All News articles – Page 207
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Pensions minister confirms commitment to CDC schemes
On the go: The minister for pensions and financial inclusion, Guy Opperman, has confirmed that the government intends to proceed with legislation to implement collective defined contribution schemes.
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Cardano agrees acquisition of Now Pensions
On the go: Pensions risk and investment management specialist Cardano has agreed to acquire 100 per cent of workplace pension provider Now Pensions from Danish pension fund Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension.
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Only 8% of UK investors ready to comply with EU SRDII
On the go: A tiny proportion of institutional investors across Europe are ready to comply with the EU Shareholder Rights Directive II coming into force this year.
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UK pension schemes’ deficit falls to £23.1bn
On the go: UK pension schemes have beaten the January blues, with their total deficit down by £8.8bn, according to recent Pension Protection Fund figures.
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Relief for pension schemes as CPI falls to 1.8 per cent
On the go: UK pension schemes will get a small measure of comfort from the current inflation figure, with the consumer price index falling for the third month in a row to 1.8 per cent in January, the lowest level since January 2017.
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'Fraudster families' running pension scams worth millions of pounds
On the go: Organised crime groups led by families or married couples are running multimillion-pound pension scams, according to the Pensions Regulator.
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New criminal sanctions could be difficult to enforce, experts say
The government has said that it plans to go ahead with proposals for new criminal offences to prevent and penalise mismanagement of pension schemes, but enforcing these sanctions may prove challenging, experts say.
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IGC reports are ‘vague’ and lacking information, says Labour MP
The effectiveness of independent governance committees has come under the spotlight in the Work & Pensions Committee’s hearing on pension costs and transparency inquiry, with the bodies blasted for lacking information.
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PASA looks to future of e-administration with scheme survey
The Pensions Administration Standards Association is calling on the pensions industry to open up about the quality of their administration and members' use of technology in a new survey.
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Communicating pensions to the next generation
There is a pensions crisis looming. How can the industry make people care about a problem that is 20 years away?
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PPF confirms new compensation cap
On the go: The Pension Protection Fund has confirmed new compensation cap limits.
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Gender pay gap narrows at PPF to 17.2%
On the go: Women’s pay has been edging up at the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) but the median gender pay gap is still 17.2 per cent, a drop of three percentage points from last year (20.4 per cent in 2017).
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Nest searches for a global corporate bond fund manager
On the go: Master trust Nest inviting tenders from fund managers to run an actively managed global investment grade corporate bond fund.
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Last-minute dash expected for master trust authorisation
On the go: Only eight master trusts have applied for authorisation with the Pensions Regulator, leading to expectations that there will be a last minute dash as the March 31 deadline looms.
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Court fines Mansoor Nasir £5,000 for workplace pension lies
One the go: Bradford-based accounts manager Mansoor Nasir, who tried to hide the fact that restaurants had not given their staff workplace pensions, has been fined £5,000.
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DWP consultation ramps up pressure on small schemes to consolidate
The Department for Work and Pensions is ramping up the pressure on small schemes to consolidate and to consider long term illiquid investments.
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JP Morgan takes minority equity stake in Smart Pension
On the go: JP Morgan, the American multinational investment bank and financial services company, has taken a minority equity stake in UK mastertrust Smart Pension.
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PASA looks to future of e-admin with scheme survey
The Pensions Administration Standards Association is calling on pensions managers and scheme trustees to open up about the quality of their administration in a new survey.
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Insurers brace themselves for DB superfund disruption
Insurers are bracing themselves for disruption by superfunds, but their desire and capability to establish their own defined benefit consolidation vehicles remains unclear.
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PIPA deadline extended to February 8
Asset managers, consultancies and pension schemes will have a further week to enter the 2019 Pension and Investment Provider Awards and stake their claim as the best in their respective industries.