All Investment articles – Page 99
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Opinion
What fixed income ETFs can bring to your portfolio
Low yields and unpredictable markets make life difficult for fixed income investors. BlackRock’s Brett Olson asks whether ETFs could provide some relief.
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OpinionSouthern powerhouse
Editorial: On Monday George Osborne announced the creation of six British Wealth Funds, into which our 89 local government pension schemes' assets will be pooled. Quite what this verb entails is still up for debate.
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Features
Diversified alts temper volatility for Barking & Dagenham
Barking & Dagenham Pension Fund channeled 8 per cent of total assets into a diversified alternatives strategy last year in a bid to quell volatility across its portfolio.
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Features
The Pensions Trust outperforms after investment governance change
Multi-employer scheme The Pensions Trust has changed its investment governance structure to reduce bureaucracy, beating its benchmark in the process.
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News
DC needs to raise commitment without scaring members
The success of defined contribution is hanging on the ability to drive up contributions while keeping members on side with pension savings, as data show it risks falling short of delivering adequate retirement incomes.
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OpinionI would rather take the M6 toll and be wrong
From the blog: Growing up in Shropshire and working in London means the M6 has been a feature of my life for years.
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Opinion
Four graphs on why DGFs will matter to your scheme even more
From the blog: A 15 per cent growth in the diversified growth fund market in one year is a handsome but not totally unexpected rate of progress. But this concentrated market swinging open its doors to new players and pension fund money is much more interesting.
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Opinion
How to tackle risk in a diversified default strategy
Some defined contribution default investment strategies are stuck in the dark ages, says JPMorgan’s Simon Chinnery. It’s time for more dynamism.
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NewsOsborne's wealth funds target LGPS cost savings to boost infra
Chancellor George Osborne pushed local authority scheme collaboration forward this week by declaring they would be pooled into six 'British Wealth Funds' as part of a plan to ramp up infrastructure investment and reduce scheme running costs.
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News
Existing ties still a powerful influence in fid man appointments
Competition for fiduciary management has been bolstered by a rise in open tenders but existing relationships continue to be a dominant driver behind schemes’ choices and questions remain over the value of the approach.
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News
How much should you channel members’ ethical views?
Any Other Business:It is natural in a democratic society to expect your voice to be heard. In pension schemes this is channelled through the member-nominated trustee, but when it comes to seeking your members’ views, how much is too much?
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OpinionNot today, tomorrow better
From the blog: In the mid-1960s, Dr Eric Berne wrote a groundbreaking book, Games People Play, in which he introduced ‘transactional analysis’, a powerful study of human behaviour.
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News
FCA targets lifestyling laggards in latest consultation
Employers and providers are being compelled to address the suitability of default 'lifestyling' strategies in defined contribution schemes as part of a wider consultation by the City watchdog to improve the pension market for consumers.
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News
How fiduciaries can get a handle on climate change
News analysis: Disclosures on fossil fuel investments by local authority schemes have demonstrated the tension between managing the material risks of climate change and upholding fiduciary duty to members.
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News
Can DC indices help savers reach their retirement goals?
Analysis: Defined contribution pension schemes could learn from their big brother defined benefit – one lesson being how to calculate liabilities and match them with savers’ assets.
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Opinion
Choosing the right door to enter EMD
EMD survey: While reports abound of big-name emerging market specialists taking a severe hit in the summer sell-off, investors elsewhere are asking themselves how they can capitalise on the hysteria.
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NewsAsset insourcing saves LPFA 75% on fees
FT Investment Management Summit: The London Pensions Fund Authority could run as much as half of its assets in-house within the next three years, cutting the fees charged on those assets by three-quarters.
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Features
Lancashire drops bonds in favour of equity, credit and infrastructure
While everyone acknowledges the incredibly high price of gilts in the current environment, which is wreaking havoc with pension scheme funding levels, few have taken the controversial move of getting rid of their allocation to bonds altogether.
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News
Employers need government support to lead on engagement
Workers yearn for employer guidance on pensions but still lack understanding, leading some experts to call for the government and pensions industry to help employers use their influential position to promote saving.
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News
Anxious academics and drawdown letdowns – tomorrow’s DC battles
Analysis: Digital advice, the introduction of the academic sector’s first defined contribution scheme and greater choice in drawdown solutions are just three of the things set out by industry professionals as priorities for 2016.