All articles by Nick Reeve – Page 9
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Mandatory tendering for fiduciary contracts becomes UK law
Pension scheme trustees must conduct a competitive tender for any new fiduciary contract covering 20% or more of assets
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NewsHSBC pension boss to exit for London CIV
Mark Thompson to lead £36bn LGPS asset pool from September, after an eight-year tenure leading HSBC’s UK pension operations
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FCA to revisit UK illiquid asset rules after high-profile fund suspension
Trading in shares of the £4.3bn LF Woodford Equity Income fund was suspended last week following a wave of investor redemption requests
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NewsChart of the Week: Which asset managers have the most ESG analysts?
IPE’s Top 400 Asset Managers survey asked investment companies about their dedicated ESG and corporate governance specialists for the first time
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Asset management roundup: Natixis launches infrastructure affiliate
Also: Aegon AM signs deal to operate in China
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High street chain agrees £310m pension funding deal with regulator
Arcadia, owned by Sir Philip Green, is attempting to cut its debt bill to stave off bankruptcy and has secured the support of the Pension Protection Fund
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Academics call for government inquiry into USS governance
More than 1,000 UK-based professors and university staff have demanded action over governance concerns at the UK’s largest pension fund
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FeaturesDC’s collective voice could be decisive
Australian pension funds could soon become the biggest shareholders in their country’s equity market (see page 5), with researchers at Rainmaker Information forecasting their combined domestic stock holdings to hit 60% by 2033.
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Staff and students protest as college threatens exit from USS
Council in charge of Trinity College, Cambridge wants to extract itself from USS in a move that could cost it £30m
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Irish pension funds voice ‘frustration’ at regulatory delays
Government ‘cannot take its foot off the gas’ over the summer if it is to succeed with ambitious reforms, IAPF says
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NewsCost transparency poses threat to asset managers, says Moody’s
The UK’s Cost Transparency Initiative will ‘encourage institutional investors to negotiate rebates’, according to credit rating agency
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London pension funds appoint CIO for £36bn asset pool
Former Coal Pension Trustees CIO Michael Pratten moves from insurance company Canopius to take on interim position at London CIV
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Brexit: UK recession warning as prime minister quits party leadership
Economists have issued renewed warnings of a possible UK recession after prime minister Theresa May this morning announced her resignation. May, who was appointed prime minister in the immediate aftermath of the country’s 2016 referendum on EU membership, said she would resign as leader of the ruling Conservative Party on ...
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NewsChart of the Week: Brexit helps Ireland hit record AUM
ETFs, Brexit transfers and market performance pushed Irish AUM to an all-time high of €2.64trn in the first quarter of 2019, according to new data
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£45bn local authority investment pool appoints permanent chair
Gerald Cooney, vice-deputy of Greater Manchester Pension Fund, has taken over from Paul Doughty at the Northern LGPS
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Technology roundup: Blockchain-based fund trading system launches
Calastone claims world first in streamlined fund trading, while French-owned blockchain platform Iznes targets European growth
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Marks & Spencer strikes fresh buy-ins worth £1.4bn with PIC, Phoenix
The UK high street chain has now insured ‘approximately two thirds’ of its pensioner liabilities to reduce exposure to longevity changes and other risks
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NewsManagers urged to comply with new cost disclosure templates
Minister warns government could legislate to enforce new transparency codes if managers fail to adopt the templates voluntarily
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Chart of the Week: At the precipice of cost transparency
Cost disclosure templates for UK institutional investors could emerge as soon as next week, conference delegates heard on Tuesday
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LGPS investment costs hit £1bn as cost code sheds light on fees
Public sector pension funds in England and Wales reported higher investment costs after a new code of transparency started to take effect
