All articles by Nick Reeve – Page 7
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LGPS funds to be exempt from fiduciary management rules
DWP consults on new rules for fiduciary managers and investment consultants following CMA investigation
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Pension SuperFund signs up second client in £300m deal
DB consolidation vehicle’s first deal was submitted to the regulator for clearance in May
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Auto-enrolment providers slam NOW: Pensions over cost analysis
The master trust claimed it was the cheapest provider on the market – but its rivals have hit back over ‘artful propaganda’ and ‘absurd’ outcomes
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LGPS Central raises £700m for emerging markets fund
Four local authority funds support emerging markets equity mandate, run by BMO, UBS and Vontobel
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USS assets hit £68bn as deficit climbs again [updated]
UK’s biggest pension scheme aims to improve communication policies as member dissatisfaction grows
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Standard Life Aberdeen and Lloyds settle dispute over £104bn contract
Standard Life Aberdeen will continue to run £35bn on behalf of Lloyds Banking Group until “at least April 2022” and receive £140m compensation
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NewsRegulator fines former Standard Life subsidiary £31m over annuity misselling
Standard Life Assurance failed to have robust systems and controls around its pension annuity sales, according to the FCA
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New UK leader faces same Brexit challenges, say managers
Boris Johnson, former mayor of London, will become the UK’s prime minister tomorrow with the UK’s EU departure date of 31 October looming large on the horizon
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NewsMSCI warns of €1bn-plus funds running liquidity risks
Data group analyses 400 UCITS funds and reports on liquidity profiles in wake of high-profile suspension of LF Woodford Equity Income fund
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£22bn UK pension fund ‘should divest from fossil fuels now’, say protesters
Campaigners gather outside Greater Manchester Pension Fund’s office, but scheme argues it is already ‘working hard’ to achieve climate risk goals
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LGPS pool targets £10bn with private markets programme
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has launched a £500m private equity vehicle and a £675m infrastructure fund for its 12 LGPS clients
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CERN gains from real estate revaluations to post 1.3% 2018 return
Northern Trust’s appointment as custodian helped address an ‘operational constraint’ in real asset investments for the scientific research institute’s pension fund
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NewsLocal authority fund shifts £500m into low-carbon index tracker
Swansea Council’s £2.1bn pension fund wants to reduce its exposure to carbon-intensive companies and fossil fuel investments by up to 50% by 2022
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GAM completes wind-up of suspended absolute return bond funds
Investors due to receive equivalent to an “average” of 100.5% of portfolio value after a 10-month process to liquidate the CHF7.3bn fund range
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Energy firm awards Aon £400m fiduciary mandate as new rules bed in [updated]
Schneider Electric awarded fiduciary management contract after competitive tender in accordance with new laws in force since early June
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NewsSovereign investors ‘preparing for end of market cycle’: Invesco
Equity allocations fall while fixed income and alternatives holdings increase, according to Invesco’s annual sovereign investor survey
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NEST goes live with ‘sidecar’ savings trial
Three employers are offering an emergency savings account to their staff as NEST looks to build on success of auto-enrolment
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Chart of the Week: Which country’s pension funds invest the most domestically?
Mercer’s European Asset Allocation report reveals the countries whose pension funds have the largest allocations to domestic equity, corporate bonds, and government bonds
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PPF assets grow to £32bn but surplus hit by Kodak claim
A 5.2% investment return for 2018-19 helped boost assets but the lifeboat fund’s biggest claim dented its surplus
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Smiths Group secures £176m buy-in with Canada Life
FTSE 100-listed engineering firm strikes pension risk transfer deal bringing total bulk annuity value across all schemes to £1.6bn
