Latest articles from Sandra Wolf

Playing the waiting game

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Editorial: As the reality of the leave vote is sinking in, the British stiff upper lip is invoked incessantly by the pensions industry in an attempt to convince themselves and each other that things can’t be as bad as they are.

TV, tweets and voters

From the blog: Energy and climate change secretary Amber Rudd’s attack on Boris Johnson during the ITV referendum debate earlier this month included a jibe that the former London mayor, while the life and soul of the party, could not be trusted to drive you home afterwards.

 

I interpreted this roughly as: charisma and pragmatism are two very different qualities, and Boris has a greater track record of the former. Not an outrageous statement in a political debate, though quite entertaining, I thought.

Uncertain borders

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Editorial: As communication specialists propose showing the decisions of other scheme members to engage their peers, some pension funds have started doing precisely that.

Tata, BHS and the rest

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Editorial: From Port Talbot to London, defined benefit pensions have become the worry of the nation - probably rightly so. 

Dear PIPA,

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The industry has shown it knows how to party – we had a fantastic evening with you at the PIPA 2016 awards, and I hope so did you! The winners and all those who put themselves out there and entered should be proud.

PIPA 2016 in tweets

Here are some of your best tweets from the Pension & Investment Provider Awards #PIPA2016.

 

Pools must not leak

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Editorial: Asset pooling makes sense, but getting it to work can be a headache – that was the general consensus among Local Government Pension Scheme representatives at our LGPS Leadership Briefing this week.

Walking the walk

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Editorial: A letter to the editor of the Financial Times caught my eye earlier this week. It was by the chairman of a Sheffield-based engineering company, who is now looking at me from the company’s homepage with a stern look on his face.

Centrica commits £300m to unleveraged infrastructure equity

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Unleveraged infrastructure is a growing part of Centrica Pension Scheme’s portfolio as the fund seeks to access long-term, stable cash flows, but others warn about the regulatory risk associated with the asset class.

Liabilities for sale

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Editorial: I admit, I almost never go into the British Homes Stores shop on the high street of where I live. Neither do many other people, it seems.