All Western Europe articles – Page 4
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NewsDWP embraces PPF as potential public pensions consolidator candidate
‘From a variety of perspectives there’s clearly an investment model that we already have, expertise and infrastructure,’ says the PPF
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NewsDB pension funds ‘working against’ government’s productive finance agenda
Defined benefit schemes have now stopped and some even reduced their allocation to illiquid assets, says WTW
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NewsSolution to small pots proliferation is to use pension dashboard infrastructure
A solution to small pots proliferation will require ‘a new piece of data infrastructure’, DWP said
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NewsVan Lanschot Kempen outsources LDI strategies to SSGA
New investment solution will help clients navigate new economic landscape, manage liquidity, reduce their funding level volatility
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NewsUK pensions industry told to prepare for consolidation
Industry experts expect to see a significant amount of consolidation in the market by 2035
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NewsBrunel adds impact target to new private equity allocation with Neuberger Berman
The strategy will commit 40% to impact investments, while the remaining 60% will be invested according to Brunel’s responsible investment policy
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NewsDWP advisers tell pension trustees to add social considerations to RfPs and mandates
Report on social factors contains recommendations and a framework its chair hopes will be picked up by ISSB
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NewsChurch Commissioners for England boosts responsible investment activity
‘Our integrated approach to responsible investment aims to affect real change in the wider economy,’ says First Church estates commissioner
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NewsLGPS consultation did not deliver expected clarity, PLSA conference hears
‘The government wants us to accelerate and then collaborate and ultimately we then consolidate. That’s the message we’re getting,’ says PLSA local authority committee chair
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NewsAllianz Leben plans selective move on private markets
The firm will increasingly look to opportunities in corporate and government bond investments
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NewsDefault consolidator model for small pots could create ‘virtuous circle’
In order to solve the ‘anxiety’ around small pots the best place to start is with a default consolidator model, says NEST’s Zoe Alexander
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NewsSwiss pension funds suffer returns setback in Q3
Infrastructure investments worst performing asset class so far this year at -5.8%
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NewsThe Netherlands returns to top spot in Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index
The index report also examined the potential of artificial intelligence to improve pension and social security systems
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NewsDutch pension experts identify important pitfalls for pension fund trustees
Dutch pension trustee Alfred Slager and consultant Martijn Vos reveal them in their new book ‘Decision making for pension fund boards’
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NewsInstitutional investors shift to bonds, change stance on alternatives
Germany’s first pillar pension reform will affect the fund industry, says Universal Investment’s chief customer officer Katja Müller
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NewsBlackRock launches trustee education platform
Starting in November, the Academy will offer a series of virtual and in person events encouraging conversation, questions and debate
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NewsFrance’s ERAFP chooses credit managers for €8bn in new mandates
Amundi, Ostrum and HSBC bag active mandates
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NewsOliver Morley leaves chief executive role at PPF
Morley will take up the role of CEO at Money and Pensions Service (MaPS)
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NewsUK sees record £21.2bn transferred to insurers in first half of 2023
LCP research shows number of UK private sector DB schemes fully-funded on buyout has increased to 20%
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NewsLGPS Central reaffirms net zero commitments with strategy launch
The strategy outlines the rationale for its belief in creating a ‘realistic pathway for achieving net zero’
