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Paperwork burden causes 'ineffective' member communications

James Redgrave | 13 May 2012

The overload of paperwork trustees face means a third are unable to redress gaps in their knowledge and understanding.

Nest research shows logic of ESG approach

James Redgrave | 13 May 2012

Funds with more stringent governance requirements for firms they invest in are less volatile, according to the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest).

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Morris trial continues with lawyer testimony

Pippa Stephens | 13 May 2012

A Gibraltar-based lawyer, giving evidence in connection with an alleged £52m fraud, did not believe “anything dishonest was going on”, a court heard.

JLT takes fund management plunge

James Redgrave | 13 May 2012

JLT has taken its first steps into institutional asset management with the launch of a diversified growth fund (DGF).

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Baring profits from chaos in eurozone

David Rowley | 13 May 2012

The £4.8bn Baring Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund has taken big profits from a large position in Italian government bonds.

‘Insurance contract’ will help combat Solvency II

Katie Morley | 13 May 2012

Pension funds may be able to use derivatives to hedge up to 89% of the capital reserves needed to back alternative assets under Solvency II as it currently stands.

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Managers to combat European regulations

James Redgrave | 13 May 2012

UK liability-driven investment (LDI) specialists have backed a Europe-wide bid to roll back reforms aimed at increasing transparency in the derivatives markets.

PW analysis: the Queen’s speech

James Redgrave | 13 May 2012

The government used Wednesday’s Queen’s speech to confirm its intention to pass legislation this year on two key areas of pension policy reform.

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Video: how pension funds can tackle fat-cat pay

Katie Morley | 11 May 2012

This is the second part of our investigation into how pension funds can bolster shareholder power in the fight against runaway executive remuneration. Large institutional shareholders and corporate governance activists give their views to Katie Morley.

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Schemes to stump up for £300bn LDI reform

James Redgrave | 07 May 2012

A “worst-case scenario” of European regulatory reform will force the cost of liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies up by 45%.

‘Sociopath’ and ‘small man’ accused of fraud

Pippa Stephens | 07 May 2012

Tony Morris, alleged to be responsible for a £52m pension fund fraud, was “sociopathic”, while trustee Graham Pitcher had “small-man syndrome”, a court has heard.

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Galvin: don’t scapegoat the regulator

David Rowley | 07 May 2012

Scheme advisers use the Pensions Regulator as a “bogeyman” to get their own way, says Bill Galvin.

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