All Aon articles – Page 17
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News
DB funding snapshot signals need for further hedging
Data analysis: Defined benefit schemes’ aggregate funding ratio rose slightly to 84.8 per cent in June, according to data, but experts say schemes should further hedge liabilities to buffer against underlying volatility in the bond markets.
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Environment Agency fund shares five-point ESG selection test
Environment Agency Pension Fund has detailed the five-point criteria it uses to assess managers for its responsible investments, as it awards £180m to a global sustainable equity mandate.
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Charles Stanley seeks DB risk control via working group
Stockbroker and wealth manager Charles Stanley has created a working party to tackle risk within its pension scheme after reporting a £6.2m deficit increase.
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Royal Mail posts £700m to options to deliver risk reduction
Royal Mail Pension Plan has invested £700m in an options mandate, as schemes increasingly explore derivative-based strategies to reduce risk while seeking growth.
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Should your scheme be seeking growth via income?
Schemes should increase their focus on income in the search for returns, experts have said, but some have raised doubts about the opportunities currently available in the credit sector.
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Regulator fleshes out compliance approach to public sector
The Pensions Regulator has released details of its compliance and enforcement policy for public service schemes, after taking on oversight of more than 200 plans from April.
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Funding statement underscores integrated risk management ethos
The Pensions Regulator has endorsed an integrated approach to risk management in its first annual funding statement since the publication of the revised code of practice for defined benefit scheme funding.
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Slow movers are risking returns, experts warn
Pension schemes risk losing potential returns by moving too slowly when changing investment strategy, with some waiting months between investigating and implementing, consultants have said.
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Opinion
Global equities survey – part two
In part two of our analysis of the global equities market, Gill Wadsworth considers how the wider trend, performance and current valuations are influencing UK schemes’ attraction to the asset class.
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NewsUK schemes feeling pressure to add risk in chase for return
More than three-quarters of UK pension funds that increased allocations to equities in the past six months cited pressure to meet funding requirements as a driver, according to research.
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Surrey opts for LDI to harness funding gains
Surrey County Council Pension Fund has put a liability-driven investment platform in place to capture rises in the funding level, after falling gilt yields wiped out last year’s gains.
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Opinion
Is now a good time for an ETV or Pie exercise?
Aon Hewitt’s Ben Roe examines whether the new flexibility for DC means 2015 is shaping up to be the ‘year of the transfer value’ for DB schemes.
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Johnston Press DB recovery to net 25% of sold sponsor assets
Johnston Press Pension Plan has agreed a revised recovery plan with its sponsor, entitling it to a chunk of the proceeds from the sale of company assets, to help plug its rising deficit.
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Opinion
Editorial: Drum roll...
So there you have it. By the time you read this, swaths of people will have battered down their providers’ doors to get their mitts on their pension pots, to splash on posh cars and cruises. Or not.
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John Laing tackles deficit with £100m alternative financing plan
Infrastructure heavyweight John Laing contributed £100m in cash and equity interests to its pension scheme, as part of a deficit recovery schedule that was revised before floating the company in February.
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Opinion
Six steps to manage a rise in DB-DC transfer requests
While the pension flexibilities do not apply directly to individuals with defined benefit pensions, members do have the option to transfer their benefits to a defined contribution arrangement.
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News
Lincolnshire fund enters admin-sharing deal with West Yorks
Lincolnshire Pension Fund has teamed up with West Yorkshire Pension Fund on benefit administration in order to deliver cost savings, in the latest example of local authority collaboration.
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Why the regulator will not publish a definitive list of AE schemes
The industry has given a mixed response to the Pensions Regulator’s decision not to publish a list of auto-enrolment schemes available to smaller employers, with some suggesting it could do more.
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Aon lifestyling failure leaves members exposed to risk assets
Twenty defined contribution pension schemes administered by Aon Hewitt have seen delays to their members’ derisking strategies, leaving them exposed to risk assets for up to four years longer than intended.
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Features
Reports predict bulk derisking boom as deficits rise
Around two-thirds of defined benefit schemes worth more than £1bn are exploring derisking strategies, according to research, with climbing deficits and product innovation seen as key drivers.