The majority of pension funds have either embedded or are in the process of embedding climate change goals into their investment portfolios, according to the latest DWS-sponsored survey of global pension funds from CREATE-Research.
The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has announced it has appointed Invesco as its Alternative Investment Insight Partner to share expertise on alternative investments with the industry.
Nearly one in three (30 per cent) pension funds and institutional investors say their use of ESG rating agencies will increase dramatically over the next three years, and a further 38 per cent believe it will increase slightly.
The UK’s Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes are at their healthiest since before the onset of Covid-19, as of Q3 2021, according to Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM).
K3 Advisory, an independent bulk annuity and consolidator advisory business, and its business-to-business partner Cartwright, the independent privately-owned pension actuarial, investment consulting, consultancy and administration firm, has successfully completed a GBP9 million full buy-in for a US-listed medical devices business.
The Schroders Capital real estate team has been appointed by Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) to manage its diversified portfolio of over GBP700 million of direct real estate assets in various sectors including industrial, office, retail and hotels.
LifeSight, Willis Towers Watson’s defined contribution master trust, is investing nearly USD1 billion in Willis Towers Watson’s Climate Transition Index (CTI) fund for mainstream mobilisation towards its climate goals.
Mercer’s Pensions Risk Survey data shows that the accounting deficit of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes and other post-retirement benefit plans for the UK’s 350 largest listed companies rose by GBP6 billion over the course of October, standing at GBP94 billion at the end of the month, an increase from GBP88 billion at the end of September.
UK workplace pension scheme TPT Retirement Solutions is to invest GBP54 million into private equity through its defined contribution (DC) Master Trust default target date funds.
Lothian Pension Fund (LPF), the second largest local Government Pension Scheme provider in Scotland, will publish the fourth issue of its Economic, Social and Governance (ESG) ezine ENGAGE.