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      Admin & Data Forum 2021

      This concise half-day event will explore a variety of different issues affecting scheme managers, through a combination of informative presentations and interactive panel debates, including GMP equalisation, the pensions dashboard, the accuracy and quality of members data and the latest trends in scheme administration.

      • Date: 04 Mar 2021
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      Defined Benefit Consolidation Conference

      Professional Pensions is hosting this concise digital event on the 25th March to provide a crucial update on where the current regulation stands on DB Consolidators, assess the different models available, what the expected funding levels are and the governance requirements. This event will be a combination of short presentations followed by live Q&A’s with our expert speakers allowing plenty of time to answer your questions.

      • Date: 25 Mar 2021
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      Sustainable Investment Festival 2021

      The Sustainable Investment Festival will run online from 22-24 June and will include thought-provoking presentations from renowned keynote speakers, innovative breakout events and sessions specifically tailored to meet the information needs of fund selectors, financial advisers, pension consultants, trustees and scheme managers.

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      UK Pensions Awards 2021

      The UK Pensions Awards – now in their 24th year – remain the industry's most prestigious accolades. They shine the light on excellence and recognise the advisers, providers and investment managers that offer the highest level of innovation, performance and service to occupational pension schemes and their members, and have done the most to improve this over the past year.

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      So far, DC plans have largely been focused on the onset of auto-enrolment and changes to the regulatory framework - be it the ‘charge cap,' ‘pension freedoms' or consultations around ‘value for money', says Annabel Tonry, Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).

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      Pension freedoms three years on

      In 2015 George Osborne, then the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, decided that those age over 55 could take much more of their pension in cash. This has since opened up a range of possibilities for DC scheme members in the world of pensions.

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'Good' net-zero pensions: Turning commitment into action
'Good' net-zero pensions: Turning commitment into action

Tony Burdon and Nick Robins set out how to make the green pledges go further.

  • Investment
  • 09 February 2021
DB funding - January 2021: Deficits back to pre-pandemic levels, says PPF
DB funding - January 2021: Deficits back to pre-pandemic levels, says PPF

Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the January 2021 estimates on the various measures…

  • Defined Benefit
  • 09 February 2021
Industry Voice: Retiring members need your help
Industry Voice: Retiring members need your help

Members need support with at-retirement decisions more than ever. Do not fail them, says Ben Roe of Aon

  • Investment
  • 09 February 2021
Access adds £5.5bn of pooled assets with seven sub-fund launches
Access adds £5.5bn of pooled assets with seven sub-fund launches

Access has onboarded another £5.5bn of Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds after launching seven sub-funds with Link Fund (LF) Solutions.

  • Investment
  • 08 February 2021
Martin Gilbert's AssetCo doubles stake in River & Mercantile
Martin Gilbert's AssetCo doubles stake in River & Mercantile

AssetCo has doubled its stake in River & Mercantile (R&M), as it looks to pivot its business strategy to develop an asset and wealth management business.

  • Investment
  • 08 February 2021
Covid increases investor focus on ESG but major implementation obstacles remain
Covid increases investor focus on ESG but major implementation obstacles remain

One third of investors say the pandemic has increased their focus on ESG issues, with the issue now a focus across asset classes, research from bfinance shows.

  • Investment
  • 08 February 2021
RPI reform certainty drives hedging increase
RPI reform certainty drives hedging increase

Pension schemes increased their inflation hedging in the final quarter of 2020 as major issues were concluded in a “momentous geopolitical quarter”.

  • Investment
  • 08 February 2021
Industry Voice: Impact opportunities - investing to limit biodiversity loss
Industry Voice: Impact opportunities - investing to limit biodiversity loss

  • Investment
  • 08 February 2021
Scottish Widows targets net-zero across £170bn fund range by 2050
Scottish Widows targets net-zero across £170bn fund range by 2050

Scottish Widows will aim to halve the carbon footprint of its investments by 2030 on the way to achieving net-zero across its entire portfolio of investments by 2050.

  • Investment
  • 08 February 2021
Barclays partners with Smart for pension platform
Barclays partners with Smart for pension platform

Smart Pension and Barclays have partnered to provide small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a quicker pensions solution with a wider selection of investment funds.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 05 February 2021
Dyfed cuts equity carbon footprint by 16%
Dyfed cuts equity carbon footprint by 16%

The £2.7bn Dyfed Pension Fund will move 15% of its assets into low-carbon equity portfolios in a move to reduce its carbon footprint by screening out fossil fuel and thermal coal exposure.

  • Investment
  • 05 February 2021
No let up for NHS doctors on pension tax tribulations
No let up for NHS doctors on pension tax tribulations

The government has drawn a line under talk of broad reform of the pension system for higher-paid NHS workers, such as doctors who face high tax charges, opting instead to build on flexibilities introduced last year.

  • Regulation
  • 05 February 2021
PPF consults on changes to actuarial assumptions
PPF consults on changes to actuarial assumptions

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has proposed several changes to its actuarial assumptions under various bases as part of a regular review, suggesting moves that would broadly improve scheme funding.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 04 February 2021
Working together to make a good bill better
Working together to make a good bill better

While the progress of the Pension Schemes Bill is to be celebrated, says John Chilman, it is important to secure further consensus to ensure the best outcomes for open defined benefit (DB) schemes.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 04 February 2021
Treasury opts to give members deferred choice on McCloud remedy
Treasury opts to give members deferred choice on McCloud remedy

The government has opted to proceed with its “deferred choice underpin” (DCU) route for implementing a remedy to the McCloud judgment for public sector workers.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 04 February 2021
Aegon and Mobius Life team up for DC property fund
Aegon and Mobius Life team up for DC property fund

Aegon Asset Management and Mobius Life have partnered to launch an active beta property fund for UK defined contribution (DC) pension schemes.

  • Investment
  • 04 February 2021
'Stars align' to boost health of UK schemes to more than pre-Covid levels
'Stars align' to boost health of UK schemes to more than pre-Covid levels

The health of the UK’s defined benefit (DB) pension schemes has surpassed that of their pre-Covid levels as they continued to recover through final quarter of 2020, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) research reveals.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 04 February 2021
Hymans Robertson appointed for investment consultancy at Staffordshire LGPS
Hymans Robertson appointed for investment consultancy at Staffordshire LGPS

The Staffordshire Pension Fund has reappointed Hymans Robertson to a seven-year contract for investment consultancy services.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 03 February 2021
Prudence prevails in USS consultation
Prudence prevails in USS consultation

Michael Bromwich says USS’ 2020 valuation ramps up prudence, but perhaps unjustifiably, resulting in higher contributions.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 03 February 2021
PGIM Real Estate launches UK affordable housing fund
PGIM Real Estate launches UK affordable housing fund

PGIM Real Estate has launched a UK affordable housing fund, after raising initial capital of £190m from Northern LGPS and Brunel Pension Partnership.

  • Investment
  • 03 February 2021
Industry Voice: The EU-UK trade deal leaves open questions
Industry Voice: The EU-UK trade deal leaves open questions

But the exclusion of some areas brings opportunity for reform

  • Investment
  • 03 February 2021
TPR warns DC market must pay more attention to climate change
TPR warns DC market must pay more attention to climate change

The defined contribution (DC) market must pay more attention to climate change, according to The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

  • Investment
  • 02 February 2021
PP Investment Awards: Multi Asset/Sector Credit Manager of the Year
PP Investment Awards: Multi Asset/Sector Credit Manager of the Year

Professional Pensions spoke to Wellington Management fixed income portfolio manager Campe Goodman as part of an exclusive series of interviews with some of the winners of the PP Investment Awards. This is what he had to say…

  • Investment
  • 01 February 2021
Smart Pension commits to net-zero emissions before 2050
Smart Pension commits to net-zero emissions before 2050

Smart Pension has committed to net-zero emissions “well ahead of 2050”, and plans to halve its emissions “significantly earlier” than the Paris Climate Agreement deadline of 2030.

  • Investment
  • 01 February 2021
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