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...Announcing the shake-up, Hunt said: “British pension funds appear to contribute less to the UK economy than international counterparts do as they invest less in our domestic businesses....
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...“I am not sure that it is the role of the government to tell trustees where they place their money,” he said, when was asked whether he thought governments should compel pension funds to invest to help meet...
...Employers’ access to billions of pounds of surpluses in UK company pension funds would be eased under proposals set out by the government on Friday....
...Nigel Peaple, spokesperson for the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association, the workplace pension trade body said: “Investment must be in the interest of pension savers and we look forward to working with...
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...The FTSE — long out of favour — offers the best international index to cater to those anxieties, made up almost entirely of defensive and cyclical sectors....
...The chancellor’s comments come as he and the City of London step up efforts to encourage pension funds to plough tens of billions of pounds of cash into areas that could drive economic growth....
...Asheville-based Pine Gate Renewables today said it had raised that sum from Generate Capital, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan and Australian pension fund Hesta....
...Mark Swindell, chief executive of rosco Rock Rail, said the industry had brought billions of pounds of pension fund and other institutional investors’ money into the railway industry....
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...Any switch to compulsory investment in the UK should set klaxons blaring for pensions lawyers and trustees....
...If approved, The Body Shop would continue to trade under the ownership of Aurelius, the private equity firm that took control of it four months ago....
...provide a very effective private sector solution,” said the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association, the trade body which represents workplace pension funds....
...A spokesperson for The Pensions Regulator said: “Our job is to make sure pension savers are protected, and we are currently in discussions with the trustees of the CBI Retirement Benefits Plan and the CBI...
...In an article last year, Bank of China International’s Xu recommended creating multiple state-owned investment funds to hold the state enterprise equity....
...“Some wealth managers and tiny pension funds might not have the clout to get a fee discount....
...At the same time, the governing boards of a growing number of active institutional investors, including US pension funds, have mandated “ex-China” approaches....
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