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      Webinar: Using passion for ESG to unleash member engagement

      This webinar will look at how pension schemes can harness their members’ interest in ESG to engage them more broadly with their pensions. In particular, it will look at exclusive research showing how members are reacting to ESG; their propensity to act versus their actual behaviour; and the expectations they have of providers in this regard.

      • Date: 26 Jan 2021
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      Webinar: What to put on your GMP Equalisation project roadmap for 2021

      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.

      • Date: 02 Feb 2021
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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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      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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Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund integrates ESG and climate risk into £1.3bn DGF
Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund integrates ESG and climate risk into £1.3bn DGF

The Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund (Barclays UKRF) has integrated ESG factors and climate risk into a £1.3bn diversified growth fund (DGF) portfolio used for its defined contribution (DC) scheme.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 11 January 2021
Industry Voice: A new investment order
Industry Voice: A new investment order

2020 has been a year like no other. BlackRock's Sion Cole looks at how the year has changed the investment order – accelerating shifts in how economies and societies operate across a number of different dimensions.

  • Industry
  • 29 December 2020
Industry Voice: A closer client relationship
Industry Voice: A closer client relationship

Professional Pensions spoke to BlackRock’s Sion Cole about the impact of Covid-19 and the importance of tailoring solutions for schemes

  • Industry
  • 08 December 2020
Exclusive: BlackRock's flagship LifePath strategy to target 50%+ ESG by mid-2021
Exclusive: BlackRock's flagship LifePath strategy to target 50%+ ESG by mid-2021

More than half of BlackRock’s flagship UK defined contribution (DC) default fund’s assets will be invested in ESG strategies by June 2021.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 18 November 2020
Scottish Widows to divest £440m from companies failing on ESG
Scottish Widows to divest £440m from companies failing on ESG

Scottish Widows has begun work with its fund management partners to divest at least £440m from companies which do not meet its ESG standards under a new exclusions policy.

  • Investment
  • 09 November 2020
Majority of savers 'far from confident' about financial future
Majority of savers 'far from confident' about financial future

More than half of UK savers agree they are unable to save sufficiently to achieve the retirement they want, according to research by BlackRock.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 05 November 2020
A post-war approach to inflation?
A post-war approach to inflation?

Supply will need to be rebuilt following the forced shutdown, potentially pushing up inflation and reasserting the need for adequate hedges, writes James Phillips

  • Investment
  • 04 November 2020
BlackRock value report reveals fund liquidation, fee cuts and performance reviews
BlackRock value report reveals fund liquidation, fee cuts and performance reviews

Fund giant BlackRock's first Assessment of Value (AoV) report covering its UK operations has revealed one fund liquidation, fee cuts for two vehicles and "enhanced performance monitoring" established for five underperforming funds.

  • Investment
  • 30 October 2020
UK Pensions Awards 2020 - The Winners
UK Pensions Awards 2020 - The Winners

Here they are - the winners of the UK Pensions Awards 2020...

  • Industry
  • 07 October 2020
Woodford investors potentially in limbo for further 12 months
Woodford investors potentially in limbo for further 12 months

Investors languishing in the gated, and now renamed, Woodford Equity Income fund could be forced to wait a further 12 months to get their money back, following the latest update from the fund’s administrator Link Fund Solutions.

  • Investment
  • 01 October 2020
Fiduciary Management Focus: Rory Murphy to deliver keynote on MNOPF's journey
Fiduciary Management Focus: Rory Murphy to deliver keynote on MNOPF's journey

Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund chairman Rory Murphy is to deliver the opening keynote at Professional Pensions’ Fiduciary Management Focus conference next week.

  • Industry
  • 22 September 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
Spot the Dog: Number of underperforming funds jumps by 'staggering' 65%
Spot the Dog: Number of underperforming funds jumps by 'staggering' 65%

A record-breaking 150 ‘dog’ funds have been identified in the latest bi-annual Bestinvest Spot the Dog report, with total assets of £54.4bn sitting in these vehicles.

  • Investment
  • 14 September 2020
BlackRock unveils suite of ESG multi-asset ETFs
BlackRock unveils suite of ESG multi-asset ETFs

BlackRock has launched a suite of three ESG multi-asset exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to provide investors with a "cost-efficient, transparent and sustainable way" to invest during times of market uncertainty.

  • Investment
  • 10 September 2020
Civil Aviation Authority awards £4bn fiduciary mandate to BlackRock
Civil Aviation Authority awards £4bn fiduciary mandate to BlackRock

The Civil Aviation Authority Pension Scheme (CAAPS) has appointed BlackRock to run a £4bn fiduciary mandate for its growth portfolios.

  • Investment
  • 08 September 2020
Managing retirement solutions: How to find opportunities behind closed doors
Managing retirement solutions: How to find opportunities behind closed doors

Focusing on the key building blocks of retirement strategies will help improve saver outcomes amid the Covid-19 crisis, says Dominic Byrne.

  • Investment
  • 19 August 2020
PP Investment Awards 2020 - Shortlists published
PP Investment Awards 2020 - Shortlists published

Here they are… The shortlists for this year's Professional Pensions Investment Awards.

  • Investment
  • 17 August 2020
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories included Aon findings that the number of defined benefit schemes employing a sole trustee model is expected to double by 2025, while Scottish Widows invested £2bn as the inaugural investor in BlackRock’s new climate fund.

  • Industry
  • 07 August 2020
Scottish Widows invests £2bn in BlackRock climate transition fund
Scottish Widows invests £2bn in BlackRock climate transition fund

Scottish Widows has invested £2bn of pension fund assets to become the inaugural investor in BlackRock’s authorised contractual scheme (ACS) Climate Transition World Equity Fund.

  • Investment
  • 05 August 2020
Available on demand... Louise Sivyer and Michelle Cracknell among the speakers at PP's DeskFlix event on the Future of DC
Available on demand... Louise Sivyer and Michelle Cracknell among the speakers at PP's DeskFlix event on the Future of DC

The latest virtual event in PP’s DeskFlix series took place on 7 July

  • Defined Contribution
  • 07 July 2020
Border to Coast launches fixed income fund
Border to Coast launches fixed income fund

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has launched its first fixed income product with a £2.5bn sterling investment-grade credit fund.

  • Investment
  • 08 April 2020
Webinar: Managing cashflows in challenging times
Webinar: Managing cashflows in challenging times

Professional Pensions' latest webinar - held in conjuction with Aon, BlackRock and Schroders - looks at the specific cashflow challenges schemes have been facing during the disruption and market volatility caused by Covid-19; explore how different schemes...

  • Investment
  • 03 April 2020
LGPS Central launches global bond fund
LGPS Central launches global bond fund

A £1.2bn global investment-grade corporate bond fund has been launched by LGPS Central with four initial investors.

  • Investment
  • 27 March 2020
BlackRock tracker takes bulk of £1.3bn sustainable allocations
BlackRock tracker takes bulk of £1.3bn sustainable allocations

Sustainable investments attracted a large volume of assets at the start of the year, with net £1.3bn invested, over half of which went into a low carbon equity tracker managed by BlackRock according to the Morningstar Direct Fund Flows Commentary for...

  • Investment
  • 24 February 2020
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