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Lancashire hails portfolio's positive impact on local area
The Lancashire County Council Pension Fund, which has invested £200m in its local community since 2013, has become an industry trailblazer amid growing interest in social impact investments.
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TPR publishes new DC investment guidance
On the go: The Pensions Regulator has updated its DC investment guidance to incorporate new regulations on environmental, social and governance risk coming into force from October 2019 and October 2020.
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FeaturesMcKibben: Smart money leaves fossil fuels well alone
How do you change the world? This singular question has occupied Bill McKibben his entire career, and he has no intention of stopping anytime soon.
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FeaturesIslington scheme to wind down carbon investment
The London Borough of Islington Pension Fund has agreed to reduce its investment in fossil fuels, following lobbying efforts from local environmental activist group Fossil Free Islington.
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Willetts: Tax pensioners more to stem potential opt-out rise
National insurance contributions from pensioners’ income could be used to stem opt-outs resulting from increased contributions under auto-enrolment, an influential Conservative peer has suggested.
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OpinionESG should be default option for DC schemes
Environmental, social and governance investing is all about financial risk. DC schemes should therefore include it in any investment analysis, and be aware of how ESG factors behave differently between asset classes, writes Royal London Asset Management’s Ashley Hamilton Claxton.
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OpinionIndustry right to reject death by Isa
From the blog: MPs may have migrated to warmer climes to relax during the parliamentary recess, but the civil servants at HM Treasury have evidently been working away behind the scenes.
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FeaturesBarnet pension scheme votes to join the LAPFF
The London Borough of Barnet Pension Fund has voted to join the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum, with the pension fund committee rejecting mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s manifesto push to bring London local authority pension schemes out of fossil fuel investment.
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Government sets out proposals for trustee ESG investment duties
Trustees will be expected to publish a statement on how they take account of scheme members’ ethical views, if proposed requirements floated in a government consultation are implemented.
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OpinionDesigning DC default funds for better outcomes
From active and passive investment management to member concerns and ESG – three experts, including a mastertrust director, a consultant and a finance director, debate the key issues facing DC default fund providers.
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What role does ESG play in default fund design?
Paul Todd, director of investment development at Nest, Lydia Fearn, head of DC and financial wellbeing at Redington, and Keith Stephenson, director of finance and resources at the Association of Commonwealth Universities, discuss the role of ESG in default fund design, as well as the greatest challenges facing DC default fund providers.
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Is ESG on course to become the norm in DC defaults?
Late last year the UK government said it was “minded” to make pension fund trustees produce environmental, social and governance statements.
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NewsSchemes told to be active owners to ensure long-term returns
Pension funds are becoming more active in exercising ownership to improve governance of investee companies, but there is still scope for investors to further integrate environmental, social and governance factors, a panel of experts from across Europe has said.
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Opinion
Is ESG on course to become the norm in DC defaults?
High profile corporate governance failures, campaigns against the use of plastics, and US pension funds criticised for holding gun manufacturers after the latest school shooting – a powerful combination of recent events has pushed environmental, social and governance investing further up the institutional agenda.
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Hammersmith & Fulham weighs up fossil fuel divestment
The £1bn London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Superannuation Fund is discussing whether to lower its fossil fuel exposure as part of its next investment strategy review.
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FeaturesTeesside invests in energy storage ahead of pooling
The £3.9bn Middlesbrough Borough Council Teesside Pension Fund has invested in operational grid-scale energy storage assets, through the British Strategic Investment Fund.
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Opinion
IORP II marks an underwhelming farewell from the EU
The EU’s new directive on pension funds will see schemes producing benefit statements on a yearly basis, while risk-management standards will be dragged up and borders broken down, but the overall impact will be limited.
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Govt 'minded' to introduce mandatory trustee ESG statements
The government is to consult on whether trustees should be required to state their policies on sustainability, member concerns and stewardship, and will clarify current legislation as part of a wider push to increase pension investment in social and illiquid assets.
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DB advisers could be sued over climate change risk
Defined benefit investment consultants and actuaries may be legally bound to advise on material climate change risk, according to new research.
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Opinion
When money meets religion: Sharia compliant pensions in the UK
Islamic finance is a fascinating and challenging domain. The industry’s assets were valued at $2tn (£1.5tn) globally at the end of 2016, according to S&P Global Ratings.