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The FT’s Martin Wolf on meaningful reform to pensions
Two things happened on Sunday that made a difference to my thinking on the pensions. the first was spending a day on my boat with Andrew Young and extended family. Andrew more or less designed the PPF and as deputy … Continue reading
Private markets – pension’s friend or foe?
Two articles appeared in the FT over the bank holiday weekend that show just how fractured pension investment strategy over private markets is becoming. In the one, David Fairs, the Pension Regulator’s policy Director expresses concern that small defined … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Warwick-Thompson, BT, David Fairs, DWP, ft, private, public, TPR, USS
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The FT moves the needle on CDC
As I predicted, yesterday turned out to be a day of pension debate and what started as an editorial in the FT , was continued in an excellent seminar where Claer Barrett , Jo Cumbo and Sebastian Payne explored the … Continue reading
Pension trustees -you can’t buy a sausage with a brick!
There is an interesting article in the FT which has sparked quite different reactions from people I know. Here is it’s presentation from Jo Cumbo, who has strong views on investing other people’s money for social purpose. It’s Jo’s article. … Continue reading
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Tagged Con Keating, ft, illiquid, Investment, jo cumbo, Paul Stanworth, Richard Butcher, richard tomlinson
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Pension’s race to net-zero
Tomorrow, employers can choose to participate in a pension plan whose standard investment strategy will decelerate the creation of carbon emissions to zero. This article looks beyond the headline and asks what the impact of this bold move will … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Pollard, Cushon, ft, josephine cumbo, Salvus, Steve Goddard
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Why investors don’t have to choose between their values and their pocket books
This opinion piece challenging the win-win sales pitch of ESG investing has generated a huge amount of comment. https://t.co/bbpTwxMm5J — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) October 25, 2020 I am a 58 year old investor whose pension pot is invested mainly in … Continue reading
Pensions are today’s Big Read for FT readers
It is worth getting hold of an FT today or taking out a subscription. Jo Cumbo Robin Wigglesworth and Billy Nauman have compiled stunning insights from around the world on how the pandemic has deepened the global pension crisis. I’ve … Continue reading
Thoughts on the triple lock
There’s no doubt that the unwinding of the furlough presents the Treasury with a technical problem with the triple lock. You can read the details here But that does not mean that the pensions industry can consider the state pension … Continue reading
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Tagged ft, jo cumbo, pensions, state pension, SteveWebb, Triple-Lock
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DC challenges the Private Equity billionaires
Robin Powell (the evidenced based investor) makes a bold claim. Ludovic Phalippou is a hero. Who is Phalippou? Ludovic Phalippou is an economist who has written a paper detailing the workings of the Private Equity industry and how it … Continue reading
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Tagged dc, ft, Ludovic Phallipou, Phallipou, Private Equity
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Pension committees “stay alert”!
Alarm bells rang when I read Stephanie Hawthorne’s report on the reaction of some Pension Schemes to the challenges of the current pandemic ‘Lockdown spikes fears of democratic deficit in LGPS’ A survey of 83 local authorities conducted … Continue reading
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Tagged ft, Jeff Houston, LGPS, Local Government, Pension Age, pensions, Stephanie Hawthorne
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