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News‘Pivotal point’ for fiduciary management as DB matures
Fiduciary managers face a “pivotal point” as DB schemes mature and the investment and regulatory landscapes grow more complex, according to Isio.
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NewsRoyal Mail scheme hires BlackRock to manage assets
On the go: The circa £13bn Royal Mail Pension Plan has hired BlackRock to handle £8.8bn worth of its defined benefit scheme assets as an outsourced chief investment officer.
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NewsCentrica schemes appoint Redington to oversee new investment model
On the go: The Centrica UK defined benefit pension schemes, comprising the Centrica Pension Scheme, the Centrica Engineers Pension Scheme and the Centrica Pension Plan, have selected Redington as strategic investment consultant.
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NewsOpperman to lead task force on ‘social factors’ in ESG
Pensions minister Guy Opperman has announced the creation of a task force to aid trustees with monitoring data and international reporting developments as they pertain to the “S” in environmental, social and governance considerations.
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NewsPPF sets increase cap for risk-based levies due to Covid-19 impact
On the go: The Pension Protection Fund has announced its final levy rules for 2022-23, which include a new 25 per cent cap on increases to its risk-based levy to protect schemes whose bills would otherwise rise significantly.
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NewsBig schemes turn to fiduciary managers during pandemic
Data crunch: The average size of a pension scheme taking on a fiduciary manager rose by around 80 per cent during the Covid-19 pandemic, suggesting the flexibility afforded by the model was particularly attractive in turbulent market conditions, according to research from IC Select.
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NewsHigh Court spares council £6.5m in LGPS exit credit ruling
The High Court has found in favour of a county council in a battle with a contractor over £6.5m in exit credits, a ruling legal experts say provides much-needed clarity over regulations that have given rise to several legal disputes.
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NewsBA signs 'first of its kind' £21bn deal with BlackRock
The trustees of the British Airways pension schemes have signed a deal with BlackRock that places the investment management company in charge of the day-to-day management of more than £21bn of assets.
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NewsEmployer data struggles hamper McCloud administration
On the go: Gaps in employer records are far and away the biggest data challenge for administrators looking to tackle problems like McCloud, according to a Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association poll.
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NewsCloud-based data recovery service wins industry praise
A new cloud-based service promising independent data backup facilities for pension schemes has won praise from industry experts, who hailed it as an “innovative solution” to the rare but worrisome prospect of administrator failure.
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Trustees cannot outsource responsibility for cyber risk
On the go: Trustees bear ultimate responsibility for managing cyber risk even when they outsource administration to a third party, and must ensure they carry out due diligence, according to a new report.
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Cyber security awareness lags as attacks jump threefold
On the go: A third of respondents to a poll by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association confessed they did not know their organisation’s cyber security plans, despite cyber crimes surging by 86 per cent in a single quarter this year.
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Calls for retirement estimates to be dropped from first dashboards
Pension schemes and administrators have requested that the first version of the pensions dashboards run without the inclusion of estimated retirement income data, due to the lack of data and standards for these calculations.
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Mercer launches DB master trust as demand for consolidation increases
Mercer has launched a new defined benefit master trust promising sponsors enhanced governance and economies of scale, amid an accelerating trend towards consolidation and outsourced solutions, with pensions minister Guy Opperman stating that “bigger is better”.
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Covid and regulatory burdens push building society to outsource scheme
With the work of lay trustees becoming more complex, and the pandemic highlighting other areas in need of sponsors’ attention, the Furness Building Society has opted to outsource services for its defined benefit scheme, a trend that is expected to accelerate.
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Covid-19 forces half of DC schemes to review objectives
The coronavirus pandemic has compelled more than 50 per cent of defined contribution schemes to review their objectives and 20 per cent to alter their short-term plans, according to a report by Aon.
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Barnet sacks Capita and joins LGPS shared arrangement
The London Borough of Barnet has ended its contract with outsourcer Capita as the administrator of its pension scheme after a litany of breaches and scandals while it oversaw the Local Government Pension Scheme section.
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OpinionLGPS: The differing approaches to investment pooling
The Local Government Pension Scheme pools are up and running more than four years after they were first mandated, yet despite being subject to the same legal requirements, the eight pools differ markedly. The characteristics of the underlying schemes have had an important influence on the pools’ use of third-party investment managers.
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FeaturesConfined benefits: the pension schemes propping up private prisons
Confined benefits - the pension schemes propping up private prisons and why change is comingInvestment in private security companies has always carried ethical considerations, as highlighted by the wave of anti-Trump divestment in the US. Closer to home, governance risks and the threat of renationalisation have funds rethinking the risk ...
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OpinionMember focus key to in-sourcing success
Keeping members at the heart of everything we do is critical to the Pension Protection Fund’s success.