All articles by Taha Lokhandwala – Page 17
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DB supervision squeezed as UK regulator budgets to manage auto-enrolment
Auto-enrolment to account for 52% of budget, sees 90% increase in funding as DB budget falls 10%
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NewsUK pension reforms a tax grab, alleges influential committee chair
Chair of work and pensions committee also expresses concerns speed of Budget chages to DC will pose a challenge
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European institutions to allocate €211bn to smart beta by 2018
Research finds UK and rest of Europe differ in reasoning for allocations, market dominated by institutional allocations
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UK local government funds appoint to custodian framework
Norfolk, Suffolk, Hackney use global custodian framework agreement to appoint HSBC Securities to £5.2bn asset mandate
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ETF managers show 'vast' differences replicating Europe, emerging markets
European, emerging market indices show ‘very divergent’ tracking qualities, according to study
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UK travel firm TUI adds to Dutch closure with PIE, shift to DC
TUI Travel offers pensioners incentive to remove future increase, closes Norwegian scheme
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London Stock Exchange expresses interest in Russell takeover
Exchange provider confirms discussions over purchase; rival offerings expected from MSCI, private equity
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European pension funds warm to LDI as derivative allocations grow
Mercer asset allocation survey shows schemes calling halt to equity exodus on back of bull markets
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UK public pension funds blast GlencoreXstrata over Hayward appointment
Forum of 60 pension funds to oppose appointment over role as nomination committee chair, all-male appointments
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FTSE defined contribution funds to increase exposure to alternatives
Average allocation among funds investing in alternatives growing, says Schroders
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Pension funds slam Commission over 'irrespective effect' of FTT
Algirdas Šemeta praises victory for enhanced cooperation in ECJ, welcomes roadmap for tax implementation
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ICPM makes Ambachtsheer director emeritus as Bauer named successor
Industry veteran given emeritus status after co-founding University of Toronto institute in 2005
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Fixed income portfolios boost 2013 returns at France's UMR
Three funds within UMR umbrella struggle with real estate, non-listed allocations
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UK government to force £85bn shift to passive in LGPS funds
UK launches consultation on creation of two collective investment vehicles for 89 local government pension schemes in England, Wales
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NewsUK Pensions Regulator publishes 'voluntary' framework for DC master trusts
Now Pensions warns of ‘wilful ignorance’ of framework by smaller providers
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Features
The mission for pensions reform
Eleven years have passed since the European pensions industry digested, welcomed and, in some cases, bemoaned the Directive for Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision, or IORP I as it became known. This year, the European Commission once again took up the arduous task of updating this Directive, publishing its legislative agenda before submitting it to the European trialogue machine.
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Can the EC play a long-term game?
As part of the European Commission’s reinvigorated attempt to promote future investment in key economic areas, it has now produced a legislative agenda for the long-term financing of investment.
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Little red box full of radical tricks
Every spring, the UK chancellor presents the public with a red box full of tricks, setting out the government’s economic plans. While pension tax relief has often been tinkered with, this year George Osborne announced a wide-ranging reform of the defined contribution (DC) at-retirement system, the implications of which will be far-reaching.
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European Court throws out UK challenge to financial transaction tax
ECJ says UK’s argument cannot be examined until details of FTT have been ‘definitively established’
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NewsFormer Invensys fund chief joins Redington in senior role
Robin Claessens set to join consultancy on investment consulting team
