All Investment articles – Page 108
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News
Careful asset selection urged in secondary property as inflows mount
Investment experts have warned about the importance of careful selection when investing in second tier-property, as schemes increase allocations to the sub-asset class.
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NewsGilt yield falls confound expectations and depress funding
Investment advisers have been taken by surprise by the recent drop in government bond yields which have inflated schemes’ liabilities and delayed derisking strategies.
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News
Industry calls for better DC risk guidance to hit target outcomes
Industry figures have called for better guidance for defined contribution members to help them choose the appropriate level of risk pre-retirement to achieve their target outcomes.
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Opinion
How to predict member outcomes in the post-Budget world
The 2014 Budget gave pensions savers and plans considerable new flexibility in arranging their retirement incomes.
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Opinion
Why you shouldn't sit on your hands waiting for a rate rise
Waiting for interest rates to rise feels more and more like waiting for Godot. Bond markets have priced in rate hikes on several occasions since the global financial crisis only for policy messengers to say that hikes will be further delayed, but rates will surely rise in the future.
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News
Disclose hidden transaction costs, report urges asset managers
Asset managers should disclose the full transaction costs rather than just the headline annual management charge, the Pensions Institute has urged, to allow investors to assess the value of their investments.
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Managers boost pre-retirement risk to match DC flexibility
Providers are revising products offered to defined contribution pension scheme members to incorporate greater risk in the decumulation phase, as a result of the greater flexibility afforded by the Budget.
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Opinion
Why bullish equity markets won’t dent DGF appetite
Insight’s Steve Waddington argues pension schemes will not be lured away from multi-asset funds back to greater equity allocations by stronger market performance, in the latest edition of Informed Comment.
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OpinionEditorial: Finding the tipping point
When will institutional investor sentiment towards Africa pass the tipping point from outside bet to portfolio mainstay?
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News
Schemes up proxy matching assets to avoid low-yield bonds
Schemes are seeking proxies for traditional matching assets, investment data have shown, as low yields in fixed income make some investors reticent about implementing liability-driven investment strategies.
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Opinion
Africa closes the economic gap, investors should act now
Ashmore’s Jan Dehn looks at whether Africa should be the next investment frontier for UK pension funds, in the latest edition of our Informed Comment series.
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NewsSchemes poised for shareholder action at National Express Group
UK local authority schemes are taking part in shareholder action tomorrow in a bid to change employment practices in the FTSE 250 National Express Group's US subsidiary, arguing they could pose a financial risk.
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News
Local authority schemes welcome government CIVs
Local authority pension schemes have come out in support of proposals to pool local government pension scheme assets into two common investment vehicles.
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Opinion
LPFA: Why the government has missed a trick on reform
On Thursday the Department for Communities and Local Government issued a consultation on the future of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
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NewsSchemes drop gilts to diversify fixed income
UK pension funds were at the forefront of European institutional investors dumping government bonds for higher-yielding fixed income assets in the first three months of 2014, investment data have shown.
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Opinion
Why not all asset-backed securities are created equal
Henderson’s Ed Panek hunts value in the world of asset-backed securities, and predicts an increasing number of pension schemes will look past the problems of the last financial crisis, in the latest Technical View.
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Features
Hampshire funding level jumps after sticking with heavy equity weighting
Hampshire Pension Fund has benefited from keeping its faith in equities, seeing its funding level increase by 8 percentage points over three years as a result of strong investment returns and additional employer contributions.
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News
Schemes consider currency overlay to mitigate fluctuations as economies recover
Schemes are considering implementing currency hedges on risky assets as investment experts predict currency adjustments after a long period of relative stability in the developed world.
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Opinion
How to access frontier markets at an affordable level of risk
In the latest edition of Technical Comment, RisCura’s Andrew Slater looks at how schemes can get value from frontier markets in Africa, as investor sentiment shifts away from developed markets.
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News
Synthetic equities see interest as schemes look for creative ways to derisk
Defined benefit schemes are showing interest in synthetic equity strategies in order to move cash from growth portfolios to liability-matching strategies in an effort to shore up funding levels.