All Opinion articles – Page 107
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Opinion
How to set your active/passive split for fixed income
Schroders’ Jonathan Smith explains how schemes should construct their fixed income portfolio in the latest edition of Technical Comment.
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Why short-term investment volatility cannot be ignored
In this edition of Informed Comment, Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Katie Koch argues the vast majority of defined benefit schemes should be concerned with managing short-term investment volatility in order to maintain a funding level.
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Should schemes employ independent advisers to monitor fiduciary managers?
KPMG's Patrick McCoy, Eversheds' Jeremy Goodwin, Buck Global Investment Advisors' Brian McCauley, Russell Investments' Shamindra Perera, MN's Christy Jesudasan and BNP Paribas' Anton Wouters discuss whether schemes should hire independent advisers to oversee managers.
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Has there been an increase in interest for fiduciary management?
KPMG's Patrick McCoy, Eversheds' Jeremy Goodwin, Buck Global Investment Advisors' Brian McCauley, Russell Investments' Shamindra Perera, MN's Christy Jesudasan and BNP Paribas' Anton Wouters discuss the fiduciary management market.
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How can pension schemes compare fiduciary managers?
KPMG's Patrick McCoy, Eversheds' Jeremy Goodwin, Buck Global Investment Advisors' Brian McCauley, Russell Investments' Shamindra Perera, MN's Christy Jesudasan and BNP Paribas' Anton Wouters discuss how schemes can pick the best fiduciary manager.
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Top five stories from Pensions Week past
As Pensions Week draws to a close – prior to its January relaunch as Pensions Expert – we take a look at some of the best stories and initiatives published over the past few years.
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Editorial: Evolution not revolution
Well, that was it – the last print edition of Pensions Week. Don't worry, we'll be back in print every week from January 13 in our new guise, and you'll have heard plenty about that by now.
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Why Pensions Week is becoming Pensions Expert
Editor's note: On Monday December 16 the final print issue of Pensions Week will be published. On January 13 we will become Pensions Expert.
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Steering clear of a £500k information security fine
In the latest edition of Technical View, Spence & Partners’ Monica Cope gives a step-by-step guide to protecting data security in the digital age.
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Concerns of rate rises is putting schemes off LDI
Schemes’ concerns that interest rates are going to rise is holding them back from derivatives-based LDI strategies, but this could be a mistake, argues Russell’s Sorca Kelly-Scholte, in the latest edition of Informed Comment.
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Editorial: All systems go
And I thought things were supposed to calm down before Christmas? Last week saw a smattering of debate and policy in the pensions industry.
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Derisking collaboration between schemes and employers
JLT’s Allan Lindsay, Buck Consultants’ Ciarán Mulligan, Capital Cranfield’s Jonathan Reynolds and Invesco’s Georgina Taylor discuss how investors interpret multi-asset strategies, in part one of PW’s multi-asset investment roundtable.
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How to get value on your derisking deal
Our panel – Rothesay Life’s Myles Pink, Spence’s Marian Elliott, Capita Employee Benefits’ Julie Stothard, the AMNT’s Robin Bell and PTL’s Kim Nash – debate the best decision-making structure for derisking.
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OpinionDerisking: timing, governance and value
A panel of experts debate the optimum timing, governance arrangements and how to secure value in derisking deals, in this four-part discussion.
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OpinionFiduciary management: tendering, oversight and trustee involvement
A panel of experts debate the increase use of fiduciary management in the UK, the tendering process and if schemes should use an independent adviser, in this four-part discussion.
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Fireproofing your portfolio against market shifts
BlackRock’s John Dewey sets out three approaches for schemes to protect themselves against dramatic market movements, in this week’s Technical View.
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Learning overseas lessons on DC design
In the latest edition of Informed Comment, State Street’s Nigel Aston looks overseas for clues on how employers and schemes offering defined contribution benefits can improve their provision.
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Are smaller charities heading for a fall over AE implementation?
Concerns over the charity sector’s ability to implement auto-enrolment have been raised in a report that makes explicit the disparity between the sector’s overconfidence to carry out the reform and its ability to actually do so.
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Should schemes conduct a fiduciary management beauty parade?
KPMG’s Patrick McCoy, Eversheds’ Jeremy Goodwin, Buck Global Investment Advisors’ Brian McCauley, Russell Investments’ Shamindra Perera, MN’s Christy Jesudasan and BNP Paribas’ Anton Wouters discuss whether schemes should conduct a beauty parade when appointing a fiduciary manager.