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...The announcement comes after nearly 100 Canadian executives signed an open letter in March urging pension funds to raise their domestic investments....
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...“That’s why a lot of over-65s historically invested a lot in income funds — so they can supplement their income in case of health issues.”...
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...From the 1940s until April 2010, the UK’s state pension age (SPA) was 60 for women and 65 for men....
...The PPF bought part of a property fund at a 35 per cent discount to net assets from a fellow pension fund this year....
...However, Stephen Hughes, the former MEP who chairs the pension fund, told the FT it was the first time that those already drawing pensions had sued....
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...The government said it would consider taking further action against pension funds that did not raise their allocations to the UK....
...European investor allocations to environmental, social and governance exchange traded funds slowed down in the first quarter of 2024 as the sector endures an “existential crisis”, Morningstar research shows...
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...If you wait for the perfect moment, when pension fund values are high and annuity rates are peaking, it may never happen....
...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has not ruled out further action to stimulate more investment by pension funds in the UK....
...At the same event, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association, which represents the UK’s £1tn pensions sector, said the government should not tell pension funds how to invest....
...Pension funds are the answer to the UK’s economic stagnation — so say ministers, policy experts and just about everyone else....
...The City of London Corporation, which has collaborated with the government to channel long-term capital from pension funds into UK companies, said the chancellor’s new pension measures would “turn the dial...
...It’s distilled into formulas that most of our pensions follow....
...— has quite the job ahead of him, which he obliquely nodded to in the pension plan’s statement: “I’m grateful to CalPERS’ leaders for the trust they’ve put in me to help shape the pension fund’s next chapter...
...The damage was particularly acute in LDI pooled funds, which are managed for mainly smaller pension funds....
...The finance ministry forecasts the size of the fund to reach €200bn by the mid-2030s and returns on investments will enable distributions of €10bn a year to the statutory pension fund from 2036....
...Pension funds are piling into UK corporate bonds, encouraging some French and German companies to issue sterling debt for the first time....
...The extent of losses to pension funds in 2022, which equated to a near quarter drop in asset value over the year, was disclosed in a long-awaited report by the Pensions Regulator this week....
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