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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....
...The move to broaden out the types of collateral that liability-driven investment (LDI) funds can use to backstop their trades comes as the market explores ways to prevent a repeat of the near-implosion of...
...“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....
...“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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...Ross Goobey managed the remarkable feat of persuading the fund’s trustees to let him invest in equities and dump the fund’s gilts....
...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....
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...Any switch to compulsory investment in the UK should set klaxons blaring for pensions lawyers and trustees....
...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....
...Today that takes an average of 10 years. It is no surprise that those who contribute the bulk of pension savings in the US — the trade unions — are fully behind this New York State bill....
...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....
...“The biggest issue is around the pension fund,” said one person....
...The opacity of the market has led to wide variations in fees paid by pension schemes even when they are buying identical or very similar funds, according to ClearGlass Analytics, a consultancy that has built...
...At the same time, the governing boards of a growing number of active institutional investors, including US pension funds, have mandated “ex-China” approaches....
...Fidelity’s Special Situations fund has targeted UK life insurers, seeing growth potential in the bulk annuities market as companies buy out defined benefit pension schemes....
...As for their anxiety about UK pension funds’ shrunken equity holdings — it amounts to a denial of globalisation....
...Since 2021, trustees of the UK’s biggest pension schemes have been required to identify, assess, manage and disclose climate-related risks and opportunities....
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