All articles by Venilia Amorim – Page 17
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NewsBorder to Coast adds £4bn to second private markets programme
The private markets programme includes launching a £1.35bn Climate Opportunities offering
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Mandate roundup: Alstom picks Mercer as fiduciary
Plus: Dutch scheme selects Symbiotics; European schemes search for equities, property managers
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Special ReportManager selection: Market trends
Manager selection consultants are helping investors navigate the next stages of ESG integration
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Opinion PiecesUK's pension dashboard project should prioritise accuracy over simplification
The UK’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) consultation on the draft Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022 closed last month. The DWP now aims to lay the regulations before parliament for debate later in the year.
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Ireland adopts ClearGlass’s Cost Transparency Initiative
The CTI provides investors with the tools necessary to produce standardised costs and charges
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NewsCDC schemes could be extended to multi-employer funds, master trusts
Call for age-related contributions to be allowed in CDC schemes
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UK pension schemes sign buy-in deals with PIC, Just Group
Air Canada UK Trust Fund and Keysight Technologies UK Limited Retirement Benefits Plan embark on de-risking journey
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Dutch retail scheme awards €100m private debt mandate to Tikehau Capital
Asset manager expands global footprint with new office in Israel
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NewsInvestment pool duo launches new funds claiming £4.6bn in LGPS assets
Border to Coast launches £1.4bn listed alternatives fund, while ACCESS adds £3.2bn to the LGPS pool
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NewsPensions industry calls for clarity over responsibility on dashboard activities
If dashboards are severely restricted consumers will simply take their data elsewhere, to a less regulated environment
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UK roundup: Church Workers Pension Fund complete buy-in
Plus: National Grid scheme hires BW, Hymans calls on plan sponsors to take control over DB valuations, UK pension fund sells office building
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London CIV sets 70% target for pooled assets
‘Our big gap in terms of the fund range is property,’ says O’Donnell
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Opinion PiecesNews Notes: Private investing ‘levels up’ playing field
The UK’s recent government white paper – ‘Levelling up the United Kingdom’ – forcefully pushes for private investing. In it, Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims he is determined to “break that link between geography and destiny, so that it makes good business sense for the private sector to invest in areas that have for too long felt left behind”.
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Opinion Pieces‘Levelling up’ white paper targets LGPS funds to support local areas
The UK government’s long-awaited ‘Levelling Up the United Kingdom’ white paper, published last month, includes several bold missions to help achieve greater equality. One is to call on Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds to publish plans for increasing local investment.
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Fees for core asset classes level off, but rise for private markets
‘Value for money is more important than simply reducing costs,’ says LCP
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NewsInstitutional investors on standby as Russia/Ukraine tension continues
A mix of high inflation and geopolitical tensions between the US and Russia resulted in losses across virtually all asset classes
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Lloyds Banking Group agrees £5.5bn longevity swap
Scottish Widows acts as an intermediary insurer while SCOR provides 100% reinsurance coverage
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NewsDWP starts consultation for pensions dashboards regulations
More clarity on standards and what the duties will be on dashboard providers
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Opinion PiecesNews Notes: Worth de-risking it all
Several advisers in the UK are predicting 2022 will be the biggest pension scheme de-risking year yet.
