All Opinion articles – Page 105
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Opinion
PPF: How we slashed assessment times with data push
Talking head: The PPF’s David Heslop explains how the fund’s push to improve data quality has reduced processing costs for transferring schemes and levy payers.
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OpinionEditorial: Never mind the Brics...
The stop-start emergence of developing economies and the investment industry that seeks to profit from their growth provides another measure of just how far from the pack a pension fund investor is prepared to stray.
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Managers pick best value EMD countries for 2014
For those who desired an object lesson in asset correlation and the worth of diversification under pressure, emerging markets have delivered.
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A scheme guide to pension liberation
DLA Piper’s Matthew Swynnerton sets out a checklist for schemes to determine if members could be under threat of pension liberation, and what they can do about it, in this week’s edition of Technical Comment.
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Why the AIFMD boosts the case for hedge funds
Lyxor’s Cyrus Amaria argues last year’s directive on alternative investments should remove some of the traditional barriers to pension funds investing in hedge funds, in this edition of Informed Comment.
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Nest: the challenges we face in 2014
Talking head: Nest’s CEO Tim Jones looks at the day-to-day challenges facing the government-sponsored scheme, and how it is gearing up to meet the needs of this year’s stagers.
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OpinionEditorial: Floating a balloon
With the momentum, if not the life, sucked out of the government's scheme quality proposals – the charges cap taking the lion's share of attention – it has understandably sought to turn attention to its defined ambition plans.
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Spotlight on mastertrust governance intensifies
As more of the UK’s workers are set to be auto-enrolled into multi-employer workplace schemes this year, the industry’s focus has turned to ensuring these schemes are fit for purpose.
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Top five challenges facing DB schemes
Talking head: The NAPF’s Ruth Meade traces the five biggest challenges facing defined benefit pension schemes this year.
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Is your scheme prepared for a deflation hit?
Threadneedle’s Leigh Harrison explores the prospect of deflation in global economies and what the impact would be on schemes, in this edition of Informed Comment.
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Building your tactical asset allocation strategy
In this edition of Technical View, Charles Stanley Pan Asset’s Bob Campion takes scheme investors step by step through one approach to tactical asset allocation.
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OpinionEditorial: Wisdom (outside) of the crowd
Consensus can sometimes feel like the wind that blows this industry along, carrying the latest products from scheme to scheme as managers try to meet common challenges.
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Tracking the rise and uncertainty of responsible investment
Socially responsible investment is undoubtedly gaining popularity among both asset managers and trustees.
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Why uncertainty will typify markets this year
Talking head: Our investment columnist Rob Gardner explains the ambiguous state of the markets this year, and how schemes can progress in the face of it.
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How to manage your cash flows effectively
Inefficient cash flow management is prevalent among UK pension schemes, but also avoidable, explain Buck’s Simon Hill and Emma Lowry in this edition of Technical Comment.
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Why buy-ins/buyouts are not always the right answer
Bulk annuity contracts such as buy-ins can actually increase a pension scheme’s overall risk, argues Mercer’s Andrew Ward, who looks at the alternatives to these deals in the latest Informed Comment.
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OpinionEditorial: Time to cash out?
The strengthening equity market, mixed with higher gilt yields, is giving pension scheme investors a tough decision on whether and when to derisk.
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How to get the right people to run your scheme
In this edition of Technical Comment, Jelf’s Mark Winstanley gives some pointers on getting the right mix of people and skills that is crucial to the smooth running of a pension scheme.
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Three steps to reduce the cost of pension consolidation
L&G’s Adrian Boulding works through the steps that would make pensions consolidation cheap enough to be manageable for UK pension schemes, in the latest edition of Informed Comment.
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OpinionHow to ensure your members get the best value at retirement
The annuities industry has come under increasing fire from all corners of the industry – but there are concrete steps that pension professionals can take to help members get value at retirement.