Industry experts have predicted asset-backed funding strategies would survive a Scottish independence 'Yes' vote as well as current regulatory scrutiny, as greater accessibility has seen the average size of these structures decrease.
Investment
Multi-asset exposure surges as schemes focus on volatility
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March 11, 2014
The proportion of pension schemes with multi-asset fund exposure has risen to 83 per cent, up from 70 per cent just six months ago, as schemes look to control volatility and mitigate macroeconomic risk.
Push to extend trustee diversity efforts to company board selections
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March 7, 2014
NAPF Investment Conference 2014: Pension trustee boards can provide a governance training ground for mid-level executives looking to get onto company boards, but diversity efforts have stumbled among member-nominated trustees, experts have said.
RPMI ups emerging market exposure to drive returns
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March 6, 2014
NAPF Investment Conference 2014: The Railways Pension Scheme aired plans to increase its exposure to emerging markets, including investment in alternatives, as it seeks further return drivers.
Institutions boost calls for diversity to increase board effectiveness
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February 28, 2014
News analysis: Voting strategies are growing in both popularity and complexity among institutional investors, after the Local Authority Pensions Fund Forum launched a drive to encourage gender diversity on the boards of companies it invests in.
How the Pensions Trust ensures fiduciary management value
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February 27, 2014
Video: Sarah Smart, chair of the trustee board at the Pensions Trust, says its fiduciary management set-up has outperformed its target at lower risk than budgeted for, and explains how the scheme monitors this arrangement (5:56).
European investors hunt alternatives to diversify growth assets
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February 18, 2014
Data analysis: Fixed income attracted the most money from European investors last year, but alternatives won on future allocations as schemes look to derisk and diversify portfolios.
Schemes back diversity to ride out EMD volatility
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February 10, 2014
Scheme investors are trusting diversification and long-term value in emerging markets to weather current volatility, as Pensions Expert’s emerging market debt survey again picks Mexico as the most attractive nation in which to invest.
Schemes weigh up long-term value in Japanese equities
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February 5, 2014
News analysis: Despite recent turbulence, Japanese economic prospects opened the window for pension schemes to invest in the country's equities market, consultants have said – provided investors approach it with caution.
Equity market growth sees schemes rerisking
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February 3, 2014
Data analysis: Schemes were rerisking in the last quarter of 2013 as they sought to benefit from rising equity markets to improve their funding levels.