All alternative assets articles – Page 9
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Opinion
Why the AIFMD boosts the case for hedge funds
Lyxor’s Cyrus Amaria argues last year’s directive on alternative investments should remove some of the traditional barriers to pension funds investing in hedge funds, in this edition of Informed Comment.
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News
Equity market growth sees schemes rerisking
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.
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Opinion
Debating the pros and cons of illiquid assets in DC
The prime challenge for defined contribution schemes in these times of increasingly correlated markets is to diversify in the hope of superior performance from alternative assets.
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Opinion
Editorial: Can the UK learn from US pensions?
Talk of special relationships between the UK and US has again hit the headlines. Although there seems to be common ground when it comes to politics, it has not extended into the world of pensions.
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NewsHow BBC scheme cut £750m off its funding deficit
The BBC Pension Scheme has chipped an estimated £750m off its funding shortfall by reducing its allocation to equities over the past 10 years and increasing employer contributions.
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News
Alternatives overtake equities as schemes diversify
Data analysis: Alternative investments were a clear favourite in the second quarter among pension schemes looking to property and infrastructure to diversify portfolios, investment data have shown.
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NewsWhat the CofE's Wonga stake means for responsible alternative assets
News analysis: The Church of England’s embarrassment over unknown pension investments in Wonga calls into question how responsible investment principles can be applied to alternative assets, such as private equity.
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Opinion
Managing your four toughest infrastructure debt risks
Many pension schemes have adopted a twin-track approach to investment strategy that initially seeks to reduce risk versus liabilities by investing in assets that deliver long-dated, inflation-linked cash flows.
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News
Hackney: equities better than bonds over long term
Equities are more attractive in the long term than bonds, according to the London Borough of Hackney Pension Fund, which is even modelling the impact of a 100 per cent equity allocation on the scheme’s investments.
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Opinion
How real assets fit into your inflation battle
‘Uncharted territory’ is the common presage increasingly heard across the industry whenever inflation and pensions are uttered in the same breath.
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NewsAlternative assets hit plateau due to 'idea fatigue'
European schemes' interest in alternative assets has ceased its upward climb, with no improvement in uptake from last year, according to survey data.
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Opinion
Schemes hold off infrastructure investment while Pip develops
Continued deliberation over the Pensions Infrastructure Platform is slowing overall investment in the asset class as schemes await detail on how the initiative will be set up, investment experts have reported.
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Features
Schemes turn their backs on traditional assets
Schemes reveal their reappraisal of the risk-reward characteristics of assets and how they have adjusted their portfolios, in the second instalment of the Intelligent Thinking survey.
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Features
Alternatives replacing equities to protect big funds
Schemes have taken advantage of alternatives to protect themselves from stock market volatility, with The Pensions Trust and GEC funds already benefiting from this approach.
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Features
Case study: Tui slashes sponsor’s cash obligations
Tui UK pension scheme has agreed a deal to reduce its sponsor’s annual cash contribution by £38m in what has been called a “watershed moment”.
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Features
Centrica derisks with 15% switch to bonds
As global stock markets crash, Pippa Stephens looks at how some schemes have derisked through dramatic moves out of equities and into bonds.