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      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.

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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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      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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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
Industry Voice: Investor engagement comes of age; BMO Global Asset Management committed to making finance a force for good
Industry Voice: Investor engagement comes of age; BMO Global Asset Management committed to making finance a force for good

  • Investment
  • 30 September 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
Interest rate and inflation hedging hits £83.1bn in Q2
Interest rate and inflation hedging hits £83.1bn in Q2

Pension schemes significantly heightened their interest rate and inflation risk hedging in the second quarter of the year, according to BMO Global Asset Management.

  • Investment
  • 29 July 2020
BMO Fiduciary Management Project: Neil McPherson interview
BMO Fiduciary Management Project: Neil McPherson interview

Capital Cranfield’s Neil McPherson: How the CMA review will affect small schemes’ fiduciary management plans

  • Industry
  • 31 March 2020
PP Investment Conference - Last chance to register
PP Investment Conference - Last chance to register

There are only a few days left to register for this year’s PP Investment Conference, which will be held on Tuesday 5 November at London’s America Square Conference Centre.

  • Industry
  • 29 October 2019
The past, present and future of fiduciary management fees
The past, present and future of fiduciary management fees

As the CMA’s remedies for the fiduciary management market bed in, schemes should be thinking more about how fees are structured, says David Hickey

  • Investment
  • 08 October 2019
LGPS Central launches EM equity fund
LGPS Central launches EM equity fund

LGPS Central has launched an active, multi-manager emerging markets equity fund.

  • Investment
  • 26 July 2019
Interest rate LDI increases 9% but inflation hedging drops
Interest rate LDI increases 9% but inflation hedging drops

The amount of hedging against interest rate risk rose to £31.7bn in the fourth quarter of last year, according to BMO Global Asset Management.

  • Investment
  • 01 March 2019
PP Investment Awards 2018 - The winners
PP Investment Awards 2018 - The winners

Here they are… The winners of the Professional Pensions Investment Awards 2018.

  • Industry
  • 23 November 2018
Why peak LDI could be further off than we think
Why peak LDI could be further off than we think

Predictions that LDI flows could peak as soon as 2021 have led to hopes of higher gilt yields. However, Stephanie Baxter finds there are many variables at play.

  • Investment
  • 12 September 2018
LDI activity rebounds in Q2 after subdued Q1; LIBOR to SONIA switching driving activity
LDI activity rebounds in Q2 after subdued Q1; LIBOR to SONIA switching driving activity

The level of interest rate hedging increased to £29.5bn of liabilities in the second quarter as pension funds continued to de-risk, according to BMO Global Asset Management's research.

  • Investment
  • 15 August 2018
BMO combines credit with LDI to simplify de-risking
BMO combines credit with LDI to simplify de-risking

Funds that match and link credit with liability-driven investing (LDI) have been launched by BMO Global Asset Management in a bid to simplify the process of de-risking defined benefit (DB) schemes.

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  • 04 July 2018
BMO GAM makes key hire to expand UK institutional client base
BMO GAM makes key hire to expand UK institutional client base

James Edwards has been appointed as a director at BMO Global Asset Management for its UK institutional sales division.

  • Appointments
  • 19 June 2018
PP Investment Awards 2017 - The winners
PP Investment Awards 2017 - The winners

Here they are - the winners of the Professional Pensions Investment Awards (PPIA) 2017.

  • Industry
  • 27 November 2017
EXCLUSIVE: BMO to switch clients away from 'bucket-based' LDI strategies
EXCLUSIVE: BMO to switch clients away from 'bucket-based' LDI strategies

BMO Global Asset Management is switching schemes invested in its historic range of passive liability-driven investment (LDI) funds to updated strategies.

  • Investment
  • 18 October 2017
General election result drives down absolute hedging in Q2
General election result drives down absolute hedging in Q2

Hedging appetite fell during the second quarter of this year as a lack of index-linked gilt supply continued to bite, BMO Global Asset Management has said.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 16 August 2017
How the end of LIBOR will affect pension funds
How the end of LIBOR will affect pension funds

LIBOR is set to be phased out by 2021. Jonathan Stapleton looks at how the withdrawal of this benchmark will affect schemes

  • Investment
  • 31 July 2017

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