All Brexit articles – Page 5

  • Opinion

    TV, tweets and voters

    2016-06-23T00:00:00Z

    From the blog: Energy and climate change secretary Amber Rudd’s attack on Boris Johnson during the ITV referendum debate earlier this month included a jibe that the former London mayor, while the life and soul of the party, could not be trusted to drive you home afterwards.

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    News

    Market instability tops referendum fears

    2016-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Negative portfolio returns and prolonged unpredictability are the top concerns potential Brexit raises for pension stakeholders according to a new survey by pensions platform Mallowstreet. However, pensions insiders said these risks should already have started being addressed.

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    Opinion

    Would Brexit mean less red tape for UK schemes?

    2016-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Analysis: The volume of European regulatory changes has radically increased the governance burden on UK pension schemes in recent years; voting to leave the European Union must be tempting for trustees keen to cut the red tape.

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    Opinion

    A pensions power struggle

    2016-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Editorial: The chancellor has pulled another rabbit out of the red case. This time it’s a tame European breed: the ‘no change on pensions tax relief ahead of the referendum’ kind. 

  • News

    Three complex investment issues demystified

    2016-03-11T00:00:00Z

    PLSA Investment Conference 2016: Three pensions professionals were each tasked with explaining a complex investment issue in five minutes, demonstrating how things like good value, credit or Brexit can be explained to members.

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    Features

    Market effects of possible Brexit throw up investment questions

    2016-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Analysis: Trustees must consider how growing uncertainty over the UK’s future in the European Union could hit their holdings, consultants have said, identifying both headwinds and opportunities en route to the referendum.

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    Opinion

    How underpricing political risk could hit pension funds

    2015-11-23T00:00:00Z

    As the UK considers future relations with Europe, MFS Investment Management’s Madeline Forrester explores what a possible exit means for UK pension funds.