All Investment articles – Page 14
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NewsPension trustees must now state their policy on investing in illiquid assets
Changes come into force on Sunday and are a part of the ‘Focus on Value’ guidance for defined contribution pension investments.
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NewsLDI and the Liz Truss mini budget: One year on, what - if anything - has changed?
Twelves months after Liz Truss’ mini budget exposed weaknesses in liability driven investment (LDI), Pensions Expert looks at what, if any, lessons have been learned.
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NewsUK GDP falls 0.5% as interest rate hikes continue to bite
The UK economy is estimated to have contracted in July, according to the latest gross domestic product (GDP) data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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NewsBAE Systems awards Goldman Sachs £23bn UK pension schemes mandate
The agreement marks the largest outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) mandate awarded to date in the UK market.
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NewsMansion House surpluses: pie in the sky or route to self sufficiency?
Barnett Waddingham’s assertion that the so-called Mansion House ‘reforms’ would have delivered as much as £50 billion in surpluses to FTSE 350 companies, had the strategy already been in place, received a mixed reception when wereported on it on 21 August.
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OpinionTPR's Hill sets out how trustees can make useful climate scenario analysis decisions
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has today published a blog post by Mark Hill, its climate and sustainability lead, outlining how trustees can improve the climate scenario analyses used by their schemes.
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NewsThe power of inertia now threatens the future of pension saving
Levels of trust in pensions and the companies that provide them are at a worrying low, according to analysis of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA)Financial Lives Survey from consultancy Broadstone.
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NewsTPR publishes guidance for DC schemes seeking better value for members
Guidance to help defined contribution (DC) schemes comply with new regulations to ensure they consider all the investment opportunities available to achieve best value for savers has beenpublished today by the Pensions Regulator (TPR).
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NewsMansion House reforms could deliver £50bn in surpluses and nullify new code
The so-called Mansion House ‘reforms’ would have delivered as much as £50 billion in surpluses to FTSE 350 companies, had the strategy already been in place, according to analysis by Barnett Waddingham.
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NewsFalling inflation may benefit state pensioners in the short term
The headline rate of inflation was down again in July 2023, for the second consecutive month.
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NewsUK economy: GDP grew 0.5 per cent in June
The UK economy grew by 0.5 per cent in June and by 0.2 per cent in the three months ending June, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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NewsTriple lock: Government faces £9bn bill to inflation-proof state pension
State pension triple lock bill will rise on the back of inflation hikes and wage data, according to interactive investor.
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NewsDebt to credit? DC schemes 'will have committed £200bn' to illiquid assets by 2030
One report is estimating that defined contribution schemes will have increased their holdings in private debt to £200bn over the next six and a half years.
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NewsPension savers 'lose over £600 a year' by not shopping around for an annuity
A healthy 75-year-old buying an annuity with a £50,000 pension could expect about £4,720 income each year for the rest of their life from the most competitive provider compared to £4,070 from the least competitive.
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NewsNEST to invest back in gilts, according to reports
One of the largest UK pension funds is to invest back in gilts, according to newspaper reports.
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NewsWho has got the UK's biggest pension pot?
One UK saver is sitting on a pension fund of £11m according to wealth manager RBC Brewin Dolphin.
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NewsRoyal London: Pensions new business helps profits rise 16 per cent
Growth in workplace pensions new business contributions and increased expected returns on its assets helped Royal London's operating profit before tax rise 16 per cent to £127m year on year during the first half of 2023.
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NewsRailpen awards £2bn credit mandate to Neuberger Berman
Railpen, one of the largest pension funds in the UK, has awarded a £2bn mandate to manage a liquid multi-asset credit strategy to Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, and employee-owned investment manager.
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NewsCan pension funds afford to invest in private equity?
In his Mansion House speech Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled proposals to allocate at least five per cent of defined contribution default funds to unlisted companies by 2030, but are pension schemes ready to absorb the price of private equity.
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NewsAnnuity rates rise by a fifth in a year
Annuity rates increased by 20 per cent in the last twelve months adding over £25,000 income over the lifetime of the product.