All Investment articles – Page 114
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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.
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OpinionEditorial: A fair fight?
The “saver’s Budget” sounded a starting bell in the frankly lethargic DC investment market – which default strategy would win the argument and, more importantly, the flows?
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News
LDI struggling to penetrate medium and smaller-sized schemes
Liability-driven investment strategies are struggling to gain ground outside larger schemes, with regulatory data indicating just one in 17 medium-sized plans have implemented hedging strategies.
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News
Pension funds drive property surge as index linkage takes off
Schemes are looking towards property for further diversification, having expanded alternative property investments fivefold last year, as experts predict improved economic sentiment and a lack of development sites could stimulate rental growth.
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Features
LPFA boosts in-house investment team as it focuses on illiquids
The London Pensions Fund Authority is strengthening its in-house investment capabilities in order to reduce investment costs and diversify further into illiquid assets.
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Opinion
Confronting the less-discussed downsides of TDFs
LGIM’s Emma Douglas considers some of the downsides of target date funds for defined contribution scheme members, and how they can be addressed, in this week’s Informed Comment.
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News
Waltham Forest invests in impact bonds for diversified returns
Waltham Forest Pension fund has invested in a £20.8m impact investment fund as it seeks to diversify its returns and support UK-based social capital projects.
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News
Experts call for smart beta credit to meet diversification demand
Alternative fixed income indices could be the next frontier in smart beta investing for pension schemes, industry experts have said, calling for a shift in focus away from equity strategies.
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Opinion
Why your biggest investment risk is ignoring your liabilities
Talking head: Investment columnist Rob Gardner looks at whether equities or bonds are looking better value for UK pension funds, and argues context is vital.
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Opinion
How to protect property investment value against rate rises
The Financial Times recently reported UK pension funds selling gilts and corporate bonds and investing in private markets to “protect their portfolios from any widening of spreads in fixed income markets and to benefit from future rises in interest rates”.
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Opinion
Which schemes are suited to a multi-asset credit approach?
Pan Trustees' Andrew Cheeseman, Towers Watson's Ed Britton, M&G's Richard Ryan, Aviva Investors' Dan James, GSAM's Jeremy Cave and PiRho's Nicola Ralston discuss how larger and smaller schemes could construct a multi-asset credit portfolio.
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News
Greater intermediary fee transparency needed to assess value, experts urge
News analysis: Investment management and consultant fees need to be more transparent to allow schemes to more accurately measure whether they are getting value for money, industry figures have said.
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NewsLGPS schemes collaborate on infra to diversify returns
Three local authority pension schemes have revealed their plans to invest in infrastructure collectively, as they look to reduce management costs and diversify their portfolios to protect against market falls.
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News
Scheme derisking surge pushes gilt investment to further heights
Data analysis: Schemes ploughed £7.9bn into fixed income assets in the last quarter of 2013, data from the Office for National Statistics showed, as they accelerated derisking plans and diversified fixed income assets.
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Features
Solvency reform could boost cat bond value for schemes
Demand for insurance-linked securities such as catastrophe bonds has been rising even as yields have been decreasing, as consultants expect Solvency II to increase supply.
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News
Schemes eye hedge funds in hunt for return certainty
Global institutional investor sentiment is moving towards hedge funds as pension schemes look for less volatile equity returns, with larger investors favouring bespoke blended manager mandates.
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News
Experts question multi-asset suitability for younger savers
The rise of multi-asset funds in defined contribution schemes has fed criticism over whether these strategies are taking a sufficient level of investment risk for 20-somethings with a long-term savings horizon.