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Pension fund liabilities could soar as Bank of England hints at second...
Pension funds have been urged to consider investing in alternative asset classes after the Bank of England hinted at a second round of quantitative easing (QE). Minutes from the latest monthly meeting...
Liability-driven investment has helped improve funding levels for countless corporate pension plans. Blake Evans-Pritchard looks at what the approach can offer for public schemes and why they have been...
The implementation of pension reforms in the Netherlands could incentivise insurance funds to unwind or shorten the length of their swap hedges, according to UK bank Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Proposed...
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Kathryn Graham from BT Pension Scheme Management on hedge funds
Kathryn Graham, director of BT Pension Scheme Management, the $56.8 billion pensions advisory arm of BTPSM, the largest pension fund in the UK, gives her views of the hedge fund industry.
Longevity swaps 'a natural hedge' for pharmaceutical and care home industries...
Longevity swaps could acts as a ‘natural hedge’ for pharmaceutical and care home industries, according to Swiss Re
Australian distributors upgrade structuring capabilities
Distributors in Australia are upgrading their IT systems and risk management capabilities to create wrap platforms able to sell more features into the Australian pensions and insurance market. They are turning to external providers to help hedge their...
Inflation rise may benefit pension scheme
Despite concern over the potential for increased inflation in the near term further increased may actually prove beneficial to FTSE 100 pension schemes, according to research by technology provider Pension First. The research suggests that increases...
Pension fund sponsor contributions likely to rise
Pension fund trustees are likely to increase sponsor contributions by more than 10% following the next valuation, according to a survey conducted by UK risk management specialist Pension Corporation. The survey, ‘The Future of Pension Funds 2011’,...
Too big to invest? Asset allocation for supersize pension funds
With limited capacity to adapt quickly to market conditions, large funds must be careful how they design their portfolios for the future. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
Pension funds must focus on ‘left tail’ risk
Too great a focus on maximising portfolio efficiency has resulted in pension funds not taking full account of tail risk when constructing an asset allocation – particularly with respect to sponsor failure, according to a report by actuarial consultancy,...
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