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PP Monthly Digest: March 2021
PP Monthly Digest: March 2021

Here it is, our monthly digest of the most important pension articles Professional Pensions has written and published over the last month, along with some contextual notes.

  • Industry
  • 31 March 2021
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories include Axa’s deferred longevity swap with Hannover Re, and Capita’s restructuring plans for simplifying the business.

  • Industry
  • 19 March 2021
Axa agrees market's first ever deferred longevity swap with Hannover Re
Axa agrees market's first ever deferred longevity swap with Hannover Re

The Axa UK Group Pension Scheme has agreed a £3bn longevity swap with Hannover Re, insuring the longevity risk of a largely non-pensioner population.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 18 March 2021
US equities look safer than European but inflation worries are rising
US equities look safer than European but inflation worries are rising

The US economy is on course to do better than Europe post-lockdown, thereby supporting US equities but raising inflation worries, according to economists.

  • Investment
  • 13 January 2021
How employers are changing their benefit offerings as a result of the Covid crisis
How employers are changing their benefit offerings as a result of the Covid crisis

Covid-19 has had a seismic impact on regular office life. Nick Martindale looks at how employee benefits provisions are expanding to reach the new normal

  • Employee Benefits
  • 01 December 2020
UK equity funds suffer £2.6bn August outflows
UK equity funds suffer £2.6bn August outflows

Outflows from UK equity funds gathered pace in August, with £2.6bn of assets being pulled from the market area over the course of the month, according to Morningstar’s latest fund flows report.

  • Investment
  • 18 September 2020
How to build cashflow strategies amid Covid-19
How to build cashflow strategies amid Covid-19

As more schemes look at building a CDI strategy amid the economic crisis, Sebastien Proffit looks at what to consider.

  • Investment
  • 05 August 2020
Three-quarters of schemes will be using CDI by next year, finds AXA IM
Three-quarters of schemes will be using CDI by next year, finds AXA IM

The majority of schemes are now using cashflow-driven investment (CDI) strategies as closures drive up the number of pensioners, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) research finds.

  • Investment
  • 11 June 2019
Feeling the pinch: UK inflation on the rise
Feeling the pinch: UK inflation on the rise

UK inflation hit a six-month high of 2.7% in September, having held steady earlier this year. The rise is not good news for consumers - slowing the recovery in spending power.

  • Investment
  • 02 October 2018
Megatrends: Understanding the tech revolution
Megatrends: Understanding the tech revolution

Partner Insight: How have companies like Amazon contributed to the megatrend tech revolution?

  • Global
  • 10 September 2018
Are megatrends simply hype or a serious investment opportunity?
Are megatrends simply hype or a serious investment opportunity?

Partner Insight: From climate change, to AI, investors are increasingly turning to different themes in order to generate an income. But which megatrends are a viable long-term investment opportunity?

  • Global
  • 28 August 2018
Bearish bonds: Are rising yields a thing of the past?
Bearish bonds: Are rising yields a thing of the past?

Partner Insight: For many investors, bonds represent only a 'safe haven' or 'low yielding' type of investment. But not all bonds represent safety, and there are many types of bonds that are able to provide a steady or high yield in all sorts of interest...

  • Global
  • 30 July 2018
Global debt: Growing too much, too fast?
Global debt: Growing too much, too fast?

Partner Insight: The dangers of having too much debt in the economy are many, and as global debt hits a trillion-dollar high there are fears we could heading for a repeat of the global financial crisis.

  • Global
  • 11 July 2018
20 years of Professional Pensions: Where are they now?
20 years of Professional Pensions: Where are they now?

Jonathan Stapleton looks at the firms who were advertising in the first editions of Professional Pensions and how the consultancy, asset manager and provider markets have changed over the past 20 years

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  • 23 February 2017
Hymans Robertson appoints Brolly as head of products
Hymans Robertson appoints Brolly as head of products

Hymans Robertson has appointed Karen Brolly as head of products within its life and financial services practice.

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  • 16 January 2017
AXA IM adds to institutional solutions team
AXA IM adds to institutional solutions team

AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has promoted Franz Wenzel to institutional solutions strategist.

  • Appointments
  • 25 October 2016
Standard Life acquires Elevate platform; Axa to sell pensions arm
Standard Life acquires Elevate platform; Axa to sell pensions arm

Standard Life has acquired platform Axa Elevate while Axa UK confirmed plans to sell off its Wealth business.

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  • 03 May 2016
Innovation swells in small bulk annuity deals
Innovation swells in small bulk annuity deals

Smaller schemes are increasingly looking to benefit from longevity de-risking opportunities offered through swaps and bulk annuities, accordingly to JLT Employee Benefits.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 18 April 2016
Concern ISA-pension merger would harm savings culture

Government plans to merge ISAs and pensions would harm retirement saving and mean more retirees run out of money, Axa Wealth head of retirement planning Andy Zanelli has warned.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 14 September 2015
AXA scheme uses group company to insure £2.8bn of longevity risk

The trustees of the AXA UK Group Pension Scheme have agreed a £2.8bn longevity swap with Reinsurance Group of America (RGA).

  • Risk Reduction
  • 13 July 2015
Ombudsman forces managers to make up losses suffered in late transfer

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has ordered two wealth managers to make up the investment losses incurred by a pensioner on the late transfer of his drawdown fund.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 08 June 2015
How to build financial resilience among lower-paid employees

Financial resilience is a high indicator of financial wellbeing. Debi O'Donovan explores how employers can effectively meet the problem for their workforce and boost business productivity.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 20 May 2015
Higher work stress and more sick leave in staff aged 30-49

Employees aged between 30 and 49 are more stressed and take significantly more sick leave than their colleagues.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 16 January 2015
The rise of social impact investment

Naomi Rainey looks at the trend for investment that brings social as well as financial benefit

  • Investment
  • 13 March 2014
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