All Features articles – Page 39
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UK infrastructure too narrow for Leicestershire
The Leicestershire County Council Pension Fund has split £70m between two global infrastructure funds but feels the size of the UK market is too restrictive.
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Merseyside limits losses with low volatility stocks
The £5.1bn local authority pension fund has reduced its losses in recent equity downturns through a low volatility investment strategy.
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South Yorkshire staves off risk of mass opt-outs
Proposed reforms of the local government pension scheme have raised the threat of a mass member exodus, but South Yorkshire has developed a strategy to combat the risk
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FeaturesPPF trims comms as numbers near 500,000
The pensions lifeboat has streamlined its communication materials to improve its performance as it prepares to take over customer service for its growing membership.
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FTSE 100 schemes reassess actuarial assumptions
A report by LCP into the accounting disclosures of FTSE 100 pension schemes has revealed a wide range of assumptions used when assessing liabilities.
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Pearl wipes £19m off liabilities with Pie exercise
The Pearl Group Staff Pension Scheme has closed its funding gap by £19m through a derisking exercise that achieved a 40 per cent take-up among eligible pensioners.
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Diversification not just about assets, advisers warn
In this first instalment of our annual survey of schemes and their advisers, we look at how funds have diversified their investments – and where consultants see room for improvement.
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Schemes divided over value of active managers
The ability of active fund managers to deliver value in the low-growth environment has proved a divisive issue for schemes, a schemeXpert.com and Pensions Week survey has shown.
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Schemes adopt flexible retirement to engage members
With seven out of 10 of schemes already implementing, or set to implement, flexible retirement, Ian Smith looks at how the policy can help them improve engagement.
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Local government schemes respond to AE safeguards
Norfolk Pension Fund has issued each of its employers with a guide to complying with new auto-enrolment legislation to ensure members are not induced to leave the scheme.
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Schemes up governance after equalisation clashes
Amid a slew of equalisation disputes between schemes and past advisers, Pippa Stephens considers how schemes can improve their governance processes to reduce the risk of future litigation.
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Bank scheme lifts contributions through age profiling
Ian Smith explores how the National Australia Group defined contribution (DC) plan and others are improving their communication through direct engagement with employees.
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Alternatives replacing equities to protect big funds
Schemes have taken advantage of alternatives to protect themselves from stock market volatility, with The Pensions Trust and GEC funds already benefiting from this approach.
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DC schemes harness apathy to drive up contributions
Defined contribution (DC) schemes are increasing members’ retirement savings by using a combination of apathy and education to ensure high levels of contributions.
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FeaturesSchemes warned to keep an eye on illiquid assets
Schemes such as British Coal are closely managing their liquidity risk to ensure they are not locking away too much cash in hard-to-sell investments such as private equity and infrastructure.
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Survey: Schemes shun traditional fixed income assets
In our second feature revealing the survey insights of 44 leading schemes and trustees, Owen Walker hears their two-year plan for fixed income investing.
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Schemes turn their backs on traditional assets
Schemes reveal their reappraisal of the risk-reward characteristics of assets and how they have adjusted their portfolios, in the second instalment of the Intelligent Thinking survey.
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FeaturesBA opts for real assets to match liabilities
The airline’s £8bn New Airways Pension Scheme has launched an investment portfolio of property and infrastructure to manage long-term inflation risk
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FeaturesLloyds postpones mass auto-enrolment staging date
The banking group’s defined contribution scheme is taking advantage of legislative flexibility to delay by two months auto-enrolling employees
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Saul avoids member backlash in switch to Care
The £1.5bn multi-employer scheme for academics has avoided the problems experienced by Unilever in switching to a career-average framework, by being flexible in negotiations with stakeholders