Tag Archives: private markets

Is leverage in private equity funds ok for pensions?

Posted on January 4, 2023 by henry tapper

  I’m troubled by a question we got from Stephen Timms at the WPC meet in November. Timms asked if we knew of any other areas in which the pension market could be facing liquidity risk. I was going to … Continue reading →

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Is this the way to invest capital productively?

Posted on December 27, 2022 by henry tapper

I am a 61-year-old with a pension pot, considering how my money can work as hard as I have done these past 40 years. Having started my working life in 1983, I have a reasonable hope that my money may … Continue reading →

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His Majesty’s Treasury’s big idea for pensions needs help

Posted on September 25, 2022 by henry tapper

HMT has one explicit pensions policy mentioned in the mini-budget. The government is proposing that “well designed” performance fees, typically levied by private equity and venture capital managers, should be excluded from the 0.75% charge cap on DC workplace pension … Continue reading →

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Phoenix should be putting out fires – not fanning the flames!

Posted on February 5, 2022 by henry tapper

Phoenix are rightly taking some stick for suggesting that the young should pay more for their pension investment than the old. It would be hard to present an argument in a worse way than Phoenix/Standard Life’s PR team have managed … Continue reading →

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What will this “investment big bang” mean for our pensions?

Posted on August 6, 2021 by henry tapper

BREAKING: The UK Pensions Regulator is to drop plans to require UK defined benefit schemes to limit private market investment to 20% of their portfolio. More follows. — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) August 5, 2021 This u-turn comes 6 months after … Continue reading →

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