HS Sole Trustees Ltd has expanded its proposition with the launch of a dedicated independent trustee arm – Pro Active Trustee Support (PATS). 

Professional trustees’ appetite for taking risk has increased since pre-pandemic, according to a new study of Professional DB Trustees, conducted by Charles Stanley Fiduciary Management. 

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) is launching a new Diploma in Pension Trusteeship. The Diploma is an optional qualification for pensions professionals who have already completed their accreditation. It will be available from Wednesday 20 October.

Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) has completed the onboarding of a new GBP570 million fiduciary management mandate for the Uniper UK DB pension scheme.

LifeWorks will be using Moody's PFaroe DB (defined benefit) pension risk modelling technology solution as part of its investment and risk management services for its broad set of public and private pension plan clients.

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has appointed Avid Larizadeh-Duggan OBE as Managing Director of the Teachers’ Innovation Platform, EMEA. 

Assets under management (AUM) of the world’s top 300 pension funds increased by 11.5 per cent to a total of USD21.7 trillion in 2020, according to the annual research conducted by the Thinking Ahead Institute, in conjunction with Pensions & Investments a leading US investment newspaper. 

New research from Alpha Real Capital (Alpha), a specialist manager of secure income real assets, shows UK pension schemes are increasing their allocations to illiquid assets thanks to greater transparency, increasing opportunities and the diversification benefits.  

Research from the Pensions Management Institute’s (PMI) latest PMI Pulse survey reveals that pensions professionals are overwhelmingly sceptical that the industry will deliver the Pensions Dashboard by the target date of 2023. More than three quarters (78 per cent) of respondents stated that they were not confident that the Pensions Dashboard will be completed by 2023 as pledged.

UK pension schemes will face challenges in reporting the climate impact of their investments, says the investment industry as The Pensions Regulator closes a consultation on its draft guidance for Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)-aligned reporting.