All articles by Lisa Botter – Page 6
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NewsNotts fund: stable investment ensures performance
Nottinghamshire Pension Fund has advocated a steady state investment strategy to improve efficiencies and reduce costs in the local government sector.
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Gwynedd presents merger plans to boost returns
News analysis: Gwynedd County Council Pension Fund has taken steps towards establishing a common investment vehicle with other Welsh schemes, as public schemes investigate consolidation to provide savings and higher investment returns.
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NewsInfrastructure spurs growth in real asset mandates
Data analysis: Real assets proved popular in the third quarter as European pension schemes looked for inflation protection and long-term stable returns, including a large shift towards infrastructure.
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First Bus uses DC 'nursery' to handle AE
First UK Bus Pension Scheme has set out its redesigned benefits structure, having sought to meet the challenges of auto-enrolment and the end of contracting out by segmenting its workforce.
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LPFA adopts ALM to boost investment dynamism
The London Pensions Fund Authority is in the process of developing an asset-liability model the scheme hopes will improve its dynamic approach to risk and investments.
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NewsWarburtons sees 2.3% opt-out after comms drive
At just 2.3 per cent Warburtons has seen one of the lowest opt-out rates reported following a communications campaign that included personally contacting each employee that requested a form to leave the scheme.
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Pip targets 'money in the ground' by year-end
The Pensions Infrastructure Platform is expecting to have made its first investments by the end of this year, as manager selection comes to a close, according to one of its founding members.
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Xerox underlines member responsibility in DC plan
Xerox has called upon employees being transferred from a defined benefit to defined contribution arrangement in January to become more involved in their pension to get a good retirement income.
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Opinion
Volatility sends investors on global hunt for returns
Volatile capital markets have led to a dichotomy in defined benefit pension scheme asset allocation.
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Regulator refines website for SME auto-enrolment
The Pensions Regulator has revamped the auto-enrolment section of its website to help small to medium-sized enterprises implement the reform by adding step-by-step tools and drop-down information menus.
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Schemes face annual allowance rush to avoid fines
Schemes must inform members if they have breached the annual tax relief allowance in 2011/12 and 2012/13 by October 6 or face penalties from HM Revenue & Customs.
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NewsCadbury shuffles fixed income to improve efficiency
Cadbury Pension Fund has increased its allocation to alternative credit in a restructure of its fixed income portfolio.
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Local govt funds swap 'Care' title to explain reform
Local government pension schemes have decided to use ‘account’ rather than Care when communicating their reformed scheme structure to avoid negative associations.
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Whitbread: spike in non-eligible employees saving after AE
Whitbread has seen an increase in the number of employees that were not eligible for auto-enrolment joining its pension scheme since it began communicating the reform.
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Opinion
Editorial: Can the UK learn from US pensions?
Talk of special relationships between the UK and US has again hit the headlines. Although there seems to be common ground when it comes to politics, it has not extended into the world of pensions.
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NewsStrathclyde keeps local focus for property investments
Strathclyde Pension Fund has established a property fund that will make investments of less than £10m in local commercial real estate.
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YMCA launches derisking strategy to improve funding level
YMCA Pension Plan has launched a derisking strategy to match “more closely” its allocation approach and liability profile, and has appointed a delegated manager to oversee nearly all of its portfolio.
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Opinion
Editorial: Bringing pensions into the information age
The 21 century has been deemed the information or digital age. It is thought we are now exposed to as much data in a single day as someone in the 15 century was exposed to in an entire lifetime.
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What the ABI’s annuity tool means for your scheme
The Association of British Insurers' annuity comparison tool has been welcomed as a step forward for transparency, but experts have said more can done to get members the best deal.
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Features
Cambridgeshire diversifies fixed income to up yield
Cambridgeshire Pension Fund outperformed in 2012/2013 after a restructure of its fixed income investments saw it buy European loans to increase yield and protect itself against rising interest rates.