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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.

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  • 31 March 2021
Brunel on track to deliver £34m annual savings by 2025 after introspective year
Brunel on track to deliver £34m annual savings by 2025 after introspective year

Brunel Pension Partnership has completed transitioning almost £20bn of Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) assets, with most remaining transfers due this year.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 26 March 2021
We need stronger leadership from finance CEOs on mental health
We need stronger leadership from finance CEOs on mental health

Laura Chappell looks at how the lockdown has impacted mental health and why there is a human and business case for making sure help is available when employees of any seniority need it.

  • Industry
  • 24 March 2021
Winds of change: How schemes are approaching the countdown to net zero
Winds of change: How schemes are approaching the countdown to net zero

The countdown to net zero is now well underway, Hope William-Smith take a look at how schemes are aligning with Paris Agreement goals.

  • Investment
  • 10 March 2021
PGIM Real Estate launches UK affordable housing fund
PGIM Real Estate launches UK affordable housing fund

PGIM Real Estate has launched a UK affordable housing fund, after raising initial capital of £190m from Northern LGPS and Brunel Pension Partnership.

  • Investment
  • 03 February 2021
Eight schemes write to Number 10 to urge more action on climate change
Eight schemes write to Number 10 to urge more action on climate change

Eight major pension fund executives have called on prime minister Boris Johnson and the government to allow the financial sector to contribute to the UK’s decarbonisation efforts ahead of the COP26 summit in Glasgow.

  • Industry
  • 25 January 2021
Brunel opens global small cap equities fund
Brunel opens global small cap equities fund

Brunel Pension Partnership has launched a £300m multi-manager sub-fund focused on global small cap equities.

  • Investment
  • 15 October 2020
Brunel and Border to Coast appoint managers for specialist sub-funds
Brunel and Border to Coast appoint managers for specialist sub-funds

Brunel Pension Partnership has appointed four asset managers to run a £1.2bn sub-fund, while Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has appointed two specialist China managers.

  • Investment
  • 07 October 2020
Brunel launches search for managers of £1.5bn multi-asset credit fund
Brunel launches search for managers of £1.5bn multi-asset credit fund

Brunel Pension Partnership has opened a search for managers to run its £1.5bn multi-asset credit sub-fund.

  • Investment
  • 23 July 2020
LGPS pooling: Building on commonalities to maximise outcomes
LGPS pooling: Building on commonalities to maximise outcomes

Two years on from the launch of the LGPS pools, seven senior figures tell James Phillips all about the process and their plans.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 10 June 2020
Brunel carbon footprint 7% lower than benchmark
Brunel carbon footprint 7% lower than benchmark

The Brunel Pension Partnership has reduced the carbon intensity of its active portfolios by 7% compared their respective benchmarks, it has revealed today.

  • Investment
  • 05 June 2020
Brunel's decision on ESG divestment could go either way, say Buzz peers
Brunel's decision on ESG divestment could go either way, say Buzz peers

The Brunel Pension Partnership's decision on ESG divestment could go either way, say this week's 99 Pensions Buzz peers in split results.

  • Industry
  • 12 February 2020
Brunel vows to ditch asset managers failing on climate change
Brunel vows to ditch asset managers failing on climate change

The £30bn Brunel Pension Partnership has called on asset managers to become more climate-aware or face removal from its portfolios.

  • Investment
  • 27 January 2020
Institutional investors challenge Barclays over fossil fuel funding
Institutional investors challenge Barclays over fossil fuel funding

A group of 11 pension and investment funds have filed a resolution calling for Barclays to stop offering loans to fossil fuels companies.

  • Industry
  • 08 January 2020
Climate action from transport firms 'not fast enough', say pension funds
Climate action from transport firms 'not fast enough', say pension funds

Pension funds have expressed concerns that the transport industry is lagging behind on helping to tackle climate change in line with international expectations.

  • Investment
  • 04 December 2019
Brunel launches emerging markets sub-fund with three managers
Brunel launches emerging markets sub-fund with three managers

The Brunel Pension Partnership has launched an emerging markets sub-fund following the appointment of Genesis Investment Management, Wellington Management and Investec Asset Management as investment managers.

  • Investment
  • 13 November 2019
Taking stewardship seriously
Taking stewardship seriously

There is mounting pressure on schemes to engage more actively with firms in which they invest. Charlotte Moore takes a look at the different approaches being used.

  • Investment
  • 02 July 2019
PRI toughens up climate risk reporting for UK schemes
PRI toughens up climate risk reporting for UK schemes

Some of the UK's biggest pension schemes will be forced to report on climate risk in line with recommendations from the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

  • Investment
  • 21 February 2019
Brunel LGPS pool opens search for emerging market managers
Brunel LGPS pool opens search for emerging market managers

Brunel Pension Partnership has begun a formal search process to appoint managers to run a £1.1bn emerging market equity portfolio.

  • Investment
  • 09 January 2019
Brunel launches ACS and UK equity sub-fund
Brunel launches ACS and UK equity sub-fund

Brunel Pension Partnership has launched its authorised contractual scheme (ACS) and first sub-fund managing around £1.6bn of UK equities.

  • Investment
  • 11 December 2018
Brunel selects M&G and Aberdeen Standard for secured income investments
Brunel selects M&G and Aberdeen Standard for secured income investments

The £30bn Brunel Pension Partnership has announced it will commit £340m to long-lease property funds for three of its 10 local authority partner funds.

  • Investment
  • 29 October 2018
Brunel LGPS pool chooses Hermes for engagement mandate
Brunel LGPS pool chooses Hermes for engagement mandate

The £30bn Brunel Pension Partnership has appointed Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS) to provide voting and engagement services.

  • Investment
  • 04 September 2018
Local Pensions Partnership signs UN-backed PRI; commits to ESG integration
Local Pensions Partnership signs UN-backed PRI; commits to ESG integration

The Local Pensions Partnership (LPP) has become the fourth local authority pool signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

  • Investment
  • 22 August 2018
Midlands LGPS pool commits to cost transparency
Midlands LGPS pool commits to cost transparency

LGPS Central has become the fourth local authority pensions pool to sign up to the code of cost transparency.

  • Investment
  • 22 August 2018
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