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Finance & investment briefing – June 2019

The Finance & Investment Briefing – June 2019 (PDF) takes a look at current issues of interest to pension scheme investors. In this briefing: Stewardship – update Legal...

Buy-ins, buy-outs and longevity transactions – A guide for trustees

A guide for trustees 2019 Our 2019 guide to buy-ins, buy-outs and longevity transactions considers the increasingly active bulk annuity market and offers practical tips for trustees on: preparing the scheme for a buy-in / buy-out...

ESG and climate change for pension funds – Putting the law into practice

Read our 2020 guide, ‘ESG and climate change for pension funds’ here.  Our latest guide on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG), includes a full action plan for trustees, empowering them to get their scheme...

Finance & investment briefing – December 2018

The Finance & Investment Briefing – December 2018 (PDF) takes a look at current issues of interest to pension scheme investors. In this briefing: Potential implications of Brexit ESG – changes in investment regulations: next steps...

Government response: clarifying and strengthening trustees’ investment duties

Introduction On 11 September 2018, the DWP published a response to the consultation on changes to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 2005 (the “2005 Regulations”) together with a final version of the regulations,...

Pension trustees: clarifying and strengthening investment duties

Background On 18 June 2018, the DWP published a consultation to seek views on changes to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 2005 (“the Investment Regulations”) which are aimed at “clarifying and...

Finance & investment briefing – September 2018

The Finance & Investment Briefing – September 2018 (PDF) takes a look at current issues of interest to pension scheme investors. In this briefing: CMA market investigation into investment consultancy DWP proposed trustee duties on...