Managers want power to cut hedges after UK LDI crisis

Pensions trustees baulk at requests for right to reduce exposure to LDI funds “carte blanche”

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Fiduciary managers are asking UK pension funds for greater discretion to cut exposures to liability-driven investment (LDI) funds during a crisis. But some trustees are sceptical about handing more power to a group that many believe dumped LDI hedges at the worst moment during last year’s gilt market turmoil.

Pension funds commonly hedge their liabilities using third-party LDI funds that rely heavily on derivatives. When gilt yields rise, as they did last September following the UK’s chaotic

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