All Investment articles – Page 100
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NewsSchemes think long term to tackle future risk
PLSA Investment Conference 2016: Panellists from both public and private sector defined benefit arrangements and defined contribution mastertrust Nest assessed the complex matrix of risks facing schemes across the UK.
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NewsRPMI dedicates staff to cost investigation
PLSA Investment Conference: The Railways Pension Scheme has hired a full-time employee to investigate investment costs paid by the scheme, after discovering it was paying four times what it had thought.
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NewsSwallowfield charts new route with scheme closure
The latest scheme to pull up the drawbridge on defined benefit accrual, Swallowfield has enhanced its defined contribution offering for members, but consultants have urged caution against “sleepwalking” into bigger deficits.
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NewsPensions Trust leaps into lending gap with £125m private debt commitment
The Pensions Trust entered the private debt space with a commitment of £125m at the beginning of this year, as it looks to use the withdrawal of banks from the sector to generate growth.
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FeaturesUnilever refines DB and DC investment after review
Pension fund trustees at consumer goods giant Unilever undertook a review of the UK pension scheme's overall strategy last year and have implemented several changes across the defined benefit and defined contribution sections.
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OpinionFossil fuels: To divest or not to divest?
AllenbridgeEpic Investment Advisers’ Karen Shackleton looks at the arguments in favour and against divestment from fossil fuel companies.
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FeaturesMarket effects of possible Brexit throw up investment questions
Analysis: Trustees must consider how growing uncertainty over the UK’s future in the European Union could hit their holdings, consultants have said, identifying both headwinds and opportunities en route to the referendum.
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Features
BMA hunts for yield with long-lease property
The British Medical Association Pension Scheme has invested in long-lease property since 2007, enabling the fund to 'smooth the ride' through long-term property cycles while securing a fixed income stream.
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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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NewsIndustry concern over government's 'dangerous' ESG proposals
A proposal that would empower the government to intervene in local government pension investment decisions where they contradict British foreign policy has raised concern in the pensions industry.
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OpinionInfrastructure projects: The potential and the risks
Michael Wilkins from Standard & Poor’s sets out the key risk factors investors should consider when choosing infrastructure projects.
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Opinion
Corporate schemes shore up portfolios with fixed income and LDI allocations
Data analysis: UK corporate defined benefit schemes upped their allocations to fixed income in the last quarter of 2015, data show, as trustees took the opportunity to hedge out further risk by increasing liability-driven investments.
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Behind the painted veil: How transparency influences retirement outcomes
The pensions industry must address conflicts of interest ingrained across its systems, delegates heard at the transparency symposium last week, as the Financial Conduct Authority clamps down on the asset management industry.
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OpinionDefine the measures of success before going in-house
Looking only at costs, using an in-house team for part or all of a pension fund’s investment activity is tempting, but cost is only one dimension of measuring success.
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OpinionInvestment lessons from DB
Talking Head: Defined contribution schemes could pool assets and risk to improve returns, says the Society of Pension Professionals’ Duncan Buchanan.
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OpinionUnderstanding interest rates is key to assessing their impact
From the blog: Changes in interest rates, and more specifically bond yields, can have profound influences on defined benefit and defined contribution schemes, so it is important trustees understand how they work.
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OpinionShould Britain’s pension schemes support the UK economy?
From the blog: UK pension schemes have no obligation whatsoever to help the national economy. Pension scheme trustees are legally bound to try and make investments that provide returns to pay pensions. And nothing more.
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PiP seedling poised to flower following FCA authorisation
The Pensions Infrastructure Platform has been authorised as an investment manager by the Financial Conduct Authority and is tipped by industry experts to be a top contender in fulfilling the role of “national infrastructure platform” for local authority schemes.
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OpinionSpeed dating for LGPS funds: How to choose your pooling partner
The government-imposed asset pooling of Local Government Pension Scheme funds forces committees to ask themselves on what basis they will choose pooling partners. Mercer’s Jo Holden gives tips on what schemes should focus on.
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OpinionSkip the all-you-can-eat buffet in 2016
Monetary intervention, a commodity slump and the US dollar will all shape capital markets this year. BlackRock’s Ewen Cameron Watt says what asset owners need to focus on.