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      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.

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      Professional Pensions Defined Contribution virtual event, hopes to take stock of the last year, and ask the important questions; are members saving enough and have we improved the member journey at retirement? This two part digital event will provide you with the latest thinking and innovation in the DC market during our snappy 15 minute presentations, with plenty of time to ask questions during our live speaker Q&A.

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      Sustainable Investment Festival 2021

      The Sustainable Investment Festival will run online from 22-25 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.

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      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.

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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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Aviva launches ESG-focused DC default strategy
Aviva launches ESG-focused DC default strategy

Aviva has launched a defined contribution (DC) default investment strategy for its workplace pension clients, incorporating ethical and ESG considerations.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 01 July 2019
Unlocking the DC illiquidity enigma
Unlocking the DC illiquidity enigma

Private markets are becoming more accessible to DC schemes. Alastair O'Dell asks if platform-based funds can really capture the illiquidity premium.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 03 June 2019
Railpen cuts costs further and brings more investment in-house
Railpen cuts costs further and brings more investment in-house

RPMI Railpen is in the next step in the journey towards achieving cost disclosure. Victoria Bell tells Stephanie Baxter about taking part in the Cost Transparency Initiative's pilot phase

  • Investment
  • 18 March 2019
How organisational psychology helps schemes select good managers
How organisational psychology helps schemes select good managers

Professor Adrian Furnham says analysing the psychology of investment manager teams can give investors a valuable edge in the selection process

  • Investment
  • 26 February 2019
It's time to get serious about sustainability
It's time to get serious about sustainability

Wolfgang Kuhn says pension funds must considered the real-world impacts of their investments

  • Investment
  • 07 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
Is it time for schemes to run to safety?
Is it time for schemes to run to safety?

As concerned pension funds are flocking to 'safe' assets or buying equity protection, John Gray points out there is no such thing as a 'free lunch' in life

  • Investment
  • 05 October 2018
Closet tracker scandal: Are schemes getting what they pay for?
Closet tracker scandal: Are schemes getting what they pay for?

Pension funds may be sitting on valuable claims if it can be proven that active management would have led to higher returns compared to a tracker fund, write Simon Bushell and Daniel Spendlove

  • Law and Regulation
  • 04 September 2018
Fiduciary appointments should require independent advice
Fiduciary appointments should require independent advice

Patrick McCoy says the CMA's proposal for all fiduciary management appointments to go to tender will only work if pension funds take independent investment advice

  • Investment
  • 23 August 2018
Are asset managers delivering on their ESG claims?
Are asset managers delivering on their ESG claims?

Despite improvements in investment manager attitudes towards responsible investment, research reveals there is a way to go before the majority deliver meaningful action. Victoria Ticha explores why

  • Investment
  • 16 March 2018
Cost disclosure template could be ready by April; LGPS to adopt immediately
Cost disclosure template could be ready by April; LGPS to adopt immediately

Trustees could benefit from a standardised template for the disclosure of investment transaction costs and charges from as early as April, Chris Sier has said.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 08 March 2018
USS invests in Yorkshire Water inflation-linked swaps
USS invests in Yorkshire Water inflation-linked swaps

The £60bn Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has made a follow-on investment in Yorkshire Water inflation-linked notes, backed by inflation swap cash flows, to secure long-term returns.

  • Investment
  • 07 March 2018
Franklin Templeton expands UK consultant relations team
Franklin Templeton expands UK consultant relations team

Franklin Templeton Investments has hired Aviva Investors' Christoph Butz as director of its UK consultant relations team.

  • Appointments
  • 21 February 2018
Carillion: A shareholder fail?
Carillion: A shareholder fail?

One of the curiosities of Carillion's failure was how shareholders in the firm seemingly failed to notice the firm's demise.

  • Industry
  • 20 February 2018
Asset managers first to sign up to Dame Helena Morrissey event to raise cash for Presidents Club charities
Asset managers first to sign up to Dame Helena Morrissey event to raise cash for Presidents Club charities

Dame Helena Morrissey, head of personal investing at Legal & General Investment Management, has said she is organising a 50/50 gender split event to raise funds for the charities forced to turn down their donations from this year's Presidents Club dinner,...

  • Investment
  • 26 January 2018
Schroders to disclose costs and charges data for £11bn LGPS assets
Schroders to disclose costs and charges data for £11bn LGPS assets

Schroders has become one of the largest asset managers to sign up to the Local Government Pension Scheme's (LGPS) code of transparency.

  • Investment
  • 09 January 2018
Aon acquires Townsend Group for £350m
Aon acquires Townsend Group for £350m

Aon has announced it has acquired Townsend Group, a real estate investment management and advisory firm based in the US.

  • Industry
  • 03 January 2018
Will 2018 be a turning point for markets?
Will 2018 be a turning point for markets?

After a year of stellar growth and stubbornly high valuations, asset bubbles may forming that could lead to market corrections. Stephanie Baxter looks at what 2018 has in store

  • Investment
  • 06 December 2017
Investors warn of bond bubble and return of volatility
Investors warn of bond bubble and return of volatility

Almost two-thirds of UK-based institutional investors, including pension funds, expect asset bubbles to negatively impact performance in 2018, according to research by Natixis Investment Managers.

  • Investment
  • 06 December 2017
Average pension scheme could save £700,000 on active costs
Average pension scheme could save £700,000 on active costs

A typical defined benefit (DB) pension fund could cut costs by around a third per year by centralising and standardising their investment, administration and trading functions, according to the Asset Management Exchange (AMX).

  • Investment
  • 28 November 2017
The case for independent fund directors
The case for independent fund directors

Dan Brocklebank says the FCA's proposed solution to address conflicts of interests at asset managers does not go far enough

  • Investment
  • 14 November 2017
Unbundling DC pricing unlocks 'value for money'
Unbundling DC pricing unlocks 'value for money'

Henry Tapper says removing NDAs between operators and fund managers is a critical step in the journey towards assessing value for money

  • Law and Regulation
  • 04 October 2017
Two asset managers commit to full cost transparency
Two asset managers commit to full cost transparency

Baillie Gifford and Montanaro are the first asset managers to sign up to a new transparency code to help the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) get a better handle on investment costs.

  • Investment
  • 24 May 2017
Aegon to acquire BlackRock's DC platform and administration arm
Aegon to acquire BlackRock's DC platform and administration arm

Aegon has agreed to purchase BlackRock's defined contribution (DC) platform and administration arm, increasing its platform-based workplace savings business to £30bn.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 03 May 2016
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