Bernard Abrahamsen
- Opinion
Why your bank's loss is your pension fund's gain
A low-yield environment has understandably driven many pension funds to think again about increasing credit risk in their investment portfolios.
- Opinion
How to avoid the illiquidity trap in your fixed income holdings
Everyone involved in pensions knows how important it is to have ready cash to fulfil the promise.
- Opinion
How to protect your scheme from rising interest rates
Bank of England interest rates have remained at half a per cent for more than five years now. Other central banks have also held rates at 'emergency' levels for similar periods of time.
- Features
Volatility requires caution from corporate bond investors
In this week's Investment Blueprint, M&G's director of fixed income Bernard Abrahamsen says schemes should be looking for safety in their corporate bond allocation.
- Features
Schemes manage rate risk with asset-backed securities
M&G’s Bernard Abrahamsen argues that the long-term interest rate hedge of asset-backed securities makes it worth forgetting their sub-prime history, in this week’s Investment Blueprint