All Investment articles – Page 121
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Opinion
Editorial: Building understanding
It was about the time that Steve Webb started rapping and holding up sandwich bags that I reflected on what I had learnt at the NAPF conference.
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NewsWarburtons sees 2.3% opt-out after comms drive
At just 2.3 per cent Warburtons has seen one of the lowest opt-out rates reported following a communications campaign that included personally contacting each employee that requested a form to leave the scheme.
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News
The Pensions Trust eyes alternative hedging assets
The Pensions Trust has said it aims to have 20 per cent of its liabilities hedged by March 2014, as it works to build a portfolio of alternative, good-value, matching assets that will better hedge liabilities.
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News
Pip targets 'money in the ground' by year-end
The Pensions Infrastructure Platform is expecting to have made its first investments by the end of this year, as manager selection comes to a close, according to one of its founding members.
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Opinion
Why schemes should not exclude investment in payday lenders
Schemes that screen out companies on ethical grounds risk breaching their legal fiduciary duty to steward members’ assets, argues DLA Piper’s Tamara Calvert in the latest Informed Comment.
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Opinion
Pension schemes take advantage of broader credit opportunities
Market volatility and unreliability have forced schemes to consider employing a multi-asset credit manager to ensure decent diversification.
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Opinion
Schemes make tackling uncertainty a priority
Strip away the complexity and at the heart of investing lies a simple concept: the reward for putting capital into a risky asset is to receive higher returns than opting for the safe bet.
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Opinion
Five questions to get value on manager fees
In this week’s Technical View, Barnett Waddingham’s Rod Goodyer explores how schemes can manage their investment fees.
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News
Teesside ups cash awaiting more profitable equity market
Teesside Pension Fund has increased its cash holdings by nearly a quarter after deciding to wait for more favourable conditions before investing further in equity markets.
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FeaturesThe DC Debate – how will the government's focus on quality help managers?
This edition of our quarterly feature asks DC experts what they would like to see come out of the focus on quality standards, the effect of mastertrusts on the market and getting value through scale.
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NewsThe Pensions Trust defends responsible investment policy
The Pensions Trust is writing to employers in its Social Housing Pension Scheme to defend its responsible investment policy, after it was challenged in August by a employer member on its allocation to a high-interest money lender.
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News
United Utilities: charge cap could shield members
United Utilities' pension manager has voiced support for a cap on fees as it would protect default fund members from the decisions of their smaller and potentially less well-informed employers.
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Opinion
Managing in a recovery
Georgina Taylor from Invesco Perpetual looks at how a multi-asset investment strategy might handle a developed market recovery.
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News
How to tackle index cloning in your active equities
News analysis: Schemes have been urged to closely monitor the investment strategies and risks taken by their active managers as new research shows nearly half of such UK managers are closet indexers.
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Features
Rexam funding peak triggers risk reduction
Rexam Pension Plan took advantage of a brief funding peak earlier this year to increase its inflation hedging and insure against equity losses, as more schemes implement trigger-based derisking strategies.
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News
How Berkshire is reducing volatility in African investments
News analysis: The Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund has sought safety in spreading its African investments across the continent, in an attempt to reduce volatility and boost returns.
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NewsShropshire boosts passive equities to reduce costs
Shropshire County Pension Fund will become the latest local authority scheme to increase its passively managed equity allocation in order to reduce its investment management fees.
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Features
Pearl ups corporate bonds to manage rate risks
Pearl Group Staff Pension Scheme has increased its allocation to corporate bonds and reduced investment in growth assets to lower its exposure to fluctuations in the market.
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NewsInvestment peaks as schemes buy cheaper gilts
News analysis: UK pension funds hit a record of £17bn of net investments during the second quarter, largely as a result of schemes taking advantage of lower bond prices, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
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NewsCadbury shuffles fixed income to improve efficiency
Cadbury Pension Fund has increased its allocation to alternative credit in a restructure of its fixed income portfolio.