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UK pensions demand more face time with fundies

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
A survey of UK workplace pension funds representing $400 billion in assets found pension funds are putting more fund managers on a "regular performance review". The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), which 1,200 pension funds and $1.6 trillion ...

State Street wins $8b Rio mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
State Street Corporation has been appointed by Rio Tinto to provide investment services for $8 billion in assets. State Street will provide Rio Tinto with custody, fund accounting, securities lending and investment analytics services for its Canadian ...

UK DB plans must shape up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
UK fund trustees must become far more proactive in managing the funding status and investment risk, according to Mercer. A recent Mercer report found defined benefit pension schemes are under increasing pressure as buyouts become less feasible and the ...

Ten years is too short: CBI

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
The UK's pension regulator should investigate the funding plans of companies where deficit repayments will take more than 15 years, rather than the current ten, said a key industry body. According to an "eight point action plan" by UK business industry ...

AIST chair set sights on UN PRI board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... are currently no Australians on the UN PRI board. Current board members include Donald MacDonald, British Telecom Pension Scheme trustee and Glen Saunders, New Zealand Superannuation Fund trustee. The UN PRI has around 500 signatories across asset owners ...

Pension deficits worsen for FTSE 100

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... report and accounts. Meanwhile the FTSE 100 pension schemes' flight out of equities into bonds continue. The average pension scheme asset allocations to bonds has increased to 47 per cent - up from 40 per cent. "This represents the largest 12-month shift ...

UK pensions turn to alternatives

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
UK pension funds are increasingly diversifying into hedge funds, global tactical asset allocation (GTAA) and active currency strategies, according to a Mercer survey. The firm's European Asset Allocation Survey found UK pension fund allocations to equity ...

Irish pensions suffer 25pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
Irish pension scheme assets axed nearly a quarter of its value in 2008 - losing nearly $38 billion to December last year. According to the latest Irish Association of Pension Funds' annual asset allocation survey, the assets of pension schemes in the ...

Power to the people: Hermes

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... is essential if we are to emerge from this crisis and avoid another one." HEOS is owned by the British Telecom Pension Scheme, is a well respected investment house. It is an advisory service that has been working alongside many of the world's largest ...

GESB plans on hold

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Western Australian public sector super fund, GESB's planned mutualisation process has again been shelved after the local government cited tax and bad financial market concerns. Western Australian treasurer, Troy Buswell said significant progress had ...