All Investment articles – Page 2
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NewsGovernance for Growth seeks to bust myths as Pensions UK lends support
Pensions UK has teamed up with the Governance for Growth Investor Campaign, which is chaired by Railpen and also includes some of the UK’s largest pension schemes.
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NewsPeople’s allocates £3.6bn to emerging markets with new mandate
Robeco has been awarded a substantial active quantitative mandate to run money on behalf of the People’s Pension, one of the biggest pension funds in the UK.
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NewsGallagher continues growth drive with First Actuarial purchase
Global consultancy giant Arthur J Gallagher has snapped up First Actuarial for an undisclosed sum as the consolidation of UK consultancy groups continues.
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NewsPMI warns trustees to upskill as private market allocations surge
In its latest private markets guide, the Pensions Management Institute says allocations to these asset classes have almost tripled since 2019.
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OpinionPre-Budget chaos, post-Budget damage
As the dust settles following Wednesday’s Budget speech, Darren Philp scrutinises the ‘kite flying’ approach to testing policy ideas and calls for a more honest and transparent approach to future fiscal events.
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NewsMarkets sanguine after drama-filled Budget day
UK equity and government bond prices have risen slightly in the immediate aftermath of chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget speech, despite a turbulent day in parliament.
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OpinionPensions and the Budget: When no news is good news
As speculation mounts, savers and pension funds nervously await the 26 November Budget with the mantra, “no news is good news”, writes IGG’s Lou Davey.
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NewsPeople’s Pension reduces government bond exposure over volatility concerns
The £35bn master trust said the changes were intended to “deliver better long-term outcomes” for older savers while continuing to manage drawdown risk.
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NewsBritish Business Bank confirms pension investors in £200m first fund
The £3.7bn NatWest Cushon master trust is among the confirmed backers of British Growth Partnership Fund I, targeting investment in high-growth UK companies, the British Business Bank has announced.
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NewsEx-BoE and Treasury adviser Jagdit Chadha to speak at Pensions Expert Annual Conference
Chadha will give his reaction to the chancellor’s Budget speech, as well as casting a critical eye over the UK’s economic prospects, alongside T Rowe Price’s Tomasz Wieladek and former pensions minister Guy Opperman.
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NewsBusiness leaders call for DC defaults to be forced to buy UK
More than 250 UK company bosses have co-signed a letter to chancellor Rachel Reeves calling for UK defined contribution (DC) default funds to be forced to allocate 25% of all asset classes to the UK.
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NewsChurch of England leads investor coalition plan to raise mining industry standards
The Church of England Pensions Board, along with providers including Legal & General and Royal London, have backed an international collaboration on sustainable mining practices.
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NewsLGPS expected to join Sterling 20 initiative next year
Senior members of the LGPS, including representatives of the Local Pensions Partnership Investments and LGPS Central pools, attended the government’s inaugural Regional Investment Summit this week.
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NewsNest backs UK businesses through Schroders and IFM commitments
The master trust has allocated to UK private equity through an expanded partnership with Schroders Capital, and has begun deploying money through its arrangement with IFM Investors into UK infrastructure-related businesses.
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NewsUK’s largest pension funds back regional investment drive through ‘Sterling 20’
The move builds on the Mansion House Accord agreed in July, and will be launched at the government’s inaugural Regional Investment Summit in Birmingham.
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ArticlePrivate Assets in Focus: What UK Pension Schemes Are Thinking
To ‘take the temperature’ of the industry as it prepares for significant changes, Pensions Expert, in partnership with CACEIS, surveyed representatives from across the pensions sector on private assets and consolidation.
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NewsHow allocators are reassessing defence sector investments
Asset managers have been increasing the amount they invest in defence-related companies in the past three years, says Morningstar – with even ESG funds reassessing their approaches.
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NewsPrivate markets to hit $24trn in value globally by 2030
Pension funds are expected to drive the continuing growth of private markets assets, with infrastructure and private debt expected to overtake real estate in value globally.
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FeaturesPension funds, venture capital, and the government’s drive for growth
Despite a big push from the government to encourage greater pension investment into UK alternatives, there seems to be little initial activity from pension funds in relation to venture capital investing.
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NewsWhat European pension funds can teach the UK about VC investing
Research by Pensions for Purpose and European Women in VC has laid out how UK and European pension funds currently allocate to venture capital, with chancellor Rachel Reeves calling for schemes to become “active builders of our economy”.