Representatives of the UK’s universities have written an open letter to staff asking them to reconsider strikes over issues including pensions, planned to begin later this month.
Micro-buyout specialist announces first deal for textile merchant
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November 19, 2019
On the go: A textiles company from Bradford has successfully achieved a buy-in for £9.3m of its defined benefit liabilities with Canada Life after an auction with three bulk annuity insurers.
Greens manifesto to force fossil fuel divestment for public schemes
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November 19, 2019
On the go: Public sector pension funds would be required to divest from fossil fuel-related companies under a government led by the Green Party, which has released a manifesto packed with controversial pension reforms.
Is this the end for lay trustees?
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November 14, 2019
Building momentum for consolidation could boost governance but threatens cognitive diversity.
The DC Debate: How investors can incorporate ESG factors into their portfolios
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November 14, 2019
What makes a successful strategy for ESG, how else can investors incorporate ESG considerations into their portfolios, and how can passive and pooled investors act on the beliefs set out in their new SIPs? These are some of the questions discussed in this month’s DC debate.
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How schemes can plan better for the endgame
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November 13, 2019
Roundtable: With the watchdog taking an increasingly vigorous approach to DB regulation, four experts at a recent Pensions Expert event discuss the importance of choosing the right derisking option for schemes as they reach maturity
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Court approves BA trustees' pension increase settlement
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November 13, 2019
On the go: Trustees of British Airways’ defined benefit schemes have had a settlement allowing them to pay discretionary increases approved by the High Court.
DB deficit shrinks over October
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November 12, 2019
On the go: UK defined benefit schemes are edging closer to the funding needed to buy out the Pension Protection Fund-level benefits, according to an update from the lifeboat fund.
Global Pensions Wrap: November edition
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November 11, 2019
A round-up of the pensions industry stories published across the FT Group – including Mercer’s warning to fund clients over redemptions at Fisher Investments and the Swiss central bank’s ‘essential’ negative interest rate policy.
Superfund delays are ‘egregious waste’ of investors’ capital
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November 7, 2019
The chief executive of The Pension SuperFund has hit out at the government, over its failure to agree a regulatory framework for defined benefit consolidation despite ministers having encouraged the creation of the sector in the first place.