News
Property
Legal & General has launched an index-linked property fund in a bid to provide schemes with an alternative to index-linked gilts and bonds.
02 February 2010
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Mandates
The Greater Gwent Pension (Torfaen) Pension Scheme has invested £125m in a global equities mandate with Aberdeen Asset Management following a bfinance search.
02 February 2010
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Regulation
The Reader's Digest Association says The Pensions Regulator will not approve a rescue plan for its pension scheme, throwing the future of its UK business into jeopardy.
02 February 2010
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United Kingdom
UK/US - The Reader's Digest Association said The Pensions Regulator will not approve a rescue plan for its pension scheme, throwing the future of its UK business into jeopardy.
02 February 2010
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Defined Benefit
The NEC Group is proposing closing its final salary pension scheme to future accrual, affecting just over 40% of the permanent workforce.
02 February 2010
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Press
Pension fund assets rise 15pc to regain 2006 value; Pension blow for Readers Digest
02 February 2010
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Regulation
Trustees and administrators have been told to increase the quality of their record keeping after just 19% of schemes measured up The Pensions Regulator's guidance standards.
02 February 2010
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Hedge Funds
US - Hedge fund managers have downplayed any negative effects the US government's plans to curb bank activities with hedge funds could have on pension fund investors, saying many of those cut adrift from banks could set themselves up independently.
01 February 2010
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Defined Benefit
IRELAND - Nearly two-thirds of plan sponsors offering a defined benefit scheme have had trouble funding their pension funds leading some to increase contributions, close schemes or implement hybrid plans, a new survey found.
01 February 2010
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Hedge Funds
Hewitt Associates has reported a doubling in the number of hedge fund manager searches during 2009 in comparison with the previous year.
01 February 2010
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