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Co-op Scheme Adopts ESG Fund For DC Default

Scheme will switch £290m to the multi-asset fund in Legal & General Investment Management’s Future World fund ran... Read more

People Moves: MN Investment Chief To Exit For Goldman

MN, GSAM, Vækstfonden, State Street, Ontario Teachers’, Dalriada Trustees, Insight Investment, Gresham House, Osmosi... Read more

​LD Tenders DKK1bn Danish Equities, Many More Mandates To Follow

Foreign equities mandates to come over next year including smart beta and active management Read more

Local Authority Pension Fund Backs Social Outcomes Contract Fund

Merseyside Pension Fund and at least one other local government pension scheme have committed to the £35m fund Read more

€11bn Dutch Medical Consultant Scheme Not Keen On System Reform

Pension fund for self-employed medical consultants says that with its 3% fixed inflation compensation, it already had an... Read more

Fitch Warns On Liquidity Risk In European High-yield Bond Funds

Comments follow high-profile liquidity issues affecting H2O Asset Management, GAM and Woodford Investment Management Read more

Dutch Low-cost DC Schemes Approach €10bn In Assets

PPIs managed €9.7bn in total at the end of March, marking a 20% increase in just three months Read more

Chart Of The Week: Which Countrys Pension Funds Invest The Most Domestically?

Mercer’s European Asset Allocation report reveals the countries whose pension funds have the largest allocations to do... Read more

CEO Of £30bn Brunel Pension Partnership Resigns

Dawn Turner was instrumental in setting up the Bristol-based asset pooling company for 10 public pension funds in the lo... Read more

Asset Managers Urged To Talk Openly In Support Of LGBT+ Staff

Follow-up report published a few days before Pride in London parade, in which investment industry employers will for the... Read more

PPF Assets Grow To £32bn But Surplus Hit By Kodak Claim

A 5.2% investment return for 2018-19 helped boost assets but the lifeboat fund’s biggest claim dented its surplus Read more

Cambridge University Endowment Gains 8.8%; Oxford Flat For 2018

Multi-billion pound endowment funds report mixed results for private assets and listed equities Read more

Switzerland Edges Closer To Cutting Conversion Rate

Swiss employer representatives and unions have agreed on a reform package including changes to second-pillar pension law... Read more

People Moves: PPF Creates Head Of Restructuring Role

PPF, Shell, Länsförsäkringar, Church of England, AMX, Pictet, Hermes, EB-SIM, Metzler, Faros Consulting, Capital Cr... Read more

Smiths Group Secures £176m Buy-in With Canada Life

FTSE 100-listed engineering firm strikes pension risk transfer deal bringing total bulk annuity value across all schemes... Read more