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      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.

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      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.

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      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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      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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    • How DC schemes can gain exposure to different asset classes in a low-return environment

      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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Expertise combined, opportunity multiplied: why I created a real assets business
Expertise combined, opportunity multiplied: why I created a real assets business

"The future is already here - it's just not evenly distributed" - William Gibson

  • Investment
  • 08 January 2019
Expertise combined, opportunity multiplied: why I created a real assets business
Expertise combined, opportunity multiplied: why I created a real assets business

Aviva Investors explains the growth and protection benefits investors gain from real assets

  • Investment
  • 11 December 2018
Ethics & alpha: Can investing responsibly enhance returns?
Ethics & alpha: Can investing responsibly enhance returns?

Steve Waygood, chief responsible investment officer at Aviva Investors, takes an in-depth look at the relationship between responsible investing and performance.

  • Investment
  • 26 November 2018
 'Master builder': How will the master trust landscape change post-authorisation?
'Master builder': How will the master trust landscape change post-authorisation?

Authorisation will lead to higher standards for all master trusts but their individual identities will remain, according to industry experts

  • Investment
  • 20 November 2018
Early insurer engagement and the de-risking endgame
Early insurer engagement and the de-risking endgame

Amrit McLean of Aviva considers an alternative approach to liability management exercises

  • Insurance
  • 16 October 2018
Base rate rise 'serves as important reminder' to DB trustees over asset allocation
Base rate rise 'serves as important reminder' to DB trustees over asset allocation

Yesterday's increase in the Bank of England's (BoE) base rate will not have an immediate significant impact on defined benefit (DB) scheme funding but schemes should reconsider their investment allocation, industry commentators have said.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 03 August 2018
DB deficit falls £8bn over June, says PPF
DB deficit falls £8bn over June, says PPF

The combined deficit of the UK's 5,588 private sector defined benefit (DB) schemes was £85.6bn at the end of June, according to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

  • Defined Benefit
  • 10 July 2018
Aviva Investors raids Standard Life Aberdeen in hiring spree
Aviva Investors raids Standard Life Aberdeen in hiring spree

Aviva Investors has poached a team of eight equity fund managers from Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA), including two sector heads, as it opens an Edinburgh office for the firm.

  • Appointments
  • 09 July 2018
Schemes plan boost of alternative asset exposure
Schemes plan boost of alternative asset exposure

UK pension funds are set to boost their allocations to alternative income assets by more than 50%, according to research by Aviva Investors.

  • Investment
  • 14 June 2018
DB funding level drops on back of US-China trade war fears
DB funding level drops on back of US-China trade war fears

The aggregate defined benefit (DB) funding level worsened in March, hitting its worst level since last August, the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has said.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 10 April 2018
PPF projects DB surplus by 2021 but Brexit could be spanner in the works
PPF projects DB surplus by 2021 but Brexit could be spanner in the works

Defined benefit (DB) schemes could have an aggregate surplus by 2021 under Pension Protection Fund (PPF) projections, its strategic plan for 2018 to 2021 reveals.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 23 March 2018
DB deficits rise £21bn over February, says PPF
DB deficits rise £21bn over February, says PPF

Defined benefit (DB) schemes saw a £21.1bn growth in their funding shortfall last month as both gilt yields and equities suffered falls, according to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

  • Defined Benefit
  • 13 March 2018
Why Carillion collapse highlights importance of AGM voting
Why Carillion collapse highlights importance of AGM voting

With the AGM season just around the corner, Victoria Ticha looks at what we can learn following the recent collapse of the construction giant

  • Investment
  • 23 February 2018
Franklin Templeton expands UK consultant relations team
Franklin Templeton expands UK consultant relations team

Franklin Templeton Investments has hired Aviva Investors' Christoph Butz as director of its UK consultant relations team.

  • Appointments
  • 21 February 2018
BlackRock, JPMAM and Standard Life sign up for new 30% Club diversity push
BlackRock, JPMAM and Standard Life sign up for new 30% Club diversity push

Asset managers including JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM), BlackRock and Standard Life have backed an initiative set up by the 30% Club to push for a third of FTSE companies to have women on their boards.

  • Industry
  • 02 February 2018
How the markets will react to a weak government
How the markets will react to a weak government

Political uncertainty is back after the shock general election result, with the markets pricing in a softer Brexit. Watch out for the impact on sterling and gilt yields, warns Stephanie Baxter

  • Investment
  • 12 June 2017
PP Investment Awards 2016 - The winners
PP Investment Awards 2016 - The winners

Here they are - the winners of the Professional Pensions Investment Awards (PPIA) 2016

  • Investment
  • 21 November 2016
RPMI Railpen appoints head of property
RPMI Railpen appoints head of property

Anna Rule has been appointed head of property by RPMI Railpen as part of the expansion of its internal asset management team.

  • Appointments
  • 20 September 2016
SLI 'moving towards' re-opening of UK Real Estate PAIF in Q4
SLI 'moving towards' re-opening of UK Real Estate PAIF in Q4

Suspended trading on 4 July

  • Investment
  • 20 September 2016
Aviva expands client solutions team
Aviva expands client solutions team

Aviva Investors has appointed four senior managers in a bid to expand its client solutions function.

  • Industry
  • 06 September 2016
Shareholders turn up heat on Sports Direct
Shareholders turn up heat on Sports Direct

Sports Direct is facing mounting pressure to launch an independent review of how it is run by some of the UK's largest institutional investors.

  • Investment
  • 26 August 2016
IA praises groups for suspending property fund trading
IA praises groups for suspending property fund trading

Protecting investors

  • Investment
  • 07 July 2016
Update: Columbia Threadneedle suspends trading on £1.4bn UK Property fund
Update: Columbia Threadneedle suspends trading on £1.4bn UK Property fund

Follows moves by M&G, SLI, Aviva Investors and Henderson

  • Investment
  • 06 July 2016
Aviva, M&G and SLI suspend trading on flagship property funds
Aviva, M&G and SLI suspend trading on flagship property funds

M&G has joined Standard Life Investments and Aviva in suspending trading on its property fund in order to meet redemptions, amid a post-Brexit rush to exit the asset class.

  • Property
  • 05 July 2016
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