All Consultants articles – Page 9
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OpinionEditorial: Measuring up
This week we consider how pension funds can consider performance in two areas of their investments: diversified growth funds and fiduciary management.
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Opinion
Four steps to a targeted, practical covenant review
The latest defined benefit code of practice puts the employer covenant where it should be – right at the heart of all funding and investment decisions that trustees make.
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Opinion
Break up or make up? How to handle a split with your advisers
In trying to get the best outcomes for members, schemes may have to dump advisers from time to time. This can be costly, stressful and time-consuming, so what is the best way to ensure a smooth transition?
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News
Risk management key trustee challenge as complexity criticised
An industry survey has shown understanding risk is the biggest challenge for defined benefit pension scheme trustees, sparking debate over whether trustees need more sophistication, or whether scheme choices need simplifying.
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Opinion
Stop making excuses on fiduciary management and demonstrate value
It is easy to see why, to onlookers, there looks like a real battle brewing between managers, consultants and other specialist fiduciary managers.
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News
Greater intermediary fee transparency needed to assess value, experts urge
News analysis: Investment management and consultant fees need to be more transparent to allow schemes to more accurately measure whether they are getting value for money, industry figures have said.
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Opinion
AE collaborations are a cop-out
Auto-enrolment collaborations such as those mentioned in Pensions Expert last month are a “neat fusion” according to Zurich’s Stephen Lefley.
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Opinion
Editorial: Building understanding
It was about the time that Steve Webb started rapping and holding up sandwich bags that I reflected on what I had learnt at the NAPF conference.
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News
Tesco ramps up in-house investment governance
Tesco Pension Fund chose to follow its internal investment team's advice over that of its consultant when choosing an alternative fund, reflecting how large schemes are moving investment governance in-house.
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FeaturesHow local authority schemes manage political risk
Following the loss of West Yorkshire Pension Fund’s chair at this month’s council elections, a number of local authority schemes outline what steps they take to ensure board continuity.
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Features
PPG improves investment efficiency with fiduciary management
The PPG Industries pension scheme's move to fiduciary management has led to a quicker and more efficient investment decision-making process, according to its pensions director.
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Features
Consultant survey: Setting fixed income mandates
A survey of 12 leading investment consultancies has provided insight into how schemes can get the best out of their fixed income mandates.
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Features
More than two-thirds of buyout quotes fail to transact
Consultants and insurers have urged schemes to better prepare for derisking, following revelations that just one in three buyout quotations lead to transaction.
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Features
Consultant survey: Fixed income reappraised post-2008
In the first of four special reports, we look at how the UK’s leading investment consultants have changed their views of fixed income since the financial crisis.
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Features
More than two-thirds of buyout quotes fail to transact
Consultants and insurers have urged schemes to better prepare for derisking, following revelations that just one in three buyout quotations lead to transaction.