Defined benefit
Steepeners whipsawed by Dutch pension scheme shifts
Long-end euro rate flows thrown off course by piecemeal updates on transition to defined contribution system
How APG is navigating overhaul of Dutch pensions
Firm is helping two funds move on to defined-contribution contracts, but it won't be plain sailing
Nervous UK pension schemes want liquidity fixes – it’ll cost them
Asset managers are crafting new ways for schemes to raise cash in a crisis
Undeterred, hedge funds bet on euro swap steepeners
Expected rate cuts and pension reforms are driving steepener flows, but large pension funds may not be finished hedging at the long end
Dutch pension reforms face political uncertainty
Elections cast doubt on pension funds’ ongoing transition to defined contribution structure
Dutch pension funds brace for hedging revamp
Planned legislative changes set to reduce long-end hedging needs, but market divided on curve impact
Illiquid assets throw UK pensions off balance
Collapse in equity and bond prices leaves some funds with outsized exposure to private holdings
Pension buyouts: rock-bottom prices mask unease over risk
US insurers will digest $40bn in pension assets this year but tight pricing and an economic downturn could lead to reflux
Varying responses from defined benefit pension schemes as TCFD requirements come into force
Zoi Fletcher speaks to Simon Robinson, director of product management at Moody’s Analytics, about how the industry and DB pension schemes are responding to the TCFD recommendations
Aegon turns its back on pension deals in its home market
The Netherlands is Europe’s second-biggest pension market, but Aegon made little money from deals
Canada pension fund Hoopp goes cool on bonds
$70bn investor rethinks LDI strategy to take into account paltry yield from fixed income
Mega-hedges and generational strife at PGGM
Buy-side risk survey: for Dutch pension giant, battle between young and old shaped response to March mayhem
Can quants defuse the pension time bomb?
Alex Lipton argues new quantitative methods are needed to solve the looming pension crisis
Hedge funds poorly positioned for DC
unds could suffer from DB de-risking, consultants claim
Defined benefit pension strategy with stochastic volatility
Defined benefit pension strategy with stochastic volatility
New insurer 'to cut buy-out costs' for DB schemes
Long Acre Life will use mutual concept to reduce ultimate buy-out cost for pension funds