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      This webinar will bring together views from actuaries, lawyers, administrators, trustees and data experts to look at the pragmatic, collaborative solutions that are open to schemes to solve the GMP equalisation challenges in 2021. It will assess the individual challenges schemes face with equalisations and provide some practical options that are available to resolve these issues.

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      Webinar: Will the world return to normal in 2021?

      In this webinar, PP editor Jonathan Stapleton will be joined by BMO’s chief economist Steven Bell and director of fiduciary management, Christy Jesudasan, alongside PTL trustee director Melanie Cusack and Isio’s head of fiduciary management oversight Paula Champion to discuss the significant impact of these themes on the pensions sector.

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      Pension schemes are now facing increasing government, regulatory, and member demand to manage the financial risks associated with the anthropogenic consequences of the environmental crisis. But how best to manage this transition to net-zero? And, in the rush to invest in carbon friendly assets, are investors potentially missing out on potential returns generated by the transition theme, investing in assets that may not be carbon neutral but have the potential to significantly improve their environmental credentials over time. This webinar will discuss at the transition theme, look at the opportunity set available and ask how this can help schemes achieve superior returns while moving towards a net-zero portfolio.

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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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      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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Mercer launches IM service in Korea

KOREA - Mercer has set up an investment management business in Korea to help local institutional investors take advantage of global market opportunities.

  • South Korea
  • 27 September 2011
NPS injects $234m into Titleist consortium - reports

SOUTH KOREA - The National Pension Service is understood to be investing 250bn won ($234.3m) into a Korean-led consortium for its project to buy golfing equipment brand Titleist, according to reports.

  • South Korea
  • 04 July 2011
Korean sovereign wealth fund adopts non cap-weighted indices

KOREA - The $37bn Korea Investment Corporation has chosen three FTSE non-capitalisation weighted indexing strategies making it the first Korean institutional investor to take this route, according to the FTSE Group.

  • South Korea
  • 14 June 2011
Korean fund to buy stake in Brazil mining firm

SOUTH KOREA/JAPAN/BRAZIL - South Korea's National Pension Service and Posco, the world's third-biggest steelmaker, will buy a combined 15% stake in a Brazilian niobium producer with a group of Japanese companies.

  • South Korea
  • 03 March 2011
Korea pension may form private equity fund for energy

SOUTH KOREA - National Pension Service, South Korea's biggest investor, may set up a private equity fund with businesses including Samsung and Hyundai, to invest in overseas resource development.

  • South Korea
  • 04 January 2011
Korea fund buys US oil pipeline stake from Chevron

SOUTH KOREA/US - South Korea's National Pension Service said it has bought a stake in Colonial Pipeline Co, operator of the largest pipeline linking US Gulf Coast refiners and East Coast markets, to diversify its portfolio.

  • South Korea
  • 12 October 2010
South Korea NPS hires Rockspring for European property

SOUTH KOREA/EUROPE - The National Pension Service of Korea has hired Rockspring Property Investment Managers to invest $400m in commercial property across Europe.

  • Europe
  • 14 September 2010
Korea No.1 fund to find voice in corporate governance

SOUTH KOREA - National Pension Service, South Korea's biggest investor, said its days as a passive investor are coming to an end and that it will begin raising its voice to improve corporate governance and the value of its shareholdings.

  • South Korea
  • 13 September 2010
Korea Pension in talks to buy US oil pipeline stake

SOUTH KOREA - National Pension Service, South Korea's biggest investor, said it is in talks to buy into a US oil pipeline to diversify its portfolio.

  • South Korea
  • 23 August 2010
Korean Pension Service confirms Paris property deal

KOREA/FRANCE - Hammerson has agreed to sell 51% of its interest in a Paris shopping centre to the National Pension Service of Korea (NPS) for €217m ($278m).

  • South Korea
  • 19 August 2010
Korea pension to invest $300m in French mall

SOUTH KOREA/FRANCE - South Korea's National Pension Service said it plans to buy a 51% stake in a shopping mall near Paris for about 350bn won ($300m), adding to property investments in London and Berlin.

  • South Korea
  • 17 August 2010
Korea Pension Fund to Boost Domestic Stock Weighting

KOREA - South Korea's National Pension Service plans to spend a net KRW6.9trn (US$5.6bn) boosting its domestic equity allocation next year, predicting gains as growth in the country outpaces the global economy.

  • South Korea
  • 30 June 2010
G20 leaders urged to reform shareholder rights

GLOBAL - The International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) called on G20 leaders gathered in Toronto at the weekend to strengthen shareholder rights in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.

  • Canada
  • 28 June 2010
BNY Mellon gets go-ahead for Korean discretionary management business

South Korea - BNY Mellon Asset Management is to offer discretionary management services in Korea after receiving approval from the country's Financial Services Commission.

  • South Korea
  • 22 June 2010
Korea Pension gets investment approach for US oil pipeline

SOUTH KOREA - South Korea's National Pension Service, the nation's biggest investor, said an asset manager which is bidding for a US oil pipeline approached it about possible investment.

  • South Korea
  • 08 June 2010
South Korean pension assets set to soar by year-end

SOUTH KOREA - Corporate pension assets in South Korea could nearly triple by the end of the year to KRW40trn (US$32bn) once new tax rules come into effect, Towers Watson estimates found.

  • South Korea
  • 07 June 2010
South Korea pension fund takes stake in Gatwick

SOUTH KOREA/UK - The US private equity owner of Gatwick airport has confirmed that it will sell a 12% stake to South Korea's state pension fund.

  • South Korea
  • 03 February 2010
Korea Pension Buys Sydney Building for A$685m

AUSTRALIA/SOUTH KOREA - South Korea's National Pension Service, the nation's biggest investor, bought an office building in Sydney for A$685m (US$626m) to diversify its investments as Australia's economy strengthens.

  • Property
  • 06 January 2010
Investors oppose Korea's proposed poison pill

KOREA - Institutional investors with a combined US$2.5trn in assets under management have written Korea's Ministry of Justice asking it to refrain from introducing anti-takeover measures known as poison pills into its Commercial Code.

  • South Korea
  • 16 December 2009
Korea NPS buys HSBC London headquarters

SOUTH KOREA/UK - South Korea's National Pension Service has agreed to buy HSBC Holdings' London headquarters for £772.5m (US$1.3bn) in cash.

  • South Korea
  • 16 November 2009
Ex-CEO of Korea NPS joins Darby Overseas Investments board

SOUTH KOREA - Former president and chief executive of the South Korean National Pension Service (NPS) Ho Shik Kim has joined the board of Darby Overseas Investments, the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments.

  • South Korea
  • 19 August 2009
South Korean fund to sell treasuries

SOUTH KOREA - South Korea's National Pension Service has agreed to sell $1.1bn in US treasuries to the Bank of Korea, a central bank official said.

  • South Korea
  • 28 November 2008
Blackstone Group to invest $2bn in South Korea

SOUTH KOREA - Blackstone Group LP, manager of the world's largest buyout fund, will invest US$2bn in South Korean companies, infrastructure projects and real estate, the Korean National Pension Service has said.

  • South Korea
  • 30 October 2008
South Korea's pension fund buys shares

SOUTH KOREA - South Korea's National Pension Service, the nation's biggest investor, said it's buying stocks as the deepening credit crisis made equities cheaper.

  • South Korea
  • 28 October 2008
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