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This week the Bank of England acknowledged that funds came under severe strain with many in danger of going bust. Let me emphasize, this was a government-induced pension crisis.
The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) recommended that the pensions regulator, TPR, act quickly to specify “the minimum levels of resilience for the LDI funds and LDI mandates ...
The Bank of England called for “urgent international action” from regulators after it was forced to rescue U.K. pension funds in September.
UK pension funds are dumping assets to meet margin calls as the Bank of England confirmed it will end its emergency bond buying program, with the reverberations being felt everywhere from Sydney ...
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The central bank has delayed planned gilt sales, which were due to start next week, until October 31. Allocations to illiquid assets may need to come down. Of the approximately £1.5tn in assets held ...
UK pension funds are taking a cautious approach to the Bank of England’s emergency repo facility for non-bank financial institutions, on concerns the benefits may not justify the onboarding upheaval.
The Bank of England has this week opened a derivatives trading facility to support pension funds and LDI managers at times of market stress. ... Boost for British Business Bank as schemes eye UK ...
Nest, a 36 billion pound ($45 billion) UK workplace pension fund, expects to ramp up private assets holdings to as much as 30% of its portfolio, in one of the most significant moves into ...
The Bank of England has called for urgent action to address a weak spot in the UK financial system as persistent worries about the global banking sector threaten to unleash fresh market turmoil.
The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) recommended that the pensions regulator, TPR, act quickly to specify “the minimum levels of resilience for the LDI funds and LDI mandates ...