All articles by Taha Lokhandwala – Page 14
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Country Report
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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Country Report
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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Features
How we run our money: Aisle four - asset management
Steven Daniels, chief investment officer at Tesco Pension Investment, tells Taha Lokhandwala about his role as Tesco’s in-house asset manager
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News
ECB appoints BlackRock to advise on possible ABS purchase programme
Central bank says any decision on use of programme would be reached ‘in-house’
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News
United Utilities scheme allocates to private debt after ‘positive’ valuation
Fund to decrease reliance on internal inflation hedging mechanism, explore further de-risking options
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News
West Sussex fund tenders £1.2bn multi-asset mandate
Holdings currently managed by Baillie Gifford as contract expires in December 2014
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News
AXA IM head of institutional moves to MFS Investment Management
Head of UK institutional leaves for similar role in US active manager’s London office
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News
UK roundup: Western United scheme, Rothesay Life, PGL Pension Scheme, Aon Hewitt
Western United Pension Scheme begins wind-up insuring final tranche of liabilities with Rothesay Life
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News
British Steel returns 1.6% amid warnings of deficit increase [amended]
Chairman says triennial valuation unlikely to yield positive news as fund selling assets to meet obligations
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NewsUK Pensions Regulator victorious in Lehmans case settlement
Chief executive says case shows watchdog’s ‘anti-avoidance powers’ can be used effectively
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News
Railways Pension Scheme ramps up exposure to growth assets
Scheme’s main growth pool returns 8.6% as fund reviews investment beliefs amid triennial valuation
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News
Use of triggers in FTSE 100 pension funds to hasten equity exodus
Allocation to equities falls among 100 private sector schemes, LCP survey shows
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News
BP Pension Fund grows assets by 14% after bumper equity returns
Scheme begins to implement 3% allocation shift towards LDI, more than quadruples value of derivative contracts
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News
DC audit to investigate all schemes above auto-enrolment charge cap
Independent review of insurance DC workplace products to study all schemes charging above 75-basis-point cap set for auto-enrolment schemes
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News
Collective vehicle for London council funds to invest by June 2015
London Councils creates shell company looking for commonality in funds’ mandates to group investments
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News
UK roundup: Philips Pension Fund, Prudential, TPR, PPF
Philips Pension Fund takes total pensioner insurance buy-in contracts to £784m after new tranche
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News
Now Pensions overhauls investment strategy, predicts cash withdrawal
Single-fund provider removes annuity-matching portfolio as part of default investment strategy
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News
NEST CIO warns of ‘regret risk’ in alternative indexing
National Employment Savings Trust to consider alternatives to target-date at retirement
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News
PPF expands global equities portfolio by 17% as net assets rise 9%
Lifeboat fund’s funding ratio hits 112%; probability of self-sufficiency by 2030 now 90%
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News
UK government backs pensions industry on transfers from DB to DC
Government to allow asset transfers between schemes despite concerns over impact on corporate, sovereign bond markets
