All Asset managers articles – Page 10
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Features
Berkshire revisits absolute return to boost performance
The Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund is reevaluating the structure of its absolute return portfolio following the failure to achieve its benchmark target.
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News
Hilton enhances fid man role to reduce volatility
Hilton UK’s pension scheme has built greater delegation into its fiduciary management mandate to enable it to make quicker investment decisions and reduce volatility within the scheme.
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Opinion
Editorial: Speak softly and carry a big stick
We may have taken our annual print break over the past three weeks, but online at pensionsweek.com we’ve ensured our summer holiday readers had plenty to browse through.
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Opinion
Managing your four toughest infrastructure debt risks
BlackRock’s Chris Wrenn identifies the four main risks of infrastructure debt and how schemes hungry for higher yields should be managing them, in the latest edition of Technical View.
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FeaturesHow to get value for money from investment fees
In the first instalment of a schemeXpert.com research project into pension fund attitudes to asset management fees, we look at getting value for money.
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Features
Schemes set out opposition to opacity on fees
The vast majority of schemes find the lack of transparency in fund management charges a major concern, according to the third part of schemeXpert.com’s investigation into pension scheme attitudes.
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Features
How Sony classifies DC funds for members
As two investment bodies change their fund classifications, Ian Smith looks at how schemes like Sony already communicate investment choice to members.
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Features
Pensions Trust saves £1m by renegotiating fund fees
The multi-employer charity plan reduced its fund management fees by 6.5% last year, and consultants claim other schemes could save up to 25% through renegotiating management charges.
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Features
Debate over DC default fee divides schemes
In the run-up to auto-enrolment, DC schemes are in disagreement over the acceptable level of charges for the default option, a schemeXpert.com survey has shown.
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Features
Schemes divided over value of active managers
The ability of active fund managers to deliver value in the low-growth environment has proved a divisive issue for schemes, a schemeXpert.com and Pensions Week survey has shown.
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Features
Improve scrutiny of FX investments, schemes urged
With professional trustees predicting increased exposure to currency, schemes have been called to pursue transparency and audit data in their trades to protect their investments.
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Features
Manager competition essential to reduce DC fees
George Coats analyses what UK schemes can learn from how Norway achieved lower investment fees and higher levels of participation.