All Hymans Robertson articles – Page 10
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Features
Investment consultants could be under microscope for next decade
Analysis: Investment consultants may have escaped the more stringent of the recommendations in the Competition and Markets Authority’s provisional decision earlier this year, but experts have said that the scrutiny of the market is unlikely to end at Christmas.
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FeaturesJaguar scheme opts for forestry and farmland
The Jaguar Pension Plan has invested in agriculture and timber funds in a bid to diversify its portfolio and develop its exposure to opportunistic private markets.
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Features
Notts to report itself to TPR after employers botch data
The Nottinghamshire County Council Pension Fund is set to report itself to the Pensions Regulator after failing to produce some of its annual benefit statements on time.
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Features
Testing times for charity DB pension schemes
At the beginning of last year, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds closed its defined benefit pension fund and replaced it with a new defined contribution scheme.
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News
Worcestershire puts JPMorgan AM back on watch
The Worcestershire County Council Pension Fund has placed JPMorgan Asset Management “on watch” for the continued underperformance of its emerging markets equities mandate, just six months after removing its added scrutiny of the manager.
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News
Civil partner LGPS survivor benefits set to match widows
Survivors of same-sex civil partnerships and same-sex marriage will receive the same survivor benefits as those provided to widows under new proposals for the Local Government Pension Scheme.
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Features
Should LGPS funds separate from host authorities to avoid conflicts?
The relationship between local government pension schemes and their host authorities has the potential to create conflicts of interest for those charged with managing both a council’s finances and the fate of its pension fund, experts say.
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FeaturesRhondda Cynon Taf approves plan for alternatives
The Rhondda Cynon Taf Pension Fund has agreed to wind down its lofty equity exposure in favour of new allocations to absolute return bonds and infrastructure.
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Features
Bulk annuities: How should schemes approach the market?
Analysis: 2018 has been a very busy year so far for buy-ins and buyouts, with plenty of competition and attractive insurer pricing.
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News
Mid-market direct lending approach 'too constraining', WTW says
Mid-market direct lending is “now demonstrating signs of material deterioration in credit underwriting and future return potential”, according to a report by consultancy Willis Towers Watson, which is instead recommending its clients invest in debt for US real estate and UK commercial real estate.
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Features
Automation improves insurer scheme admin but work still to do
The Royal Insurance Group Pension Scheme has reported a “considerable improvement in service” from administrator Willis Towers Watson, after two years of problems that have hurt the scheme’s ability to service transfer requests.
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News
Bulk annuity volumes break H1 record
On the go: UK pension schemes entered into a record £7.8bn of buy-ins and buyouts in the first half of 2018, as large 'back book' transfers between insurers failed to disrupt the market's capacity.
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FeaturesSouth Yorkshire builds dashboard to remedy data backlog
The South Yorkshire Pensions Authority has developed a dashboard to help monitor information as part of a development plan to solve its longstanding data woes.
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NewsFTSE 100 steps up derisking drive as deficits shrink
Defined benefit schemes of FTSE 100 employers continue to derisk investment portfolios at a rapid rate, despite mismatching of assets and liabilities generating attractive returns over the last year.
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Pension SuperFund asset mix will borrow from PPF
The chief executive officer of The Pension SuperFund has said the fledgling defined benefit scheme consolidator's asset allocation is likely to resemble that of the Pension Protection Fund.
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OpinionWhat can be done to address ‘survival pessimism’ in pensions?
Club Vita’s Nick Chadwick and Erik Pickett discuss the role of the pensions industry and government in communicating the uncertainty in future lifespans and designing products that help people manage this risk.
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NewsFCA recommends investment pathways for drawdown
The Financial Conduct Authority has proposed that pension providers are required to develop three ready-made investment pathways to help confused drawdown customers, but has shied away from imposing a charge cap on the products.
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Features
Making ESG part and parcel of the DC investment process
Earlier this year, the Environmental Audit Committee wrote to the UK’s largest 25 pension schemes to ask how they manage the risks climate change poses to retirement savings.
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News
DWP proposes power for regulator to impose civil fines of up to £1m
The Department for Work and Pensions has proposed granting the Pensions Regulator the ability to fine employers and associated parties up to £1m where they are found guilty of serious breaches and reckless behaviour.
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FeaturesNilgosc makes inroads into infrastructure funds
The Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee has pledged millions in infrastructure investment in the past 12 months, and is now turning to review opportunities in absolute return bonds and multi-asset credit.