All articles by Gail Moss – Page 45
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Wednesday people roundup
Hermes Fund Managers, Sparinvest, Muzinich, Bank of London and the Middle East and Hymans Robertson
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Danica Pension reports strong first-half returns
DENMARK - Danica Pension has announced strong returns for the first half of 2009, boosted by its holdings of high quality credit and mortgage bonds.
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BNY Mellon AM increases UK institutional business through Insight purchase
UK – The Bank of New York Mellon is boosting its UK institutional LDI and fixed income business by £75bn through the purchase of Insight Investment Management from Lloyds Banking Group.
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Barratt closes DB as deficit exceeds €100m
[17:35 CEST 13-07] UK - Barratt Developments, the UK housebuilder, has joined the ranks of companies ending their final salary pension schemes by announcing the closure of its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme to existing members from 1 July.
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EU schemes fall behind on climate change
[16:45 CEST 13-07] EUROPE - European pension funds are lagging behind other institutional investors in using climate change as an investment criterion, according to a new survey.
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NewsGerman bond exodus signals potential problems for euro-zone
[18:00 CEST 10-07] EUROPE - Renewed selling of German bonds could indicate more tough times for the euro-zone, according to Bank of New York Mellon.
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NewsUK PPF updates investment principles following insolvencies
[17:45 CEST 10-07] UK - The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has updated its statement of investment principles (SIP) in response to the expected increase in its funds under management because of the surge in company failures.
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NewsUK schemes see outsourcing as key to admin cost cuts
[16:50 CEST 10-07] UK - Cost-cutting is the number one priority for UK pension schemes, according to the Pension Administration Survey 2009 from Hewitt Associates.
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Features
Rebuilding trust in DC
DC plan members carry all the downside risk in the UK and Ireland, and took a particularly bad beating in 2008. Gail Moss assesses what can be done to improve the situation
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DC pension contributions need to rise - Capita
[16:00 CEST 08-06] UK – The average contribution to company defined contribution schemes comfortably exceeds the minimum proposed for personal accounts due in 2012 yet bigger contributions are further needed, according to Capita Hartshead's 16th annual pensions administration survey.
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Fear of DB closures pre-empted tough week for pensions
[17:05 CEST 05-06] UK - Seven out of 10 Britons fear company pension schemes could be closed to all workers because of the tax changes in this year's Budget.
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Pension assets may be used to back local gov’t fund
[16:55 CEST 05-06] UK - A mutual fund backed by UK local authority pension funds could exist in embryonic form by early next year which will invest in public works such as the latter stages of private finance initiatives (PFI) and public-private partnership (PPP) projects.
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Capital rules may have forced Barclays' DB decision - consultant
[14:00 CEST 05-06] UK - Barclays' decision to close its UK defined benefit pension scheme may have been influenced by regulatory capital requirements, according to pensions consultancy Punter Southall.
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Union strengthens position on Corus DB closure
[17:25 CEST 04-06] UK – Community, the UK trade union, has claimed that Corus, the Anglo-Dutch steel manufacturer, has withdrawn a deadline for closing its DB scheme to new members.
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Longevity swaps – buy now while stocks last?
[17:00 CEST 04-06] UK - DB pension schemes planning to offload longevity risk by purchasing swaps should strongly consider buying them now, according to Mercer.
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BP closes final salary scheme to new members
[17:15 CEST 03-06] UK - BP is closing its $18.24bn (€12.83bn) final salary pension scheme to new members from 1 April next year.
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Bigger pension players push ESG - study
[16:50 CEST 03-06] UK - A group of responsible investment (RI) champions is clearly starting to emerge among UK corporate pension funds, according to the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance body (UKSIF).
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Audit found passive funds lack ESG focus
[16:40 CEST 03-06] UK - A significant proportion of equity holdings managed within passive funds is not subject to high levels of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk management, suggests an audit carried out by RImetrics.
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DB schemes still too equity-heavy, claims IIA
[16:50 CEST 02-06] UK – A UK-based pensions consultant has urged defined benefit pension schemes to abandon their traditional investment approach for a risk-based investment approach where assets are more closely matched to scheme liabilities, as officials believe there is still too much emphasis on equities.
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Pensions to be 'unaffected' by GM Europe takeover
[16:00 CEST 02-06] EUROPE – Officials at GM Europe say their European pension schemes should be unaffected by the proposed takeover by a Canadian firm, although public figures are not available to deduce the extent of the car manufacturer’s European pensions liabilities.
