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UK's Nest switches investment chief

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... Charities Aid Foundation. Meanwhile, Fawcett will continue his role as the chief executive of Nest Invest, the pension scheme's FCA-authorised subsidiary, and on Nest Corporation's executive committee, as managing director of its investment function. ...

Stafford Capital Partners launches sustainable timber impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
Stafford Capital Partners has reached initial close of a carbon offset and sustainable timberland impact strategy that will see investment in Australian and New Zealand assets form part of the portfolio. The Stafford Carbon Offset Opportunity Fund has ...

Global pension report reveals flight to safety

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
As is typical in volatile and uncertain times, a flight to safety is apparent. Global public funds will be net sellers of public equity and some higher-yielding fixed-income assets. They will retreat to safe-haven currencies, with dollar holdings rising ...

AustralianSuper hires for UK leadership

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... in London and just under 100 in New York, according to an AustralianSuper spokesperson. Australia's largest pension scheme plans to invest $43 billion in the UK and Europe over the next five years and is boosting the number of offshore staff accordingly. ...

Pension scheme, UBS divest energy companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
A UK pension scheme and UBS Asset Management have called time on investments in five energy companies that are not working towards a low carbon economy. Nest and UBS AM have sold shares in Exxon Mobil, Imperial Oil, Kepco, Marathon Oil and Power Assets ...

Link enters UK pension market

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
... from the technology-led solutions and robust, scaled solutions that Link Group brings." In Australia, one in three pension scheme members are supported by Link Group on behalf of its clients. "The pensions administration market in the UK has been under-invested ...

£450bn in inflation-linked UK DB liabilities unmatched

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
New analysis from Alpha Real Capital, a specialist income manager, suggests that £450 billion of inflation‐linked liabilities belonging to UK defined benefit pension schemes are unmatched. Alpha's analysis showed that higher inflation risks have ...

UK pension funds pushed to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The UK pension sector is experiencing similar pressure to that being felt by Australia's super funds, with the pensions regulator asking defined contribution (DC) funds with less than £5 billion in assets being urged to merge. In September last ...

BlackRock wins monumental mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... (£21.5 billion) of British Airways Pensions' assets. The mandate is for the investment management of Airways Pension Scheme (APS) and New Airways Pension Scheme (NAPS) which serve more than 85,000 members. Both APS and NAPs where previously managed ...

WTW launches working group

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
Willis Towers Watson has launched a working group that actively seeks opportunities in the public-private equity space. Established in March, one focus area for the working group is the potential for a new type of passive or beta offering within private ...