All articles by Jonathan Williams – Page 37
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Confusion reigns over pension exemption from central clearing
UK fund tells IPE it is ‘taking the view’ exemption will be extended as Commission declines to comment
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Somerset hires replacement manager for UBS Asia-Pacific mandate
Local authority schemes finds replacement manager over year after dropping UBS for underperformance
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Greater Manchester appoints managers to £600m equity framework
£12.6bn local authority scheme names new firms, doubling number of potential external managers
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UK regulator grants Guinness Peat more time to address warning notice
TPR, sponsor remain at odds over deficits in two of holding company’s three DB plans
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Mandate roundup: Strathclyde, IPE-Quest
Strathclyde Pension Fund looks for responsible investment overlay provider
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Finland's Ilmarinen warns of impact of Russia sanctions
Pensions mutual describes impact of sanctions on local economy as ‘disconcerting’
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Irish government sidesteps questions on funding reform
Department of Social Protection avoids answering questions about potential review of minimum funding standard
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European Commission to investigate possibility of levy to fund EIOPA
Endorses previous calls from EIOPA chairman, Parliament for end to direct funding of ESAs from European budget
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Norwegian oil fund to publish voting intentions from 2015
Government Pension Fund Global to publish intentions for ‘selected companies’
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Irish reserve fund suffers losses from bank shares, boosts corporate bonds
NPRF increases share of discretionary portfolio invested in corporate debt by 6 percentage points
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Funding falls as German pension schemes struggle with low interest rates
Listed companies see funding fall by 4 percentage points as discount rate drops in 2014
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BP strengthens in-house team with hires from PPF, Aon Hewitt
BP Investment Management appoints heads of fixed income, investment strategy
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Robeco teams with development bank for $400m low-carbon venture
Private equity partnership to invest in low-carbon economy, with seed capital from Robeco, Asian Development Bank
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Japan's Nikko AM hires former SWIP global equities team
SWIP director of global equities joins Japanese manager with establishment of Edinburgh office
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Omega Pharma case may force Ireland to re-evaluate funding standard
Ruling that trustees can request additional funding above statutory minimum raises industry concerns
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UK roundup: Baker Tilly, ShareAction, Office of Fair Trading
Law firm raises concerns about amount of time trustees within hybrid schemes spend on DC matters
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Camden defers infrastructure investment until launch of collective vehicle
Council to pursue private equity as infrastructure’s popularity drives up pricing
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Herd behaviour of UK schemes ‘amplifying asset price’ – BoE
Bank questions speed of de-risking undertaken by underfunded DB schemes in UK
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'Record demand' for index-linked Gilts stems from pension duration gap
AXA Investment Managers notes high interest in £5bn syndication despite negative yields
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London boroughs review joint management of pension funds
Review to examine all areas of cooperaton, including joint management of £2.2bn in pension assets