All State Street articles – Page 5

  • Features

    How will LDI portfolios withstand current inflation falls and low yields?

    2015-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Aviva Investors' Mark Versey, Legal & General Investment Management's Laura Brown, KPMG's Simeon Willis, AMNT committee member and Lend Lease Pension Scheme trustee, Alan Gander, Pan Trustees' Mike Roberts, Buck Consultants at Xerox's Celene Lee and State Street Global Advisors' Howard Kearns, debate whether now is a good time to embark on a liability-driven investment strategy, in the first of a four-part discussion.

  • Features

    HSBC plans cash lifestyle default for ex-DB members

    2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

    HSBC Pension Scheme plans to default members of its defined benefit section to its cash lifestyle fund following the closure of the section in July next year, as part of a wider post-Budget review of its defined contribution arrangements.

  • Opinion

    What overseas DC systems can tell us about the post-Budget landscape

    2014-04-10T00:00:00Z

    The retirement flexibility brought about by the Budget has left many schemes wondering how to best implement the at-retirement options.

  • News

    How to evaluate the growing TDF market

    2014-02-28T00:00:00Z

    State Street Global Advisors is the latest manager to detail its UK target date funds with an emphasis on volatility control, while consultants scrutinise the take-up and construction of these strategies.

  • News

    Only seven in 10 DC members use the default

    2014-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Data analysis: Fewer defined contribution members than expected are invested in default funds, new figures have shown, but experts anticipate this to increase as auto-enrolment continues to roll out.

  • News

    Scheme ETF usage picks up but obstacles remain

    2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

    News analysis: More schemes are using exchange traded funds as part of a tactical investment strategy, industry members have observed, but there are still barriers in cost and governance.

  • Opinion

    Learning overseas lessons on DC design

    2013-12-03T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • News

    How defined ambition could affect your scheme

    2013-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Government has outlined proposed legislative modifications to the pensions system including changes to decumulation rules and daily pricing requirements, which could impact current defined contribution and defined benefit schemes.

  • News

    How the OFT report affects your scheme

    2013-09-20T00:00:00Z

    The Association of British Insurers will audit contract and bundled schemes at risk of being poor value for members, following the Office of Fair Trading’s investigation into the market.