All alternative assets articles – Page 7
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FeaturesNationwide targets 30% in illiquids
The Nationwide Pension Scheme is struggling to find suitable illiquid investments as it targets 30 per cent of its portfolio in the assets, the scheme’s chief investment officer has said.
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Features
How pension schemes reacted to volatility amid a turbulent 2015
Analysis: Volatile markets and economic uncertainty drove pension schemes into multi-asset strategies and alternative assets in 2015, data show, as they looked to mitigate losses from equity markets.
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OpinionPrivate market investing – what schemes need to know
With funding deficits touching record highs earlier this year it is clear that pension funds need to do something differently to meet these challenges.
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Features
Long-term view clouded by uncertainty for LGPS
Long-term risk-reduction planning remains the priority for the Local Government Pension Scheme, but growing uncertainty about the future is making it difficult for member funds to carve out strategic objectives.
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Opinion
Tough markets force funds to act smarter
UK pension funds have been searching for ways to invest in traditional assets in non-traditional ways, moving further into the alternatives and multi-asset spaces.
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Features
Diversified alts temper volatility for Barking & Dagenham
Barking & Dagenham Pension Fund channeled 8 per cent of total assets into a diversified alternatives strategy last year in a bid to quell volatility across its portfolio.
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Features
The Pensions Trust outperforms after investment governance change
Multi-employer scheme The Pensions Trust has changed its investment governance structure to reduce bureaucracy, beating its benchmark in the process.
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FeaturesGreenwich charts course to diversified alternatives
A radical change in investment strategy is underway at the Royal Borough of Greenwich Pension Fund, as it introduces new asset buckets for diversified alternatives and multi-asset strategies.
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News
East Riding moves deeper into niche alts in hunt for yield
East Riding Pension Fund has pushed further into the alternatives space over the past 12 months with an £80m investment in social housing plus increased allocations to aircraft leasing and healthcare royalties.
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Opinion
Global infrastructure investment for smaller pension funds
British airports are microcosms of our economy. During periods of growth these centres are bustling, ferrying an influx of businesspeople, holidaymakers and cargo to and from global destinations.
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Opinion
Scheme hunger for alts drives fragmentation and innovation
From the blog: Scheme maturity as well as changes to regulations and accounting rules have been the driving factors behind portfolio diversification over the past 50 years, boosting pension scheme appetite for alternatives and overseas investments.
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News
Strathclyde pours over £130m into niche assets
Strathclyde Pension Fund has approved more than £130m of investment in alternative assets such as wind farms and trade finance, as it explores niche investments.
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Opinion
Why trustees should prepare for a shock to the system
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen rattled the markets last month when she warned high equity market valuations could raise “potential dangers” for the stability of the global financial system.
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NewsCentrica skirts pricey bonds with real assets, alts continue march
Centrica Pension Scheme is riding the wider trend towards real assets, in a bid to match liabilities, gain inflation linkage and reduce the need to buy overpriced bonds.
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Opinion
Making the case for hedge funds
Hedge funds have an important role in the growth portfolios of institutional investors. These alternative funds provide exposure to non-traditional return drivers that can diversify risks dominating the traditional portfolio, particularly equity risk.
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Opinion
Trendwatch: How schemes are rebalancing towards alternatives
Blog: There are growing signs pension schemes are on the verge of a significant shift in their investment approaches, with ramifications beyond the current period.
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News
How Devon is approaching its alt equity smart beta strategy
Devon Pension Fund has set out its approach to its mixed alternative equity index, using the smart beta strategy as a middle way between active management and the fund’s large passive allocation.
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News
European pension funds swarm into alts for yield
European pension funds moved deeper into alternative investments last year as they sought fresh avenues of returns and liability matching in tricky market conditions.
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Opinion
Nationwide, Strathclyde and British Coal among top five 2014 investment stories
Ditching hedge funds, the rise of responsible investment and the growing success of property mandates have all featured in a tricky year for UK pension fund investment.
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Opinion
Do schemes fully understand their fixed income risks?
Aon Hewitt's Tim Giles, Hymans Robertson's Carl Hitchman, Law Debenture's David Felder, M&G Investments' William Nicoll and the Pension Protection Fund's John St Hill discuss the different types of fixed income risk in the second of this three-part panel discussion.