Pamela Kokoszka
UK Correspondent at Investment & Pensions Europe
UK correspondent for @IPEnews
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5 days ago |
ipe.com | Pamela Kokoszka |Susanna Rust
The UK government today has set out a 10-year plan to significantly boost business investment in eight key sectors, a strategy that includes a new capital commitment from the British Business Bank. Prime minister Keir Starmer said the modern industrial strategy “marks a turning point for Britain’s economy and a clear break from the short-termism and sticking plasters of the past”.
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1 week ago |
ipe.com | Pamela Kokoszka
The majority of fiduciary managers in the UK have produced an average return within or above their composite return targets in 2024. According to a report from Barnett Waddingham, during a year when equity markets performed strongly, passive equity should have benefited portfolios. It stated that those who had equity protection strategies in place, as well as those with highly active strategies (including ESG-focused strategies), typically detracted from performance.
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2 weeks ago |
ipe.com | Pamela Kokoszka
The MGN Pension Scheme, which caters for former employees of Mirror Group Newspapers and is now sponsored by Reach, has completed a £150m (€176m) buy-in with Just Group. The deal, which was completed in November 2024, insures the benefits of around 1,300 in-payment pension fund members. It is the first buy-in for the scheme and was structured to ensure that any future transactions with Just Group can be completed efficiently, it was announced.
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2 weeks ago |
ipe.com | Pamela Kokoszka
Delivering the UK Spending Review today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has announced that the British Business Bank’s financial capacity will be increased to £25.6bn (€30.2bn). This will enable a two-thirds increase in investments to around £3.5bn each year. This investment, according to the bank, is expected to crowd in “tens of billions of pounds” of private capital and will support the most innovative UK businesses to access the capital they need to scale in the UK.
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2 weeks ago |
ipe.com | Pamela Kokoszka
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched the long-awaited UK Pension Schemes Bill in Parliament today. The bill aims to transform the £2trn (€3.6trn) pensions industry to ensure savers receive good returns for each pound they save, and drive investment into the economy, through a suite of measures including creating defined contribution (DC) megafunds with at least £25bn of assets in their main default arrangement and consolidating small pension pots.
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