Seven liability-driven investment experts discuss the strengths and challenges with the investment strategy and ask how it can benefit today's pension schemes.

The questions

  1. How will LDI portfolios withstand current inflation falls and low yields?

  2. How can small schemes get smart with LDI?

  3. Will LDI ever take off for defined contribution?

  4. What does the future hold for LDI?

The panellists

Mark Versey, director – global client solutions, Aviva Investors 

Laura Brown, head of LDI distribution, Legal & General Investment Management

Simeon Willis, principal consultant, KPMG

Alan Gander, trustee, Lend Lease Pension Scheme trustee and AMNT committee member

Mike Roberts, group board director, Pan Trustees 

Celene Lee, senior investment consultant, Buck Consultants at Xerox

Howard Kearns, head of LDI EMEA, State Street Global Advisors