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UBS wins pensions mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
UBS Asset Management was awarded an $18 billion passive management mandate from a pool of UK local government pension schemes. The Local Government Pension Schemes ACCESS (A Collaboration of Central, Eastern and Southern Shires) pool - the combined ...

UK adds SMSF after slashing Australian pension schemes

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... Aussie funds from 1,600 to one on July 1. From early September, the P Wyns Age 55 Super Fund (SMSF) has joined the Local Government Superannuation Scheme as the only two approved Australian funds on the QROPS list. The list was tightened in July after ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... investors took some major steps towards reducing their own exposure to what has become known as "carbon risk". Local Government Super (LGS) and HESTA became the first multi-billion dollar super funds to introduce a fossil fuel screening policy across ...

IFM Investors wins UK pension fund mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
IFM Investors have won two infrastructure investment mandates worth $364 million from two UK local government pension funds, Avon Pension Fund and Dorset County Pension Fund. The mandates will be invested in IFM Investors' portfolio of core equity ...

Scale drove CalPERS hedge fund move

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... in Australia as only four funds were found to have exposures greater than 10%: Commonwealth Super Corporation, Local Government Super Scheme, Club Super and the United Technologies Corporation Retirement Plan. The Future Fund Management Agency allocation ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Budget speech 2014 -15

... expected to permanently boost the size of the economy by one per cent. These projects will mean real activity and real jobs in local communities. Shovels will start moving within a matter of months. For example, in New South Wales construction on the ...

UK to consider Australia model for small pension fund mergers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... Wales are managing their vast portfolios effectively, and called for evidence on the future shape and size of local government pensions. "There is compelling evidence from around the world to suggest that the scheme could benefit from a smaller number ...

Vision Super issues shortfall liability notices

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... local ratepayers as a result of the current scheme is unfair. "We feel that of all the government schemes, the local government scheme is treated differently, so it has to be 100% fully funded at all times and that condition isn't the same condition ...

UK pension tenders $800m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... hedging mandate. The four-year mandate is with the United Kingdom's 12th largest fund within the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), Avon Pension Fund, with assets as at March 2009 of $2.96 billion. The mandate requires management of an active currency ...