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Nest bulks out portfolio with mega infrastructure deals
Nest bulks out portfolio with mega infrastructure deals

Nest has announced two infrastructure partnerships which will see the asset class make up 5% of its total portfolio.

  • Investment
  • 19 April 2021
Chin Chin. Let's raise a glass for a key dashboard milestone
Chin Chin. Let's raise a glass for a key dashboard milestone

Darren Philp says the dashboard programme team should be congratulated on the work it has done to put together a properly scoped out and stress tested plan that will maximise the chance of the project's success

  • Industry
  • 15 April 2021
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.

  • Industry
  • 31 March 2021
Nest pledges £1.4bn for British green energy investment
Nest pledges £1.4bn for British green energy investment

Government-backed auto-enrolment provider Nest has partnered with Octopus Renewables in a bid to increase investment in clean energy infrastructure.

  • Investment
  • 15 March 2021
Tender Watch: AkzoNobel selects Mercer Master Trust; Ofcom seeks sole trustee; Nest hires Atos for admin; XPS appointed by Welsh police
Tender Watch: AkzoNobel selects Mercer Master Trust; Ofcom seeks sole trustee; Nest hires Atos for admin; XPS appointed by Welsh police

Professional Pensions rounds up some of the latest tender awards from across the industry.

  • Industry
  • 12 March 2021
AE remains resilient despite pandemic and pension contribution increases
AE remains resilient despite pandemic and pension contribution increases

Auto-enrolment (AE) remained resilient during the Covid-19 pandemic and in the wake of minimum contribution increases, according to a report by Nest Insight.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 10 February 2021
Cushon names three new trustee executives
Cushon names three new trustee executives

Dianne Day and Andrew Warwick-Thompson have been appointed as independent directors at workplace savings business Cushon.

  • Appointments
  • 08 February 2021
Schemes urged to hold asset managers to account on net-zero targets for executive pay at oil and gas firms
Schemes urged to hold asset managers to account on net-zero targets for executive pay at oil and gas firms

Oil and gas majors are still rewarding executives for fossil fuel growth despite them committing to have net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, as experts urge institutional investors to take action.

  • Investment
  • 08 January 2021
Helen Dean awarded CBE in New Year's Honours for services to pension saving
Helen Dean awarded CBE in New Year's Honours for services to pension saving

Nest Pensions chief executive Helen Dean has been awarded a CBE for services to pension savings in the New Year Honours 2021.

  • Industry
  • 31 December 2020
Nest to ramp up green energy and buildings investments
Nest to ramp up green energy and buildings investments

More than half of Nest's overall portfolio will be within 'climate aware' strategies from February 2021, it has confirmed.

  • Investment
  • 16 December 2020
Employers support sidecar savings concept but inertia concerns remain
Employers support sidecar savings concept but inertia concerns remain

Nest Insight has outlined a series of opinions from employers trialling its hybrid sidecar savings tool, with most agreeing they “like the concept” but still raising concerns over inertia.

  • Investment
  • 10 December 2020
Collaboration vital if pensions sector is to be instrumental in driving change on climate crisis
Collaboration vital if pensions sector is to be instrumental in driving change on climate crisis

The whole pensions sector must collaborate if it is going to drive real change on climate issues, industry experts have warned.

  • Industry
  • 12 October 2020
Sidecar savings option popular but opt-ins low, finds Nest Insight
Sidecar savings option popular but opt-ins low, finds Nest Insight

Nest Insight has outlined a series of different options on how its planned hybrid savings tool could be implemented successfully by employers.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 08 October 2020
UK Pensions Awards 2020 - The Winners
UK Pensions Awards 2020 - The Winners

Here they are - the winners of the UK Pensions Awards 2020...

  • Industry
  • 07 October 2020
BNP Paribas Asset Management: Evolving our global sustainability strategy
BNP Paribas Asset Management: Evolving our global sustainability strategy

Professional Pensions spoke to BNP Paribas Asset Management head of sales Philip Dawes as part of an exclusive series of interviews with some of the finalists and winners of the UK Pensions Awards. This is what he had to say…

  • Investment
  • 07 October 2020
Nest goes tobacco-free a year early
Nest goes tobacco-free a year early

Nest has completed its plans to rid its investment portfolio of tobacco assets a year earlier than it had anticipated.

  • Investment
  • 27 August 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
Nest commits to net-zero default pension strategy by 2050
Nest commits to net-zero default pension strategy by 2050

Nest has set out plans to move to its default pension strategy towards a net-zero investment portfolio by 2050, with at least £5.5bn of equities pledged to climate aware strategies.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 29 July 2020
Nest assets grow by £3.8bn in one year despite market downturn
Nest assets grow by £3.8bn in one year despite market downturn

Nest saw average inflows of £400m in new contributions per month over the course of 2019/20, leading to a 67% increase in assets under management (AUM).

  • Defined Contribution
  • 20 July 2020
Communicating with members in a crisis
Communicating with members in a crisis

Millions of people are saving for a pension for the first time thanks to AE, but the Covid-19 crisis has posed a communications challenge. James Phillips looks at how to get the long-term nature of pensions across to this new generation of savers.

  • Industry
  • 09 July 2020
Savings habit evident as Nest records few opt outs from AE rate hike
Savings habit evident as Nest records few opt outs from AE rate hike

Just a minority of Nest members opted out of their pensions in the immediate aftermath of the second phased auto-enrolment (AE) contribution increase, the master trust reveals.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 09 June 2020
Our economic recovery needs to be green
Our economic recovery needs to be green

Collective pressure has delivered results on cutting carbon emissions, so pension scheme investors should take advantage of AGM season, says Diandra Soobiah

  • Investment
  • 04 June 2020
ESG-conscious Nest members neglecting pensions
ESG-conscious Nest members neglecting pensions

Nest members are making changes to their everyday lives to be more environmentally or socially responsible, but failing to take the same action on their pensions, the provider says.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 26 May 2020
National Pension Trust tops DC default fund performance league tables for 2019
National Pension Trust tops DC default fund performance league tables for 2019

The National Pension Trust’s global equity fund has been named as the best performing growth phase default fund over one and three years in a research report published by Defaqto.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 28 April 2020
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