Pensions in United Kingdom Report – Page 5
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Derisking: Granular buy-ins
James Mullins expects medically underwritten buy-ins to gain popularity, with market volume set to reach £1.5bn this year
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UK Budget Changes: Further nails in the coffin
Kevin Davey assesses pension changes announced by the government in its July Budget
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Asset Management: The rise of multi-asset
Gill Wadsworth looks at the changes adopted by pension funds as they seek investment opportunites that offer stability, diversification and healthy returns
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Local Government Pension Scheme: Is bigger always better?
After years of discussing local government pension reform, the government is no closer to a formal policy to restructure the system. This has not deterred frontrunners from exploring different methods of achieving scale and lowering costs
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Pensions in the UK: A 10-year scorecard
The advent of The Pensions Regulator and the Pension Protection Fund in 2005 changed the UK occupational pensions sector for good. But have they changed it for the better?
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Risk off
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo looks at the supply and demand issues shaping the pension de-risking market
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Ten years of LDI
Barry Jones wonders how many people in 2004 would have thought investments would be the single biggest investment exposure for UK schemes by 2014
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A national rule for local funds
Taha Lokhandwala looks at radical proposals to reform local government pension investment in England and Wales
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Dutiful fiduciaries
Paul Lee outlines the perspective of the NAPF on the Law Commission review and its implications for pension funds
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Does DC stand for Duty of Care?
Sally Ling looks at two areas that came under the scrutiny of the Law Commission in its review of the fiduciary duties of UK investment intermediaries – defined contribution (DC) providers and investment consultants
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An emotional business
Tim Jones, CEO of NEST, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo how the master trust is dealing with its customer base in its attempt to raise awareness of pensions and its model to reduce transaction
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A buoyant de-risking market
Charlie Finch reviews market practice in buy-ins, buyouts, longevity swaps and LDI
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Liberalising ambitions
This looks set to be a defining year for UK pensions, as auto-enrolment shapes up and key reforms for defined ambition pensions are introduced, writes Taha Lokhandwala
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All change
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo outlines how auto enrolment is changing the defined contribution pension landscape
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Defined contribution charge cap, due in April, now expected in 2015
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Schemes edge closer to collective surplus, last seen in June 2011
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Deal takes total buy-in contracts with Prudential to £205m
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UK: A marriage yet to be made
Infrastructure is seen as an asset class that offers a good match for pension fund liabilities. Pádraig Floyd outlines the progress to date of the UK Pension Infrastructure Platform
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UK: Growing pains
Gill Wadsworth surveys the UK’s growing DC pension market, whose assets look set to exceed those of DB funds by 2018
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UK: Focus on investment returns
Stuart Thomson argues that UK pension funds are likely to increase active LDI and alpha strategies as a result of TPR’s new objective to promote sustainable growth
