All multi-asset credit articles – Page 2

  • Opinion

    Roundtable: How should schemes pick fixed income managers?

    2018-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Fixed income markets do not present as obvious a case for passive management as equities, but how should schemes evaluate manager skill? PGIM’s Edward Farley, Barnett Waddingham’s Sophia Heathcoat, MJ Hudson Allenbridge’s Anthony Fletcher, Independent Trustee Services’ Dinesh Visavadia, Bestrustees’ Graham Wardle and independent trustee Alexandra Martinez discuss.

  • Opinion

    Roundtable: Where does value lie in fixed income markets?

    2018-04-30T00:00:00Z

    In an increasingly uncertain and somewhat expensive environment for fixed income, which products and asset classes represent the best value for pension schemes? PGIM’s Edward Farley, Barnett Waddingham’s Sophia Heathcoat, MJ Hudson Allenbridge’s Anthony Fletcher, Independent Trustee Services’ Dinesh Visavadia, Bestrustees’ Graham Wardle and independent trustee Alexandra Martinez discuss.

  • Mathias Neidert
    Opinion

    Multi-asset credit: The moment of truth?

    2017-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Three years ago there was a wave of investment in multi-asset credit strategies. Not to be confused with absolute return or unconstrained funds, MAC products were marketed with a yield-boosting agenda and an eye towards upcoming rises in interest rates. 

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    Features

    Reuters adds MAC fund as trend expected to continue

    2017-10-18T00:00:00Z

    The Reuters Pension Fund has invested in a second multi-asset credit fund and dropped a loans fund, as the lure of high risk-adjusted returns continues to draw investors to MAC products.

  • Magnus Spence
    Opinion

    Data crunch: Net flows highlight a European derisking trend

    2017-09-14T00:00:00Z

    European investors are continuing to derisk, says Magnus Spence from research company Spence Johnson.

  • Opinion

    How pension schemes allocate to EMD

    2017-09-13T00:00:00Z

    The benefit of pursuing diversification and long-term risk-adjusted return opportunities is widely known.

  • Opinion

    Which types of credit generate the highest returns?

    2017-03-13T00:00:00Z

    How have different credit types performed, and why should schemes tread carefully when it comes to direct lending? Bestrustees’ Bob Hymas, PGIM’s Jonathan Butler, PTL’s Richard Butcher, Redington’s Greg Fedorenko and Willis Towers Watson’s Chris Redmond share their views.

  • Opinion

    What role does credit play in a portfolio?

    2017-03-06T00:00:00Z

    How can schemes of different sizes get the best exposure, and is the asset class liquid when it needs to be? Bestrustees’ Bob Hymas, PGIM’s Jonathan Butler, PTL’s Richard Butcher, Redington’s Greg Fedorenko and Willis Towers Watson’s Chris Redmond discuss credit investment.

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    News

    Dairy Crest churns up a new investment strategy

    2017-02-03T00:00:00Z

    The Dairy Crest Pension Fund has derisked while restructuring its investment portfolio by moving away from UK investment grade credit and ‘going global’, as schemes continue to reassess the purpose of their credit exposures.

  • Features

    Reuters scheme simplifies strategy in liquidity search

    2016-12-08T00:00:00Z

    As part of a push to simplify its asset allocation and achieve greater liquidity, Reuters Pension Fund is exiting its property investments, putting some of the proceeds into a new buy-and-maintain mandate and an existing diversified growth fund.

  • Karen Watkin
    Opinion

    Activating better DC outcomes

    2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Have global financial markets escaped the meltdown expected following a Brexit vote? Currency markets and some bonds priced in concerns about the post-Brexit landscape, but many of the shock waves triggered immediately after the vote have receded.

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    Features

    Strathclyde earmarks £750m for MAC and private debt

    2016-10-10T00:00:00Z

    The Strathclyde Pension Fund has made large allocations to both private debt and multi-asset credit as it looks to take advantage of the growth in non-bank intermediaries.

  • News

    Hounslow commits £100m to multi-asset income

    2016-08-25T00:00:00Z

    The London Borough of Hounslow Pension Fund has introduced a £100m allocation to multi-asset income in an effort to diversify as it moves towards being cash flow negative.

  • News

    Expertise key to exploiting multi-asset solutions

    2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Schemes looking to multi-asset strategies to generate positive cash flow while derisking may have to turn to specialist managers to reduce their potentially significant governance burden.

  • News

    DB taskforce encourages credit innovation to tackle deficits

    2016-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Finding solutions to the defined benefit funding crisis will require the pensions industry to “challenge conventional thinking”, the chair of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s new DB taskforce has said.

  • David Will
    Opinion

    Which multi-asset credit fund is right for your scheme?

    2016-07-01T00:00:00Z

    David Will from JLT Employee Benefits reveals what trustees should consider before buying multi-asset credit.

  • Morningstar, SJ analysis
    Opinion

    Data crunch: What is behind the growth in unconstrained fixed income?

    2016-04-20T00:00:00Z

    As investors look for yield and interest rate protection, unconstrained fixed income is a category that has seen strong inflows in particular from institutional investors.

  • Features

    How pension schemes reacted to volatility amid a turbulent 2015

    2016-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Analysis: Volatile markets and economic uncertainty drove pension schemes into multi-asset strategies and alternative assets in 2015, data show, as they looked to mitigate losses from equity markets.

  • Opinion

    Corporate schemes shore up portfolios with fixed income and LDI allocations

    2016-02-04T00:00:00Z

    Data analysis: UK corporate defined benefit schemes upped their allocations to fixed income in the last quarter of 2015, data show, as trustees took the opportunity to hedge out further risk by increasing liability-driven investments.

  • Andrew Stephens
    Opinion

    Private market investing – what schemes need to know

    2015-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Opportunities abound for trustees looking at the private debt markets, but investment is not straightforward. BlackRock’s Andrew Stephens equips schemes with the essential information.