Pensions
Railpen’s Caroline Escott: Up your audit game, or we might divest
The Railways Pension Scheme wants to use its £34bn in assets to improve audits – it could pull money, vote against directors and more
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Should pension funds invest more in private assets? Not according to government’s own gloomy report
Funds that invest more in UK private assets might end up getting worse returns
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Royal London chair Kevin Parry resigns
City veteran says the mutual needs ‘leadership from a chair who can commit to a medium-term tenure of five or so years’
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Edi Truell shakes up funds in new private markets push
The City financier and pensions veteran told Financial News sister title Private Equity News that he has plans for a new £1bn vehicle and a long-term asset fund
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Ex-Aviva boss Mark Wilson joins Zilch board
Buy-now-pay-later firm draws on City expertise at ‘critical juncture’
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The UK’s pension review must be wary of following Canada’s example
The Canada Pension Plan’s model seems attractive until you look at long-term results
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Aviva Investors in ‘full growth mode’, says CEO
Mark Versey sets his sights on expansion for the £233bn fund group
5 min read
City heavyweights warn chancellor of UK savings and investment ‘crisis’
A letter signed by eight City grandees calls on the new government to help mobilise domestic savings to revitalise the UK economy
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Wealth management mergers are driving further selling of UK equities
Major investors have been pulling back, contributing to the UK market’s woes
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Robinhood to launch retirement offering in the UK
Robinhood wants to replicate its $1bn US retirement offering across the pond
2 min read
City minister Andrew Griffith: ‘London can’t afford to be complacent’
The government has a bold plan to save UK markets. The man behind it gives FN the lowdown
King’s Speech stays quiet on private equity pension rush and audit reform
City awaits more detail on how to unlock spending in lagging domestic markets
Venture capital firms back pension push into UK equities
VCs including Northern Gritstone, IQ Capital and Octopus Ventures strike deal to get closer to pension funds
More pension funds set to pledge 5% towards UK growth assets
More of the City's top pension companies could soon sign up to a landmark deal in bid to boost UK equities
Kent pension fund ‘confident’ it can claim Woodford fund compensation
The local authority was one of Neil Woodford's most loyal backers, with more than £200m invested in his now defunct flagship fund
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How vested City interests are trying to quash pension reforms
Opponents of a PPF consolidation plan are trying to kick it into the long grass
5 min read
Richard Buxton: Overhaul UK pensions to fix equities market
The veteran fund manager also lamented the 'swathes of long-term savings' that have abandoned listed companies in favour of private equity funds
2 min read
Goldman Sachs Asset Management wins UK’s largest OCIO mandate with BAE Systems
The move will see the scheme's in-house investment management team join GSAM towards the end of 2023
2 min read
Pension funds have gone ‘radio silent’ on crypto
Investment consultants say their institutional clients — mainly traditional pension funds worth tens of billions of pounds — show no sign of making a play for bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies
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