGM, Lazard, LifeSight, Actuarial Association of Europe, Tesco, De Nationale APF, QMA, Aegon AM, Schroders
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People moves: Swedish Fund Selection Agency picks new chair
Plus: Swiss Nest Sammelstiftung adds to management team
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Calor 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
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Kent scheme plans changes to emerging markets, private equity portfolios
Consultant Mercer advised a 50% split of EM equities between Columbia Threadneedle and Robeco, and an increase to PE by allocating $160m to HarbourVest
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De Beers Pension Scheme completes £850m full buy-in deal with PIC
The transaction secures the pensions of 1,464 pensioner members and 473 deferred members of the scheme