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FeaturesHow pension funds are handling US equity concentration risk
With more of the US market’s fate tied up in a handful of enormous technology stocks, investment teams are having to reconsider their exposure, as Jon Yarker reports.
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NewsShould pension schemes access illiquid markets through investment trusts?
Former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann is among those calling for closed-ended listed funds to be included in the scope of the Pension Schemes Bill to give more options for private markets investment.
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FeaturesFive Questions For… Morten Nilsson, Brightwell
Pensions Expert spoke to Brightwell chief executive Morten Nilsson about the government’s surplus release plans, and how he envisages sharing the BT Pension Scheme’s experiences with the wider market.
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NewsRachel Reeves ‘confident’ that investment mandation won’t be necessary
The chancellor addressed the financial services industry at an event in London last night, unveiling plans to encourage individual savers to invest more rather than hold savings in cash.
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NewsRailpen boss hails regulators’ plans to support fintech businesses
The Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulatory Authority are to jointly launch a new unit aimed at supporting small businesses to achieve scale, the government announced yesterday.
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NewsAsset managers get behind ‘targeted support’ drive for pension savers
The asset management industry’s trade body has said the planned ‘targeted support’ regime for people approaching retirement will be “critical” in ensuring good outcomes.
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NewsBoE governor warns against mandation as Bell promises ‘opt out’
The governor of the Bank of England has voiced opposition to potential policies to mandate how pension schemes invest – an intervention described as “nuclear” by a former pensions minister.
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NewsWTW wins major fiduciary mandate from Plumbing Pensions
The £1.2bn Plumbing & Mechanical Services Industry Pension Scheme has outsourced its investment function as it aims to reach buyout-level funding.
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OpinionThe power of marginal gains in pension investing
The recent signing of the Mansion House Accord by 17 major UK pension schemes has put pensions and investment returns firmly under the spotlight, writes People’s Partnership chief executive officer Patrick Heath-Lay.
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OpinionIs the UK pensions industry doing the right thing the wrong way?
David Whitehair, chair of the Defined Contribution Investment Forum, argues against mandation of asset allocations and instead calls for investible assets and better governance.
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NewsMansion House Accord to drive growth in LTAF demand and supply, poll suggests
Three in five asset managers are exploring launching long-term asset funds as momentum grows for defined contribution pension schemes to invest in private markets.
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NewsTwo UK pension schemes announce new private markets allocations
One DB and one DC scheme announce £100m and £48m private markets mandates, respectively.
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NewsFocus on members amid government reform demands, LGPS urged
The chair of the LGPS’s Scheme Advisory Board has encouraged the system’s staff to “keep doing the day job” as the government’s reform agenda looms large.
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OpinionRailpen chief: Lessons from six months in pensions – and where we go next
The new chief executive of the railway sector’s industry-wide pension scheme highlights four key priorities as Railpen prepares for the changes and challenges ahead.
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NewsPrivate markets buyers eye credit, secondaries amid rising geopolitical risk
Research from Coller Capital shows a growing appetite for private credit and secondary strategies among institutional investors worldwide.
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FeaturesIs your fiduciary management mandate fit for purpose?
Five years since mandatory tendering came into force for fiduciary management, two reports set out how providers have performed and how they are positioning for current and future challenges.
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NewsSpending Review: Boost for British Business Bank as schemes eye UK opportunities
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has increased the financial capacity of the British Business Bank and announced major spending plans for social housing and regional transport infrastructure.
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NewsWelsh pension capital deployed in new housing and infrastructure schemes
Pension schemes in Wales have backed new investment opportunities as pressure mounts on local authority schemes to channel more money into local investments.
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OpinionMansion House: Putting the ‘trust’ back into trusteeship
Rory Murphy, former chair of trustees at the Merchant Navy Officers’ Pension Fund, argues that trustees should take a proactive approach to investment decisions and not be led by advisers.
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NewsCheviot revamps operational and investment models to boost master trust offering
The master trust provider has struck new partnerships with Spence & Partners and Van Lanschot Kempen as it seeks to modernise its services to defined benefit and defined contribution clients.