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Standard Life Investments to buy UK fund manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
Standard Life Investments has acquired UK-based fund manager Ignis from parent company Phoenix Group for A£390 million ($700 million). Subject to regulatory approval, the deal will see Phoenix and Standard Life Investments form a 'strategic alliance' ...

SMSFs retarding growth in Australia: Credit Suisse

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... an Australian credit market could help stop SMSFs "retarding growth." "Credit is a natural asset for an ageing pension scheme as it will provide our beloved Selfies with the coupon they crave." However, "corporate bond holders cannot dictate terms to ...

AustralianSuper takes 50% stake in UK shopping centre

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... in the shape of a shopping centre in the UK garden city of Milton Keynes. AustralianSuper has teamed up with BT Pension Scheme - one of the largest in the UK - with each fund taking a 50% interest in the centre, worth £270 million. The investment is ...

International pension funds battle for Aussie infra

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... property and infrastructure, according to The Trust Company. The money will largely come from South Korea's National Pension Scheme, the fourth largest pension fund in the world. This comes at a time when Australia's superannuation funds are struggling ...

Plans to close large UK defined benefit angers members

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... transferred from the employer to the employee. "We have worked hard to maintain our defined benefit (final salary) pension scheme over the past few years and have introduced a number of changes to try to keep the scheme sustainable," a spokesperson told ...

Asset allocation shifts as EM turns strategic: MFS

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... have been going into actively managed funds," he said According to Morgan Stanley figures from 2011 the average pension scheme in the US, UK and Europe have about 6.3% of their assets allocated to emerging markets in fixed income and equity. Melendez ...

QROP advise must improve: AMP

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
While financial planners are regularly asked to advise on overseas pension transfers, considerable care must be taken to ensure a misunderstanding of international rules doesn't result in huge tax penalties. This was one of the overarching missives ...

Active membership in UK occupational pensions waning

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
Between 1967 and 2011 active membership in UK-based occupational pension schemes has dropped by around 30% from 12.2 million to an estimated 8.2 million, according to the Occupational Pension Schemes Survey, 2011. However, there has been an increase ...

Hastings wins UK infra mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Hastings Funds Management has been selected by the RBS Group Pension Fund to develop their private market infrastructure assets, with an initial $1.1bn investment. The mandate is to source and manage core infrastructure investments in the United Kingdom ...

Low cost pensions to shake-up UK market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
The UK pension fund market is in for a shake-up with a new breed of low cost operators entering the fray with fees from 0.3% pa plus a weekly admin charge. Attracting their interest is that the UK is already the world's largest annuity market, accounting ...