All articles by Emma Powell – Page 8
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NewsUnilever creates DC committee to focus governance
The Unilever UK Pension Fund has set up a defined contribution committee to boost three key areas of management of its members' savings.
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Features
PPF widens investment scope to reduce risk
The Pension Protection Fund has targeted a broader range of sophisticated fixed income assets while maintaining a liability-driven investment strategy in order to reduce the fund’s overall risk.
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News
Transfer industry outlines pot-follows-member approach
Transfer companies have set out how pot-follows-member pensions consolidation could work after the government said it was looking at industry initiatives to find a cost and time-efficient implementation.
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Features
Hampshire fund pursues tactical asset allocation
Hampshire Pension Fund has created a new tactical asset allocation portfolio funded from reserves that were temporarily invested in equities.
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News
Scams burden remains in spite of HMRC registration
News analysis: A High Court ruling last week established the Pensions Regulator’s authority to take action against schemes it believes to be fraudulent.
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News
Hilton enhances fid man role to reduce volatility
Hilton UK's pension scheme has built greater delegation into its fiduciary management mandate to enable it to make quicker investment decisions and reduce volatility within the scheme.
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News
How Weight Watchers tackled AE demographic challenge
Weight Watchers UK has implemented a unified communication and administration strategy and changed its pension provider to overcome the challenges of delivering auto-enrolment to different employee demographics.
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News
NESPF payroll shift cuts 25% from processing time
North East Scotland Pension Fund has implemented an integrated payroll system to provide a more accurate and timely way of paying out benefits to members.
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NewsSaul outlines policy for strengthening through mergers
The Superannuation Arrangements for the University of London has detailed its merger policy as part of work to help achieve economies of scale across support staff pension schemes.
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News
MNOPF increases contributions to secure benefits
The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund has increased employer and member contributions to the new section of its defined benefit scheme to strengthen its ability to pay future benefits.
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Teesside ups cash awaiting more profitable equity market
Teesside Pension Fund has increased its cash holdings by nearly a quarter after deciding to wait for more favourable conditions before investing further in equity markets.
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Care UK sees 4% opt-out after comms barrage
Care UK has experienced an opt-out rate of just 3.8 per cent since implementing auto-enrolment in March, putting its success down to an intensive, multichannel communications strategy.
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News
How to tackle index cloning in your active equities
News analysis: Schemes have been urged to closely monitor the investment strategies and risks taken by their active managers as new research shows nearly half of such UK managers are closet indexers.
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NewsShropshire boosts passive equities to reduce costs
Shropshire County Pension Fund will become the latest local authority scheme to increase its passively managed equity allocation in order to reduce its investment management fees.
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Features
Pearl ups corporate bonds to manage rate risks
Pearl Group Staff Pension Scheme has increased its allocation to corporate bonds and reduced investment in growth assets to lower its exposure to fluctuations in the market.
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News
How the OFT report affects your scheme
The Association of British Insurers will audit contract and bundled schemes at risk of being poor value for members, following the Office of Fair Trading’s investigation into the market.
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NewsHow Molson Coors built flexibility into its default
Molson Coors UK Pension Plan has chosen dynamic asset allocation for its default fund to more effectively respond to market fluctuations.
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Opinion
What a 1% cap could mean for AE value
Price cap in, price cap out. Last week’s report from the Office of Fair Trading did not immediately recommend a limit on the amount auto-enrolled savers can be charged for investment and administration of their retirement savings, but the watchdog may return to the question in future.
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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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BofA scheme boosts member engagement to give greater retirement certainty
Bank of America Merrill Lynch UK Pension Plan has upped member engagement through online tools that enable workers to make changes to their pension plans, to give them greater certainty over their retirement income.