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      Admin & Data Forum 2021

      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.

      • Date: 04 Mar 2021
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      Defined Benefit Consolidation Conference

      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.

      • Date: 25 Mar 2021
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      Sustainable Investment Festival 2021

      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.

      • Date: 22 Jun 2021
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      UK Pensions Awards 2021

      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.

      • Date: 14 Sep 2021
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    • How DC schemes can gain exposure to different asset classes in a low-return environment

      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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      Pension freedoms three years on

      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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Schemes must engage on climate change
Schemes must engage on climate change

Pension schemes must engage with the shift towards de-carbonisation by investing in environmentally friendly infrastructure according to a leading figure.

  • Investment
  • 14 March 2016
GMPF and LPFA acquire £150m shareholding in UK windfarm
GMPF and LPFA acquire £150m shareholding in UK windfarm

Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) and London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) have jointly acquired a stake in a Scottish windfarm through their infrastructure vehicle.

  • Investment
  • 14 March 2016
PIP launches infrastructure fund to focus on UK projects
PIP launches infrastructure fund to focus on UK projects

The Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP) has launched a multi-strategy fund with a target size of £1bn to allow schemes to invest directly in infrastructure.

  • Investment
  • 09 March 2016
PIP appoints non-executive director
PIP appoints non-executive director

Isabel Liu has been hired as a non-executive director to sit on the board of the Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP).

  • Appointments
  • 03 March 2016
Finding value in infrastructure
Finding value in infrastructure

Finding value in infrastructure is becoming increasingly more challenging given fierce competition for such assets. Boe Pahari explains how improved risk weighted returns can be achieved in thematic infrastructure where there is relatively less competition.

  • Infrastructure
  • 24 February 2016
EU watchdog consults on single market for personal pensions
EU watchdog consults on single market for personal pensions

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has launched a follow-up consultation to firm up plans to develop a single market for personal pension products (PPPs).

  • Law and Regulation
  • 02 February 2016
Who controls the LGPS: members or the government?
Who controls the LGPS: members or the government?

PP looks at how planned LGPS reforms could undermine members' rights

  • Law and Regulation
  • 15 January 2016
PIP gets green light to directly manage assets
PIP gets green light to directly manage assets

The Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP) has been given the go-ahead by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to directly manage assets on behalf of schemes.

  • Investment
  • 13 January 2016
Index-linked gilts - time for a rethink?

Colin Dryburgh puts forward the case for US treasury inflation protected securities (TIPS).

  • Investment
  • 13 January 2016
Seven radical ways to overhaul the LGPS
Seven radical ways to overhaul the LGPS

Centre for Policy Studies research fellow Michael Johnson has proposed seven ways to make the local government pension scheme more sustainable.

  • Industry
  • 12 January 2016
Truell: I want to pool public sector pensions into six £40bn funds
Truell: I want to pool public sector pensions into six £40bn funds

Former LPFA chief Edmund Truell tells PP about his radical plans for public sector pensions

  • Law and Regulation
  • 12 January 2016
Autumn Statement: Key pension announcements

PP's quick fire guide to what the Autumn Statement means for pensions.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 25 November 2015
USS teams up with Canadian and Dutch schemes to buy infrastructure firm

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), Canadian OPSEU Pension Trust (OPTrust) and Dutch PGGM, have agreed to buy 100% shares in a Spanish infrastructure company for up to €420m (£300m).

  • Investment
  • 02 November 2015
How EU regulation could force a fire sale of 50% of LGPS assets

LGPS funds will be reclassified as retail investors, which could lead to a major asset sell-off, increase costs, and restrict what they can invest in, finds Stephanie Baxter

  • Law and Regulation
  • 02 November 2015
What could stop LGPS super-funds investing in infrastructure?

Pooling local government pensions schemes into six wealth funds will not necessarily boost infrastructure investing. Charlotte Moore looks at the issues that need to be dealt with.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 29 October 2015
LGPS joint venture makes biogas investment

Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) and the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) have invested £60m in a UK renewable energy project.

  • Investment
  • 20 October 2015
Osborne's wealth fund bombshell means huge change for LGPS

The chancellor's shock announcement that local government pensions will be pooled into regional funds to boost UK infrastructure means yet more upheaval for the scheme, finds Stephanie Baxter

  • Investment
  • 12 October 2015
Osborne to force LGPS into six 'wealth funds' to invest in UK infrastructure

The Local Government Pension Scheme's (LGPS) 89 funds will be pooled into six British wealth funds to invest billions in infrastructure, the Chancellor has revealed.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 05 October 2015
PiP confirms investment in Thames Tideway Tunnel

The Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP) has confirmed its involvement in the Thames Tideway Tunnel project after securing over £370m of investment commitments from UK pension schemes.

  • Investment
  • 11 September 2015
Video: Can infrastructure meet scheme needs for long-dated assets?

Professional Pensions asks a panel of experts for their view on whether infrastructure can meet pension schemes' needs for long dated assets.

  • Investment
  • 16 July 2015
EIOPA launches consultation on single market for pension products

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has opened a consultation on how to create a single market for personal pension products across the continent.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 07 July 2015
Is it time to move away from fossil fuel investment?

Pension schemes have invested in fossil fuels for many years but Eoin Fahy believes now might be the time to look at alternatives

  • Investment
  • 23 June 2015
PIP's solar fund hits first close with £131m from four schemes

The Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP) has announced its solar photovoltaics (PV) fund has reached its first close with £131m commitments from four UK schemes.

  • Investment
  • 17 June 2015
How scheme partnerships are revolutionising pension investment

Pension funds around the globe are collaborating and cutting out the middleman, writes PP

  • Investment
  • 16 June 2015
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