All Hymans Robertson articles – Page 10
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NewsM&B switches to drawdown and moves deferreds to master trust
The Mitchells & Butlers pension scheme has updated its defined contribution default strategy to target drawdown purchase, directing members to a master trust for retirement provision.
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NewsXerox MNT constituency opened up for all members
The Xerox Pension Scheme has broadened its employed member constituency for member-nominated trustees to include all members, due to the dwindling number of members who are employed by Xerox.
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600 Group completes buy-in ahead of scheme wind-up
UK engineering company 600 Group has derisked its 2,800-member defined benefit pension scheme with a $270m (£210m) buy-in policy from the Pension Insurance Corporation before moving to full buyout next year.
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OpinionInvesting in alternatives: Opportunities and obstacles
Pension scheme investment into alternative asset classes has increased significantly over recent years.
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Opinion
DC Debate Q4: A pensions policy wishlist
After many years of tinkering, many in the pensions industry pray for no news and stability in the Department for Work and Pensions' policy announcements. But what changes could benefit savers, rather than the taxman? Five defined contribution experts discuss.
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DB health improves but covenant strength ignored
Defined benefit pension schemes are not paying enough attention to the likelihood of their employer going bust when setting investment strategy, according to a new study assessing funding levels in the context of sponsor health.
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Opinion
DC Debate Q4: AE changes to protect the needy
Five defined contribution experts discuss whether the government should raise minimum contribution levels further than currently planned, and how to help low earners and the self-employed.
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NewsBaptist scheme pulls DGF for global infrastructure
Trustees of the defined benefit Baptist Pension Scheme have allocated to global infrastructure and dropped a struggling diversified growth fund manager.
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Features
Investment consultants could be under microscope for next decade
Analysis: Investment consultants may have escaped the more stringent of the recommendations in the Competition and Markets Authority’s provisional decision earlier this year, but experts have said that the scrutiny of the market is unlikely to end at Christmas.
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FeaturesJaguar scheme opts for forestry and farmland
The Jaguar Pension Plan has invested in agriculture and timber funds in a bid to diversify its portfolio and develop its exposure to opportunistic private markets.
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Features
Notts to report itself to TPR after employers botch data
The Nottinghamshire County Council Pension Fund is set to report itself to the Pensions Regulator after failing to produce some of its annual benefit statements on time.
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Features
Testing times for charity DB pension schemes
At the beginning of last year, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds closed its defined benefit pension fund and replaced it with a new defined contribution scheme.
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News
Worcestershire puts JPMorgan AM back on watch
The Worcestershire County Council Pension Fund has placed JPMorgan Asset Management “on watch” for the continued underperformance of its emerging markets equities mandate, just six months after removing its added scrutiny of the manager.
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Civil partner LGPS survivor benefits set to match widows
Survivors of same-sex civil partnerships and same-sex marriage will receive the same survivor benefits as those provided to widows under new proposals for the Local Government Pension Scheme.
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Features
Should LGPS funds separate from host authorities to avoid conflicts?
The relationship between local government pension schemes and their host authorities has the potential to create conflicts of interest for those charged with managing both a council’s finances and the fate of its pension fund, experts say.
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FeaturesRhondda Cynon Taf approves plan for alternatives
The Rhondda Cynon Taf Pension Fund has agreed to wind down its lofty equity exposure in favour of new allocations to absolute return bonds and infrastructure.
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Features
Bulk annuities: How should schemes approach the market?
Analysis: 2018 has been a very busy year so far for buy-ins and buyouts, with plenty of competition and attractive insurer pricing.
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Mid-market direct lending approach 'too constraining', WTW says
Mid-market direct lending is “now demonstrating signs of material deterioration in credit underwriting and future return potential”, according to a report by consultancy Willis Towers Watson, which is instead recommending its clients invest in debt for US real estate and UK commercial real estate.
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Features
Automation improves insurer scheme admin but work still to do
The Royal Insurance Group Pension Scheme has reported a “considerable improvement in service” from administrator Willis Towers Watson, after two years of problems that have hurt the scheme’s ability to service transfer requests.
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Bulk annuity volumes break H1 record
On the go: UK pension schemes entered into a record £7.8bn of buy-ins and buyouts in the first half of 2018, as large 'back book' transfers between insurers failed to disrupt the market's capacity.