All articles by Nick Reeve – Page 5
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NewsNEST names managers for first move into private markets
Amundi and BlackRock will manage roughly 5% of the DC master trust’s default funds with inflows expected to start in October
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Fresh QE likely to boost corporate bonds, say managers
Mario Draghi’s final appearance as ECB president bought a 10-basis-point rate cut and open-ended quantitative easing
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NewsRothesay Life to raise £500m in preparation for DB insurance deals
Plus: Legal & General has insured a UK law firm’s £35m scheme, transferring from its fiduciary management business
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Amundi teams up with Asian infrastructure bank for $1bn climate bond fund
Also: AXA IM launches impact fund focused on Asia, Africa and Latin America; NN IP green bond fund reaches €1bn
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NewsNEST gets green light for authorisation from UK regulator
Five more auto-enrolment master trusts have been approved by The Pensions Regulator
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Pension freedom policy was rushed, says FCA chair
‘A major change of policy like this needs a substantial period of planning and testing so that all necessary safeguards are integrated before it is launched’
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Netherlands roundup: TKP to reorganise back and middle office
Also: PostNL appoints BNP Paribas Securities Services as custodian and administrator for €8.6bn scheme
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Mandate roundup: £1bn LGPS fund preparing low-carbon switch
Plus: Solidarietà Veneto tenders two mandates worth €328m; Cardano details six fiduciary mandates
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Chart of the Week: Companies seeking to address gender imbalance
State Street Global Advisors plans to step up its campaign for more female representation on company boards in the next 12 months
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UK roundup: Drinks maker appoints Willis Towers Watson to DB scheme
Plus: Trustee company wound up after insolvency investigation found ‘numerous instances of misconduct’
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UK DB scheme deficit hits two-year high amid Brexit uncertainty
The combined DB pension funding shortfall across the UK’s biggest 350 listed companies increased by £16bn during August
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NewsCould holding negative-yielding bonds clash with fiduciary duty?
Cambridge Associates says trustees and pension fund managers should review LDI mandates and passive government bond allocations
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NewsLGPS appoints tech firm to monitor investment costs and charges
Byhiras, a London-based technology group, will develop a monitoring and validation system for use by the UK’s £347bn local authority pension system
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Country ReportNEST: More than a pension
NEST’s Insight unit is looking at how to improve pensions outcomes for the less fortunate
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Special ReportUK: Thinking beyond Brexit
Pensions regulation has taken a backseat to Brexit but this has not stopped the industry from moving ahead with changes
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Special ReportIreland: A pension reform battleground
The government’s plan to overhaul the entire pension system is running behind schedule
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Opinion PiecesAn ageing Europe needs radical policy ideas
The Centre for Social Justice – a UK centre-right think tank – has proposed retirement policy reforms including raising the country’s state pension age to 75 by 2035
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USS deficit hits £6.6bn as chief exec warns on market outlook
Staff and employers have been unable to agree contribution levels – and recent market volatility could require them to pay even more
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Chart of the Week: The UK’s biggest asset managers
LGIM, Insight and BlackRock are increasing their dominance over the UK institutional pensions market, according to IPE research
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No-deal Brexit move is ‘tantamount to pursuing recession’, strategist warns
Investors react as UK prime minister suspends parliament with just weeks to go before Brexit deadline of 31 October
