All articles by Pensions Expert – Page 28
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Opinion
Are schemes' liquidity requirements changing in fixed income?
Pan Trustees' Andrew Cheeseman, Towers Watson's Ed Britton, M&G's Richard Ryan, Aviva Investors' Dan James, GSAM's Jeremy Cave and PiRho's Nicola Ralston discuss how important liquidity is to pension schemes' fixed income portfolios.
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Opinion
Which schemes are suited to a multi-asset credit approach?
Pan Trustees' Andrew Cheeseman, Towers Watson's Ed Britton, M&G's Richard Ryan, Aviva Investors' Dan James, GSAM's Jeremy Cave and PiRho's Nicola Ralston discuss how larger and smaller schemes could construct a multi-asset credit portfolio.
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Opinion
What innovations are currently being seen in the liability-driven investment market?
Barker Tatham's Steve Barker, PTL's Richard Butcher, Spence's Marian Elliott, Legal & General Investment Management's Laura Brown, Axa Investment Managers' Jonathan Crowther and Redington's Dan Mikulskis discuss emerging best practice.
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Opinion
What assets have been substituted for low-yielding gilts in LDI programmes?
Barker Tatham's Steve Barker, PTL's Richard Butcher, Spence's Marian Elliott, Legal & General Investment Management's Laura Brown, Axa Investment Managers' Jonathan Crowther and Redington's Dan Mikulskis discuss LDI asset allocation.
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NewsBudget 2014: How historic DC changes affect your scheme
News analysis: Defined contribution scheme managers and trustees have seen their default investment strategies rendered “not fit for purpose” by this week’s historic Budget changes, which have fundamentally changed the run-up to retirement for workplace savers.
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Opinion
Risk Transfer Index: March 2014
Data analysis: Equity market performance and gilt stability could make it better value for schemes to lock in any funding gains, according to market commentators.
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Opinion
Once an LDI programme is in place, does it get more sophisticated as it progresses?
Barker Tatham's Steve Barker, PTL's Richard Butcher, Spence's Marian Elliott, Legal & General Investment Management's Laura Brown, Axa Investment Managers' Jonathan Crowther and Redington's Dan Mikulskis discuss developing an LDI programme.
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FeaturesLiability-driven investment: assets, strategies, innovation
A panel of experts debate the increased use of liability-driven investment in the UK, whether there is any alternative to gilt investment, and where innovation is coming from, in this four-part discussion.
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Features
How do you approach LDI with schemes that do not already have it in place?
Barker Tatham's Steve Barker, PTL's Richard Butcher, Spence's Marian Elliott, Legal & General Investment Management's Laura Brown, Axa Investment Managers' Jonathan Crowther and Redington's Dan Mikulskis discuss schemes' first steps in the market.
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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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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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Opinion
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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Opinion
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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Opinion
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.
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Opinion
Do multi-asset strategies provide value for money?
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 three of PW’s multi-asset investment roundtable.
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Opinion
Is now the right or wrong time to invest in multi-asset funds?
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 two of PW’s multi-asset investment roundtable.
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OpinionMulti-asset strategies: risk, cost, performance
Industry experts debate the performance, value-for-money, and governance requirements of multi-asset investment strategies, in this four-part discussion.
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Opinion
Do schemes understand multi-asset investment?
JLT’s Allan Lindsay, Buck Consultants’ Ciaráan Mulligan, Capital Cranfield’s Jonathan Reynolds and Invesco’s Georgina Taylor discuss schemes’ grasp of the strategy’s place in their portfolios, in part four of PW’s multi-asset investment roundtable.