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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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MSCI launches climate indices to help investors align with Paris Agreement
MSCI launches climate indices to help investors align with Paris Agreement

MSCI has launched eight indices to enable institutional investors to position their portfolios in line with the Paris Agreement to keep global temperatures within 1.5 degrees.

  • Investment
  • 27 October 2020
Fidelity launches three new ESG ETFs
Fidelity launches three new ESG ETFs

Fidelity International has launched three actively-managed ESG ETFs, further expanding the five-strong Sustainable Family range of funds it released in last September.

  • ETFs
  • 03 June 2020
Border to Coast launches £5bn global equity alpha fund
Border to Coast launches £5bn global equity alpha fund

The £45bn Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has launched its largest fund to date, with £5bn of Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) assets being allocated to global equity alpha.

  • Investment
  • 22 November 2019
AMX launches CCFs in bid to boost industry's efficiency and transparency
AMX launches CCFs in bid to boost industry's efficiency and transparency

Asset Management Exchange (AMX) has added tax transparent global equity vehicles to its range of investment funds to cut scheme costs and increase transparency across the industry.

  • Investment
  • 08 May 2018
Investor confidence rose in January; Growing appetite for risk amid global growth
Investor confidence rose in January; Growing appetite for risk amid global growth

Investor confidence in Europe rose by 16.0 points in January with each region showing growing appetite for risk, according to research by State Street Global Exchange.

  • Investment
  • 31 January 2018
UK exits 2017 on record high; leads European equity markets
UK exits 2017 on record high; leads European equity markets

UK equities closed the year at an all-time high, putting the seal on a good year for the stock market, according to S&P Dow Jones.

  • Investment
  • 04 January 2018
Schemes should invest in global equity and multi-asset for cash flow needs
Schemes should invest in global equity and multi-asset for cash flow needs

Capital Group and Newton Investment Management have teamed up to raise awareness of how negative cash flows among defined benefit (DB) schemes should be tackled differently.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 29 June 2017
Readers would bet money on global equities and infrastructure in 2017
Readers would bet money on global equities and infrastructure in 2017

Equities and infrastructure are the top asset classes to bet on doing well next year, according to PP research.

  • Investment
  • 22 December 2016
Bond bubble fears ease following uptick in Q4 2015
Bond bubble fears ease following uptick in Q4 2015

The perception of bond markets being overvalued has fallen significantly, after concerns of a price bubble escalated last December.

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  • 30 March 2016
Just 15% of funds have large tilt towards sustainable factors
Just 15% of funds have large tilt towards sustainable factors

The number of funds that consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues when they make investment decisions is small according to MSCI research.

  • Investment
  • 08 March 2016
Blackrock warns Brexit offers plenty of risk for little reward
Blackrock warns Brexit offers plenty of risk for little reward

There would be little to gain from Britain leaving the EU, according to a paper from BlackRock Investment Institute (BII).

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  • 03 March 2016
DB schemes are 'too defensive' and should 're-risk into equities'
DB schemes are 'too defensive' and should 're-risk into equities'

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes should move away from index-linked gilts and increase exposure to risk assets in order to plug deficits, according to research by Fathom Consulting.

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  • 27 January 2016
RPMI Railpen and Unigestion launch two funds
RPMI Railpen and Unigestion launch two funds

Two factor-based equity funds have been launched by Unigestion in collaboration with RPMI Railpen which is providing seed capital for the projects.

  • Investment
  • 18 January 2016
PPF 7800 deficits fall 11% as yields rise
PPF 7800 deficits fall 11% as yields rise

The funding level of defined benefit (DB) schemes in the Pensions Protection Fund's (PPF) 7800 index has improved on the back of rising gilt yields.

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  • 12 January 2016
Is January's market turmoil a sign of worse to come in 2016?
Is January's market turmoil a sign of worse to come in 2016?

PP asks if schemes should be worried about big surges in volatility

  • Investment
  • 11 January 2016
Markets overvalued says industry
Markets overvalued says industry

The majority of respondents to Professional Pensions research are worried stock or share bubble may be about to burst.

  • Investment
  • 08 January 2016
Why a 'golden era' in pension funding is dawning

Rupert Brindley believes good times are just around the corner for struggling defined benefit schemes

  • Investment
  • 27 November 2015
EU and Japanese equities to outperform US as monetary policies diverge

Eurozone and Japanese equities will outperform the US market next year as their central banks start to move in very different directions, according to NN Investment Partners.

  • Investment
  • 17 November 2015
European investors get UCITS offers from Nuveen and TIAA-CREF partnership

Investors in Europe will be offered access to three responsible fund strategies for the first time say Nuveen Investments and TIAA-CREF.

  • Investment
  • 19 October 2015
The key questions schemes need to ask about volatility

We have seen major volatility in world stock markets in recent weeks. Karen Heaven highlights the key questions schemes need to ask.

  • Investment
  • 08 September 2015
DB deficits exceed combined annual salary of UK workers

The £900bn deficit in UK defined benefit (DB) schemes would require more than a year's salary from every person in the UK to fix, according to Hymans Robertson.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 17 August 2015
Why schemes must diversify more and lower expectations

Stephanie Flanders sets out the three key themes for investors

  • Investment
  • 07 August 2015
Schemes will be forced to raise equity exposure after years of de-risking

Pension schemes are likely to raise their exposure to equities in the next three years as they chase returns in the face of low bond yields, according to research.

  • Investment
  • 22 June 2015
Towers Watson upgrades bond rating to 'neutral' amid rising yields

Towers Watson has urged dynamic investors to take a short-term neutral position on UK and US bond rates after previously recommending a moderately underweight position.

  • Investment
  • 16 June 2015
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