Investment

ESG is dead – for the US federal government, at least. Last month’s incendiary speech to the OECD by President Trump’s employee benefits chief shows just how serious the US government is...

GPP defaults typically have higher exposure to equities than master trust GPPs, potentially driving higher returns.  This was one of the key findings in the Pension Policy Institute’s 11th edition of the...

Almost eight out of 10 larger companies see net zero as a “strategic priority” for the year ahead, despite political pushback on this issue.  This research also found that more than a...

The UK’s largest pension providers have launched a new partnership, designed to drive funds into regional investment opportunities. This Sterling 20 group, is supported by 20 pension providers and insurers and has...

Pension providers have invested £1.6bn in unlisted equities in the two years since the Mansion House Compact. This remains less than 1 per cent of DC assets. Under the terms of this...

The world largest private asset manager Blackstone, is launching a new business unit focused on the DC pension sector. This new DC department will sit within its private wealth division and focus...

The UK has maintained its B grade in the latest Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index. Meanwhile, Singapore has become the first Asian country to achieve an A rating, joining the Netherlands...

The ESG agenda for UK pension schemes faces a turning point, amid a US backlash against environmental and DEI policies, global economic uncertainties and a UK government focused on growth at all...

Tumelo has submitted its first “pass-through” votes for the asset manager SEI Investments, on behalf of the US-based pension plan, Taft-Hartley. This is the first time Tumelo’s technologyy has been used to...

The issue of private market assets within defined contribution (DC) pensions is grabbing the attention of lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic. But while the UK government is adopting a big...