All Investment articles – Page 53
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Schemes and managers join forces to improve stewardship
On the go: The Investment Association and the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association have launched a steering group to examine how stewardship can be better integrated into the investment process.
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Govt moves to include pensions in dormant assets scheme
On the go: Pensions will be included in the government’s extension of the dormant assets scheme, despite previous concerns that life savings should be excluded due to “significant changes” in recent years.
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Nest to boost private market holdings by 6%
On the go: Nest is to expand its private market holdings from 9 per cent to 15 per cent by March next year, with its investments in illiquids and infrastructure assets expected to exceed a fifth of its £13bn portfolio.
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Barclays integrates ESG into £1.3bn sustainable growth fund
On the go: The Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund has announced the integration of environmental, social and governance factors, as well as climate risk, into its diversified Multi-asset Growth Fund.
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LGPS funds call on HSBC to reduce fossil fund assets exposure
On the go: Brunel Pension Partnership, Islington Pension Fund and Merseyside Pension Fund are three of the 15 institutional investors that have filed a climate change resolution at HSBC.
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OpinionHow the pandemic drove financial innovation
Impact Investing Institute chief executive Sarah Gordon details recent innovations in the social market driven by the pandemic, and explains how the social sector is increasingly using capital markets to achieve its objectives.
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Calls for actuaries to offer strategic advice as schemes target endgame
An industry group is proposing a radical change in the actuarial role, suggesting these professionals should step away from a technical specialist position to offer strategic advice, while moving away from triennial valuations.
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PodcastsPodcast: Economic uncertainty, DC consolidation, ESG to mark 2021
Podcast: Economic uncertainty from the pandemic and the aftereffects of Brexit, solving the small pots problem and consolidation in the defined contribution universe, and yet more environmental, social and governance regulation are the themes to watch out for this year. These are the predictions for the pensions industry in 2021 from Marc Hommel, senior pensions adviser at EY-Parthenon, and Sue Pemberton, head of technology and DC consulting at Premier Pensions.
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LGPS Central launches emerging market debt fund
On the go: The Local Pension Government Scheme partnership has launched a £630m Global Active Emerging Market Bond Fund.
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UK charities paid £686m in management fees in 2020
On the go: UK charities spent £686m on investment management fees and advice during 2020, according to analysis from Tribe Impact Capital.
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Bulk annuity deals drive insurers to sustainable investments
On the go: UK life insurers could allocate up to £170bn to illiquid investments over the next decade, with a substantial portion focusing on new sustainable assets, according to Fitch Ratings.
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OpinionCovid recovery, net-zero and policy: Outlook for UK infrastructure in 2021
Aviva Investors’ Darryl Murphy dissects the key trends keeping infrastructure managers occupied as we move into the new year.
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OpinionValue for money: Is 60:40 really good enough for Generation DC?
Pensions regulators rightly stress the primacy of value for money and good governance in defined contribution pensions. But while the primacy of low cost endures, cheap investment solutions’ recent performance masks a real risk to outcomes, says AllianceBernstein’s David Hutchins.
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TCFD reporting requirements leave too little time for compliance
On the go: Almost half of respondents to a poll carried out by Eversheds Sutherland expressed a fear that trustees will not have time to comply with new climate change reporting requirements before they are introduced.
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OpinionThe growing appetite for ESG exclusions
Alistair Byrne, head of retirement strategy at State Street Global Advisors, explains why asset managers should look into environmental, social and governance exclusions, alongside an active asset stewardship policy.
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NewsMore work needed to make ESG meaningful
Scarcely a week passes without an announcement of a new environmental, social and governance-oriented venture. But experts warn more needs to be done if onlookers are to be confident that words have meaning.
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Nest converts EM to climate-aware and doubles allocation
On the go: Master trust Nest is to double its allocation to emerging market equities across its retirement date funds, while adding a climate-aware tilt to the strategy.
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PodcastsPodcast: Trustees advised to self-certify before Christmas
Podcast: Jo Myerson, trustee director at Ross Trustees, tells Pensions Expert it is important that trustees comply with the Competition and Markets Authority’s self-certification rules early in order to avoid a mad, post-Christmas dash to meet the January 7 deadline. She is joined by David Rae, head of strategic client solutions at Russell Investments, in an episode also covering insolvencies, superfunds and the fallout from the reform of the retail price index.
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NY divests and managers pledge, but are companies doing enough?
Data crunch: Thirty leading asset managers have pledged net-zero emissions by 2050 or sooner, on the heels of a landmark divestment announcement by the $226bn (£171bn) New York public pension. But a key datapoint suggests companies’ capital expenditure does not yet match managers’ sustainability rhetoric.
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TPR: Open schemes can maintain riskier investments in bespoke route
On the go: The Pensions Regulator has stood by its new defined benefit funding code following criticisms from open DB schemes, arguing that a bespoke route will allow these pension funds to continue their current investment strategies.