All Investment articles – Page 122
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FeaturesThe DC Debate – how will the government's focus on quality help managers?
This edition of our quarterly feature asks DC experts what they would like to see come out of the focus on quality standards, the effect of mastertrusts on the market and getting value through scale.
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NewsThe Pensions Trust defends responsible investment policy
The Pensions Trust is writing to employers in its Social Housing Pension Scheme to defend its responsible investment policy, after it was challenged in August by a employer member on its allocation to a high-interest money lender.
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United Utilities: charge cap could shield members
United Utilities' pension manager has voiced support for a cap on fees as it would protect default fund members from the decisions of their smaller and potentially less well-informed employers.
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Opinion
Managing in a recovery
Georgina Taylor from Invesco Perpetual looks at how a multi-asset investment strategy might handle a developed market recovery.
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News
How to tackle index cloning in your active equities
News analysis: Schemes have been urged to closely monitor the investment strategies and risks taken by their active managers as new research shows nearly half of such UK managers are closet indexers.
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Features
Rexam funding peak triggers risk reduction
Rexam Pension Plan took advantage of a brief funding peak earlier this year to increase its inflation hedging and insure against equity losses, as more schemes implement trigger-based derisking strategies.
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How Berkshire is reducing volatility in African investments
News analysis: The Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund has sought safety in spreading its African investments across the continent, in an attempt to reduce volatility and boost returns.
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NewsShropshire boosts passive equities to reduce costs
Shropshire County Pension Fund will become the latest local authority scheme to increase its passively managed equity allocation in order to reduce its investment management fees.
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Features
Pearl ups corporate bonds to manage rate risks
Pearl Group Staff Pension Scheme has increased its allocation to corporate bonds and reduced investment in growth assets to lower its exposure to fluctuations in the market.
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NewsInvestment peaks as schemes buy cheaper gilts
News analysis: UK pension funds hit a record of £17bn of net investments during the second quarter, largely as a result of schemes taking advantage of lower bond prices, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
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NewsCadbury shuffles fixed income to improve efficiency
Cadbury Pension Fund has increased its allocation to alternative credit in a restructure of its fixed income portfolio.
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Features
L&Q segments DC scheme to hone outcomes
London and Quadrant Housing Trust has segmented its defined contribution scheme membership in an innovative review of whether its investment strategy and communication will create good member outcomes.
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Tesco ramps up in-house investment governance
Tesco Pension Fund chose to follow its internal investment team’s advice over that of its consultant when choosing an alternative fund, reflecting how large schemes are moving investment governance in-house.
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NewsStrathclyde keeps local focus for property investments
Strathclyde Pension Fund has established a property fund that will make investments of less than £10m in local commercial real estate.
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Economies of scale driver of scheme mergers
News Analysis: Local authority pension scheme mergers have gained importance throughout the UK as a way to decrease costs and provide economies of scale for investments, but experts warn it takes organisation to execute.
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Opinion
Schemes are not obliged to prop up UK economy
Pension schemes do not have an obligation to support a weakened UK economy, argues PensionsFirst’s David Norgrove in the latest Informed Comment.
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NewsCharity bears brunt of AE contributions
Action for Children has said it chose to place a greater burden on itself than employees when setting its auto-enrolment contribution levels, in a drive to create fairness.
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YMCA launches derisking strategy to improve funding level
YMCA Pension Plan has launched a derisking strategy to match “more closely” its allocation approach and liability profile, and has appointed a delegated manager to oversee nearly all of its portfolio.
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NewsSchemes more open to exploring construction risk
Infrastructure debt investment in projects with construction risk such as private finance initiatives and public-private partnerships are gaining traction among pension funds, after initial scepticism.
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NewsTfL weighs up fee bump from strategy shift
TfL Pension Fund had its investment management expenses increase by almost a fifth in the year to March, partly due to a strategy shift that added eight investment managers.