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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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      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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Annuity rates drop 29% since Bank of England began QE

Annuity rates have declined by 29% since the introduction of the Bank of England's quantitative easing programme, AXA Life Europe has found.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 11 June 2013
Axa reviews DB scheme due to contracting out abolition

Axa is reviewing the viability of maintaining its defined benefit scheme due to an increasing deficit and the additional costs associated with the end of contracting out.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 02 April 2013
PwC expands consulting business with Woods appointment

PwC has expanded its defined contribution consulting business with the appointment of Paul Woods.

  • Appointments
  • 28 February 2013
Axa makes first acquisition for £1bn long-lease property fund

Axa Real Estate has completed the £38m acquisition of two supermarkets for its newly-launched UK Long Lease Property fund.

  • Investment
  • 18 January 2013
Resolution's business value boosted 155% by corporate benefits

Resolution Group has reported new business of £138m for the first nine months of the year, up 45% from £95m for the same period last year, led by an 155% increase in the company's UK operations.

  • Industry
  • 15 November 2012
Weighted strategies in the dock

Jonathan Stapleton on the approaching need for passive strategies

  • Industry
  • 21 June 2012
Industry reveals interest in LDI for DC

More than half of the pensions industry feels that liability-driven investment techniques could be used for defined contribution schemes, Schroders research reveals.

  • Investment
  • 31 May 2012
Schroders and Axa IM consider DC LDI strategies

Schroders and Axa Investment Management are looking to launch liability-driven investment products for the defined contribution market, PP can reveal.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 24 May 2012
Brazil: the emerging markets success story

Andrew Short delves into the Brazillian economy

  • Emerging Markets
  • 05 April 2012
Axa considers sale of Bluefin Advisory Services

Axa has said it is considering a sell-off of Bluefin Advisory Services, the advice business it owns.

  • Industry
  • 28 November 2011
Monday Movers

Russell Investments, Aviva, Franklin Templeton, AXA IM, Pioneer

  • Appointments
  • 07 November 2011
Round up - 17 October

Employers forced to cut pay rises to pay for pension plans; Companies warned not to dismiss pay revolts; Axa asks staff to give up index-linked pensions; Pensions worry QE2 will raise liabilities; High price for overstating inflation

  • Press
  • 17 October 2011
Monday Movers

GLOBAL - JLT Investment Solutions, New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association Board, AXA Investment Managers, BlackRock, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, F&C Investments, RPMI, Oddo Asset Management

  • Appointments
  • 03 October 2011
Its not easy being green: pension funds and property invesment

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the opportunites that exist for investors in the real estate market and how initiatives such as the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark will affect them

  • Property
  • 03 October 2011
Comment: What is risk anyway?

Jonathan Stapleton on risk and bursting bubbles

  • Industry
  • 29 September 2011
Schemes urged to take on more risk as de-risking costs increase

UK - Pension funds are facing a dilemma in that de-risking is expensive and not getting cheaper. Instead, they should take on more risk in the current climate, delegates at this year's Professional Pensions Show heard.

  • United Kingdom
  • 22 September 2011
Monday Movers

APG Group; BNY Mellon; Dreyfus Corporation; Northern Trust; TRS; QIC; AXA Investment Managers; Acadian Asset Management; BlackRock; Aon Risk Solutions; SSgA; Mercer; RBC Dexia Investor Services; Schroders

  • Global
  • 05 September 2011
Resolution adds £1bn to group pension assets

Resolution's group pension assets grew by approximately £1bn over the first half of this year, results show.

  • Industry
  • 16 August 2011
PP Show 2011: Investment Leaders' Roundtable

The Professional Pensions Show 2011 will include a investment leaders' roundtable made up of five of the investment industry's most influential figures.

  • Investment
  • 28 July 2011
Improving hedge fund governance

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at how the recent AIMA guidelines are designed to improve governance in the hedge fund industry

  • Corporate Governance
  • 21 July 2011
Best practice for hedge funds

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at how the recent AIMA guidelines are designed to improve governance in the hedge fund industry

  • Accounting
  • 06 July 2011
Italian pensions starting to move on activist shareholding

Raquel Pichardo-Allison reports on a new wave of activism starting to swell in Italy

  • Italy
  • 06 June 2011
Axa IM awarded €2.2bn fiduciary mandate

NETHERLANDS - AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has won a €2.2bn ($3.1bn) fiduciary mandate by Ahold Pensioenfonds, the Dutch pension fund of retailer Ahold.

  • Netherlands
  • 06 May 2011
Friends Life hires Still for director of retirement income role

Friends Life has appointed David Still to the newly created position of director, retirement income in a bid to increase its presence in the annuities market.

  • Appointments
  • 04 May 2011
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