All Asset liability modelling articles – Page 3
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Rail sector pension plan staring down £15bn black hole
On the go: The largest pension scheme serving the UK’s rail sector is standing on the event horizon of a £15bn black hole created by changes to its funding rules, the Financial Times has reported.
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DB pension deficit falls £59bn in August
On the go: The aggregate deficit of the 5,422 defined benefit schemes in the Pension Protection Fund 7800 Index fell by £59bn in August.
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Threat of action by TPR settles sponsor dispute
On the go: The Pensions Regulator has settled a case in which a pension scheme was placed at risk by an organisational restructure, with the threat of action being sufficient to force an agreement.
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DB scheme accounting deficits jump £13bn in a month
On the go: The accounting deficits and liability values of the defined benefit schemes of the UK’s 350 largest listed companies rose by £13bn last month alone, according to research by Mercer.
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OECD encourages regulators to be flexible in response to pandemic
On the go: Policymakers should allow for regulatory flexibility in their approach to recovery plans to make sure that people saving for retirement stay the course during the Covid-19 crisis, the OECD has recommended.
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FeaturesShell becomes latest scheme to push electronic comms
The Shell Contributory Pension Fund has begun requesting email addresses from members as it takes the first step towards electronic communication, the latest in a long line of schemes to do so.
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Longevity risk anxiety overshadows subtler threats
New research commissioned by investment bank State Street has shown that a quarter of pension professionals consider longevity risk to be the biggest threat to pension schemes, but some say it should not take priority.
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OpinionA decade on: The evolution of the PPF
Talking Head: This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Pension Protection Fund and the evolution from a start-up with no invested assets and two external fund managers, to an organisation with 225,597 members, £22.6bn of assets and around 70 fund managers.
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Opinion
LPFA: Government gives vote of confidence to proactive LGPS funds
Talking Head: In the weeks leading up to the Summer Budget I had several conversations with colleagues in the pension industry and internally about what to expect.
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OpinionHow the pensions lifeboat is steering towards its 2030 funding target
The Pension Protection Fund has set a clear target to be self-sufficient by 2030. Informed by our long-term risk model measuring our progress, this gives us a road map that helps us to make decisions about the levy and how we invest our assets.
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Features
How will LDI portfolios withstand current inflation falls and low yields?
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.
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LPFA: £500m GMPF tie-up not limited to infra
The chief of the London Pensions Fund Authority has said the £500m tie-up with the Greater Manchester Pension Fund, announced las week, will consider “infrastructure in a broad definition”.
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Opinion
What are the relative strengths of asset managers and delegated consultants?
Barnett Waddingham’s Simon Cohen, Buck Consultants’ Brian McCauley, Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Carolyn Tavares, Russell Investments’ Shamindra Perera, Sackers’ Stuart O’Brien, and Towers Watson’s Pieter Steyn try to understand the differences between traditional asset management and delegated consultants, in the third of this fiduciary management series.
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Opinion
With ALM gizmos, are we seeing the gamification of pensions data?
Any other business: Gamification, according to Gabe Zicherman, a technology guru and chair of GSummit, is “the process of using game thinking and game dynamics to engage audiences and solve problems”.
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Opinion
Is the wave of risk-modelling software worth the price tag?
The recent wave of online risk-modelling software entering the pensions market will eventually translate into a greater use among pension funds. But what do they really do and are they worth the cost?
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Synthetic equities see interest as schemes look for creative ways to derisk
Defined benefit schemes are showing interest in synthetic equity strategies in order to move cash from growth portfolios to liability-matching strategies in an effort to shore up funding levels.
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Multi-asset exposure surges as schemes focus on volatility
The proportion of pension schemes with multi-asset fund exposure has risen to 83 per cent, up from 70 per cent just six months ago, as schemes look to control volatility and mitigate macroeconomic risk.
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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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Modelling inflation is key to tackling volatility
Schemes need to understand exactly how their funding positions are impacted by various inflation scenarios, argues PensionsFirst's Matthew Furniss.
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Survey finds scheme failure on managing deficits
Trustees and employers have identified funding deficits as the most important scheme risk – but confessed they have had the least success in managing it.
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