Pension Fund Strategy – Page 87
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Country Report
Dutch transport fund to tender €25bn fiduciary management contract
Vervoer exploring new models for fiduciary management, but says it has no issues with current provider Robeco
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Kingfisher insures £200m in deal with PIC
£4bn pension scheme of building supplies group has now insured more than 10% of its liabilities
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RBS agrees ‘final deficit contributions’ for £45bn scheme
UK bank agrees to match shareholder payouts with pension fund contributions
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Royal Mail presents government with alternative paths to CDC
Letter to Work and Pensions Select Committee outlines easier route to the first private sector collective DC fund
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Impact assessment model finds ESG funds ‘low on sustainability’
Impact-Cubed motivated to help investors verify fund managers’ ESG claims
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BT Pension Scheme sells majority stake in in-house asset manager
US investment group Federated Investors buys 60% stake in Hermes Fund Managers for £246m
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Tesco halves pension deficit through accounting change
£3bn wiped off DB scheme shortfall after an update to its discount rate model
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UK’s biggest union fights DB closures at water and car companies
Anglian Water, United Utilities, Bentley all considering changes to pension arrangements
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University staff to vote on future of USS next week
Latest proposal marks the second attempt to break negotiation deadlock and end industrial action
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PIC, Prudential aim to expand de-risking market to small schemes
Plus: JLT Employee Benefits launches price comparison tool for schemes considering buyouts
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Dutch politicians threaten to legislate for pension board diversity
Schemes have failed to deliver on promise made in code for pension funds, argues D66
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Hermes, KBI push Sustainable Development Goals
But Schroders war against “misappropriation” risks
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Unions pull representatives from Dutch scheme’s oversight board
Board of dental technicians’ sector scheme refuses to work with current accountability body
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UK roundup: BT to replace £49bn DB scheme with hybrid plan
Plus: GKN-Melrose latest; expert panel to scrutinise USS valuation; Brunel gets FCA green light
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ESG roundup: NBIM among $3trn investor group pushing TCFD-reporting
Plus: Stewardship code views sought, LAPFF on ‘precarious work’, PRI on manager selection, ISS-oekom
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EC to propose legislation ‘clarifying’ investor duties on sustainability
Legislative proposal on investor duties and sustainable taxonomy to be put forward in May
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Credit benchmarks too sensitive to interest rates, investors warn
Credit risk and duration management among the top priorities for Austrian pension funds
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AP7 chief backs calls for illiquids investment permission
Swedish premium pension default fund’s asset base swells by a quarter in 2017
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Church of England and AP7 tackle Rio Tinto over lobbying support
European pensions heavyweights join Australia’s LGS in shareholder resolution
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UK politicians up ante over pension funds and climate change, ESG
Group of MPs write to top 25 pension funds, DWP sets out thinking about policies, regulation