All Investment articles – Page 113
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Features
BAA picks long-lease property as schemes hunt inflation linkage
BAA Pension Scheme has allocated £100m to long-lease property, as defined benefit schemes continue to invest in the asset class to act as a long-dated inflation hedge, consultants have said.
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News
WMPF to give Brum SMEs £40m boost as funds seek social impact
The West Midlands Pension Fund has set aside £40m for a direct lending fund to provide finance to small and medium-sized businesses in the Birmingham area, seeking a positive social impact alongside return.
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Opinion
DB-DC transfer uncertainty compounds schemes’ demographic challenge
In the latest edition of Technical Comment, Towers Watson’s Sadie Hayes discusses how the maturing of defined benefit scheme liabilities has been complicated by the Budget reforms.
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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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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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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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Opinion
Why you shouldn’t sit on your hands waiting for a rate rise
Talking head: Redington’s Rob Gardner warns of the significant risk and complexity created by rate uncertainty, and how pension funds can get the right infrastructure in place.
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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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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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News
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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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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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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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
Talking head: The LPFA’s chief executive Susan Martin argues the government’s consultation on how local authority pension funds can benefit from working collectively does not go far enough.
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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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Opinion
Criticism of fid man selection and transparency is unfounded
Aon Hewitt’s Sion Cole mounts a robust defence of the fee structures, manager selection and performance metrics at play in fiduciary management mandates, in the latest Informed Comment.