Record-low gilt yields and market downturns have seen more than half of schemes increase alternatives exposure this year.
Ruling to free up billions in GPP and stakeholder
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December 12, 2011
Allowing individuals to take pots of less than £2,000 in one go will free up £4.25bn of savings in group personal pension (GPP) and stakeholder schemes.
Webb creates auto-enrolment uncertainty
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December 4, 2011
More than half of employees due to be auto-enrolled in this parliament are now unlikely to be, despite Steve Webb’s assurances otherwise.
European schemes body confident of IORP climbdown
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December 4, 2011
Europe’s workplace pensions trade body is optimistic a compromise will be reached on scheme capitalisation, based on a leaked draft of a European Commission white paper.
Nearly £20bn in small inactive DC pots
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December 4, 2011
Defined contribution savers have left tens of billions of pounds in small, dormant pots for at least three years, exclusive research reveals.
Autumn statement 2011: Osborne confirms scheme infrastructure plans
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November 29, 2011
Pension schemes will help fund 500 infrastructure projects nationwide over the next 10 years, the chancellor of the Exchequer announced today.
SME auto-enrolment reprieve until after general election
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November 28, 2011
Firms with almost 250 staff will have their auto-enrolment put back a little more than one year, until shortly after the 2015 general election, PW understands.
Schemes still hurting from post-Lehmans hedge fund 'gating'
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November 27, 2011
Billions of pounds of pension scheme money is still locked in hedge funds which closed following the Lehman Brothers collapse.
M&G closes social housing fund to new investors
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November 27, 2011
M&G will close its social housing fund to new investors this week, after doubling its cash to buy up assets in the last quarter.
Pension funds should consider BSkyB investment in Murdoch vote – Bryant
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November 23, 2011
An MP has written to pension funds claiming they could lose money on their BSkyB shares if James Murdoch remains chairman of company.
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