A round-up of the pensions industry stories published across the FT Group – from Brazilian schemes' ambitions abroad to a UK local government 'death spiral'.
How the 2013 funding statement affects your scheme
| 09 May 2013News analysis: The Pensions Regulator’s 2013 annual funding statement has set out the flexibilities open to schemes in the tough economic climate, but pension professionals have said those carrying out valuations this year could find the process challenging.
Schemes hold off infrastructure investment while Pip develops
| 08 May 2013Continued deliberation over the Pensions Infrastructure Platform is slowing overall investment in the asset class as schemes await detail on how the initiative will be set up, investment experts have reported.
Local authority schemes choose multi-asset to limit volatility
| 07 May 2013Local authority funds have ramped up their interest in multi-asset strategies as they try to manage the impact of volatility on their investments, according to new investment data.
Prudential scheme sets multi-asset AE default
| 03 May 2013Prudential Staff Pension Scheme has made some tweaks to its benefits set-up to meet the legislative requirements for auto-enrolment, including setting its multi-asset lifecycle strategy as the scheme default.
The Weekly Wrap: May 2 edition
| 02 May 2013A round-up of the pensions industry stories published across the FT Group – from Kodak's polarising deal to release its beleaguered sponsor from pension claims, to institutional investor protests at the European Commission's planned transaction tax.
Dyfed latest scheme to boost EM equity holdings
| 30 April 2013The £1.4bn Dyfed Pension Fund has increased its emerging market equities exposure by 5 percentage points, the latest scheme to sell UK and European equities to target growth assets further afield.
Schemes flood into short-term assets to fund payments
| 29 April 2013Data Analysis: Schemes have ramped up their holdings of short-term assets since the turn of the millenium as managers battle negative cash flows, with their pension payments starting to overtake contributions.
Pip members wrangle over fund structure
| 15 April 2013The 10 founding investors of the Pensions Infrastructure Platform are locked in discussions about whether the £1bn fund should be managed in-house or externally, and whether or not it should accept construction risk.
Cadbury hedges fifth of assets to manage risk
| 15 April 2013Cadbury Pension Fund has decided to hedge approximately a fifth of its assets to manage the impact of interest rate and inflation changes on its pension promises.
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