All Opinion articles – Page 99
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OpinionEditorial: Good riddance to bad rubbish?
In the past week we've reported on another pension scheme ditching hedge funds, this time Cornwall Pension Fund, due to concerns over transparency and cost.
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Local authorities dump hedge funds for DGFs – different rose, same thorns?
Hedge funds have taken somewhat of a battering from local authority schemes, as we have reported over the past couple of weeks.
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PPF: Why our approach is not just about assets and liabilities
Talking head: The Pension Protection Fund’s Marcus Bishop looks at the crucial risk management and reporting building blocks of its investment strategy.
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Law Commission says trustees can take ESG into account (to a point)
The Law Commission yesterday published its much anticipated report clarifying the fiduciary duties of trustees and has called upon the Pensions Regulator to provide further guidance on the subject.
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The Budget changes were dramatic, surprising and good for DC
On March 19 I left home as a worker in the pensions industry, and 10 hours later I returned, shaken, shocked and working in the lifetime savings industry.
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Five comms tips to get DC savers contributing more
In the latest Technical Comment, B&CE’s Liz Armstrong runs through five tips for creating scheme communication that will encourage members to contribute above the minimum.
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OpinionPensions bill looks to provide substance to 'defined ambition'
Editor's blog: The pensions reform hamster wheel is spinning again and the industry is rushing to see what surprises are hidden in the pensions bill laid before Parliament today.
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OpinionEditorial: You're right from your side
One in seven trustees doesn't sound like a lot. But when you think that could be one person on every pension scheme board, the proportion starts to feel a bit more tangible.
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Altmann: Exceptional measures needed as monetary policy tightens
Speaking to pension trustee boards, they are clearly grappling with the challenges of managing their investment strategy in today’s exceptional times.
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Tackling auto-enrolment’s SME challenge as capacity shrinks
Punter Southall’s Neil Latham sets out the auto-enrolment battle facing smaller companies that present less attractive business to the major providers, and are themselves less engaged with the reform, in this Informed Comment.
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How to set up your scheme’s derisking strategy
In the latest edition of Technical Comment, Quantum’s Rob Davies explains how to set a derisking strategy that makes well-timed investment decisions that provide good value to the scheme.
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Six key graphs on the regulator's uphill task on scheme data
The Pensions Regulator last week released its annual record-keeping survey, which once again showed smaller schemes were falling behind their larger counterparts.
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OpinionEditorial: Emerging versus frontier markets
Emerging market advocates are finding that where there were once believers, there are now sceptics, cynics and outright deserters.
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Schemes ploughed £24bn into gilts last year despite low yields
Pension schemes compelled last year to derisk at historically low yields quadrupled the previous year’s gilt purchases, according to official data that have left investment experts surprised.
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OpinionAdmit it: social impact investing is done for the social impact
Editor's blog: There has been a flurry of stories this month on local authority pension funds allocating to investments that target a positive social or environmental impact, giving a shot in the arm for proponents of activist investment.
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Risk Transfer Index: June 2014
Data analysis: With gilt yields falling it has been a confusing period for investors – but what does it mean for derisking?
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Should schemes adopt smart beta in periods of market growth?
In the first of a four-part debate, Aon Hewitt's Tim Giles, Axa IM's Madeline Forrester, Nick Motson from Cass Business School, LGIM's Simon Midgen, the PPF's John St. Hill and Russell Indexes' Jamie Forbes discuss whether positive markets signal a good time to buy smart beta.
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OpinionSmart beta: Latest strategies, cost and market performance
This four-part roundtable discussion, featuring experts from across the industry, looks at the emergence of smart beta strategies and the role they are playing in pension scheme portfolios.
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Where are the latest smart beta innovations coming from?
In the second of a four-part discussion, Aon Hewitt's Tim Giles, Axa IM's Madeline Forrester, Nick Motson from Cass Business School, LGIM's Simon Midgen, the PPF's John St. Hill and Russell Indexes' Jamie Forbes discuss the latest smart beta strategies.
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What costs should schemes expect to incur from smart beta strategies?
In the third part of a four-part discussion, Aon Hewitt's Tim Giles, Axa IM's Madeline Forrester, Nick Motson from Cass Business School, LGIM's Simon Midgen, the PPF's John St. Hill and Russell Indexes' Jamie Forbes discuss smart beta fees.