All Opinion articles – Page 108
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Circling vultures get mixed reception from consultants
Investment consultants tend to advise UK pension funds to view property investment primarily as a potential source of stable long-term income that can help offset their liabilities.
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Infrastructure debt: the long-term alternative?
A consequence of the restructuring of banks’ loan books is that UK pension funds are going to be spoilt for choice when it comes to infrastructure debt offerings.
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Breaking down the regulator's 2013 funding statement
The Pensions Regulator's annual funding statement is aimed at providing guidance for trustees of defined benefit schemes who are going through the valuation process.
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CofE scheme ups overseas property to reduce UK bias
Property constitutes 7.5 per cent of the Church of England pension fund’s growth assets, but its faith in overseas markets in particular has led it to target a 10 per cent allocation.
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Editorial: Don’t bank on inflationary cure
Mervyn King was hoping to give people something to smile about in his final economic forecast as the governor of the Bank of England – the kind of understated smile that only slightly stronger-than-expected growth and slightly lower-than-expected inflation can bring out.
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How real assets fit into your inflation battle
‘Uncharted territory’ is the common presage increasingly heard across the industry whenever inflation and pensions are uttered in the same breath.
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EC tentative on IORP II deadline amid criticism
The European Commission has stepped back from its summer deadline for publishing a new Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision, as more national pension fund associations voice scepticism over its timeframe.
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Croydon eyes infrastructure as gilt alternative
Elusive returns over the past few years have led many pension schemes to look to alternative investments. Croydon Pension Fund is hoping infrastructure will provide the right results over the long term
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Pip battles into infra market to drive down fees
The development of the Pensions Infrastructure Platform has demonstrated the difficulties intrinsic to a do-it-yourself approach to a tough investment market.
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10 years of LDI – how it can benefit your scheme
While the idea that pension fund cash flows could be matched by bonds is not itself new, the explosion of credit markets has created new instruments with which we can build even more precise hedges.
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Editorial: Repairing the roof in the rain
Last week’s Queen’s Speech targeted “two of the major problems of our time” – state care and pension provision.
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Letter to the editor: Why the NAPF should reconsider social housing
Opinion: Investment provider C4H’s Adam Sampson sets out why he feels the NAPF’s stance on social housing should be reconsidered, in this letter to the editor.
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What happened to the 'E' part of ESG?
A pension scheme’s principle investment objective is to deliver the best returns for its members, but institutional investors are increasingly juggling this duty with socially responsible aims.
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Using the three secrets of successful comms
In recent years our industry has started to benefit from many useful insights from behavioural psychology.
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Schemes hold off infrastructure investment while Pip develops
Continued deliberation over the Pensions Infrastructure Platform is slowing overall investment in the asset class as schemes await detail on how the initiative will be set up, investment experts have reported.
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OpinionEnsuring quality in your auto-enrolment scheme
Back in 2011, the government raised the idea of colour-coding workplace pensions. As Pensions Week reported at the time, the idea was to provide employers with some kind of ratings system to denote the value of their pension schemes, and to give employees a better view of the health of their retirement savings.
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How to beat the auto-enrolment capacity crunch
Many businesses intend to rely on their current pension or payroll provider to assist with auto-enrolment, according to our experience so far. But how much detailed analysis has gone into the feasibility of this approach is open to question.
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Editorial: Managing auto-enrolment
The arrival of auto-enrolment has been a privilege and a challenge for the pensions journalist – a chance to report on a seismic shift in a truly important industry.
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Editorial: View from the top
If you are looking to improve the running of your pension fund, hiring the chief executive of the Pensions Regulator is a pretty good place to start.
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Letter: young people 'asking the right questions' on pensions
I wanted to comment on your editorial, 'Can’t pay? Won’t pay!'.