All Investment articles – Page 4
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NewsAvon to survey members over aerospace and defence investments
Around 20,000 members of the Local Government Pension Scheme fund will be polled next month after months of campaigning.
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FeaturesShould tax relief be dependent on UK investments? Interrogating Ros Altmann’s radical idea
As an incentive for pension schemes to invest more in the UK, former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann has suggested making tax relief dependent on domestic allocations. Business and finance journalist Geoff Ho explores her idea and gathers expert reaction.
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NewsInvestment roundup: GLIL continues Bluefield partnership
Plus: Legal & General and Federated Hermes merge property funds to create £4.7bn vehicle.
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NewsLifeSight adds £450m renewables investment to default strategy
WTW’s defined contribution master trust has allocated to the Schroders Greencoat Global Renewables+ long-term asset fund.
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ArticleReforms for running on DB schemes herald new investment opportunity
In a bid to release billions of pounds for investment in corporate Britain, the government is planning to make extracting surpluses from well-funded defined benefit schemes easier. For the pensions industry, it’s a game-changer that makes running on a scheme a more attractive alternative to buyout.
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NewsNest seeds £550m mandate for sustainable timber in diversification push
The UK’s biggest master trust has awarded a timberland mandate to US-based BTG Pactual, the second manager it has appointed in this asset class.
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OpinionThe Friday Takeaway: Ghostly economists and gilt-edged risks
This week sees Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve get deep into the weeds of the effects of monetary policy, via an excellent new play about the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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NewsTPR industry working group to scrutinise ‘practical approaches’ to climate change
The Pensions Regulator is seeking feedback by 1 September on current practices and challenges to inform the industry working group’s approach.
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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.