All bonds articles – Page 7
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News
Kent ups property to benefit from stronger yields
Kent Pension Fund has decided to increase its exposure to property by almost 20 per cent to take advantage of attractive yields.
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NewsInvestment peaks as schemes buy cheaper gilts
News analysis: UK pension funds hit a record of £17bn of net investments during the second quarter, largely as a result of schemes taking advantage of lower bond prices, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
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NewsCadbury shuffles fixed income to improve efficiency
Cadbury Pension Fund has increased its allocation to alternative credit in a restructure of its fixed income portfolio.
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Scheme grabs chance to hedge inflation risk
Marsh & McLennan Companies UK Pension Fund has increased its interest and inflation rate hedge for its defined benefit scheme, to help protect its funding position against fluctuations in rates.
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Features
Cambridgeshire diversifies fixed income to up yield
Cambridgeshire Pension Fund outperformed in 2012/2013 after a restructure of its fixed income investments saw it buy European loans to increase yield and protect itself against rising interest rates.
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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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Features
Schemes manage rate risk with asset-backed securities
M&G’s Bernard Abrahamsen argues that the long-term interest rate hedge of asset-backed securities makes it worth forgetting their sub-prime history, in this week’s Investment Blueprint
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Features
Survey: Schemes get more sophisticated on fixed income
Forty-four leading schemes and trustees were asked to what extent their attitudes to fixed income have changed since 2008. Here are their responses.
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Features
Survey: Schemes shun traditional fixed income assets
In our second feature revealing the survey insights of 44 leading schemes and trustees, Owen Walker hears their two-year plan for fixed income investing.
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Features
How to squeeze value out of your passive mandates
Schemes are being encouraged to seek alternatives to cap-weighted indices in their passive investment mandates in order to achieve higher returns.
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IAS 19 changes to drive derisking
Changes to accounting standards will bring sponsors and schemes closer together, and provide an impetus to derisk, according to consultants.
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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.