All Equities articles – Page 2
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NewsBT sets 5-year carbon goal, Islington updates net zero targets
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, including new decarbonisation targets from the £57.5bn BT Pension Scheme, an update to the £1.4bn London Borough of Islington Pension Fund’s responsible investment policy, and the Financial Conduct Authority’s delay to plans for sustainable investment labels.
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NewsAon and Mercer issue ‘urgent’ call to action over LDI strategies
Consultancies Aon and Mercer have urged pension schemes, trustees and sponsors to prepare to intervene to protect their schemes, as bond market volatility puts strain on liability-driven investment strategies.
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OpinionInflation protection for pension scheme benefits
LPX AG managing director Robin Jakob explains how high inflation is posing a significant worry for defined benefit scheme investments and why core infrastructure can provide better protection.
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NewsLondon Pensions Fund Authority launches transparency dashboard
On the go: The £6.9bn London Pensions Fund Authority has launched a transparency dashboard in partnership with fintech company Tumelo that displays a breakdown of its equity investments.
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NewsTPR predicts improvements in funding levels
Pension schemes with recent valuation dates are expected to achieve improved funding levels, the Pensions Regulator has predicted, while many schemes in deficit should be able to maintain or reduce deficit repair contributions.
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NewsRecord numbers of FTSE 350 DB schemes are in surplus
More than six in 10 FTSE 350 defined benefit scheme sponsors have reported a pensions accounting surplus as at the end of 2021, while the aggregate surplus has almost doubled in the past months.
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NewsEquities drive fiduciary management performance in 2021
On the go: Fiduciary managers depended on a strong performance by equity markets to drive returns in 2021, helping most to outperform a key benchmark.
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NewsAegon invests £3bn in ESG range, NPT shifts to sustainable strategy
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, with Aegon investing £3bn of its default funds in ESG, and the National Pension Trust shifting its default arrangement towards a green strategy.
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NewsNorthern Ireland LGPS commits to low-carbon fund
On the go: The circa £10bn Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee has transferred its entire £2.8bn core passive equity holdings into Legal & General Investment Management’s Low Carbon Transition Fund.
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NewsCharge cap proposals criticised as govt launches illiquids consultation
The government has said it will “take time to consider” industry concerns around its proposals to exclude performance fees from the charge cap, and has launched a combined consultation into other ways in which to encourage defined contribution schemes to invest in illiquid assets.
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NewsAon’s master trust and GPP invest in climate transition fund
On the go: The Aon MasterTrust and Group Personal Pension Plan made a £700mn investment in February 2022 to a new climate transition fund co-developed and co-launched by the consultancy and UBS Asset Management.
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NewsPensions industry in dire need of 'real' fee transparency
On the go: Asset managers charging lower fees for global active equity funds often deliver better value for money, but the fees collected differ greatly from those presented in the public domain, according to a report from ClearGlass Analytics.
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PodcastsPodcast: Natural capital can improve scheme returns but concerns remain
Podcast: Natural capital can improve scheme returns but trustees should not forget to consider their fiduciary duties of being able to pay pensions in the future and have a defensive investment strategy, argue Alina Donets, portfolio manager at Lombard Odier Investment Managers, and Stuart O’Brien, partner at Sackers.
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NewsPension Protection Fund pulls out of Russia
On the go: The Pension Protection Fund will eliminate its negligible exposure to Russian assets when liquidity in the market improves, it has announced.
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NewsDB schemes’ surplus drops £12.8bn in February
On the go: The aggregate surplus of the 5,215 defined benefit schemes in the Pension Protection Fund 7800 Index decreased by £12.8bn in February.
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OpinionUnprecedented DB scheme funding levels: Is this as good as it gets?
Sponsors should start to consider derisking their defined benefit schemes, as the current favourable level of investment gains and funding levels will not last forever, writes State Street Global Advisors’ Jeremy Rideau.
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NewsAsset manager consolidation and scheme maturation increase fees
On the go: Investment management fees across some asset classes have moved upwards after years of decline, according to new research.
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News£300bn of assets linked to deforestation, BBC sets net zero goal
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, with research showing more than £300bn of pension assets are linked to deforestation, the BBC Pension Scheme committing to net zero, and Brunel Pension Partnership hiring two new ESG managers.
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NewsLGPS funds finish 2021 with an increased ESG equity focus
Data crunch: Making a broad equity allocation without incorporating environmental, social and governance criteria is now almost anathema to local authority pension schemes, at least according to the data collected by MandateWire over the fourth quarter of 2021.