All Derisking articles – Page 25
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Features
MNOPF readies for final derisking step
The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund has sold assets and shifted its investment approach to prepare for a deal to insure the remaining liabilities of its £1.3bn defined benefit old section.
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IAS 19 changes to drive derisking
Changes to accounting standards will bring sponsors and schemes closer together, and provide an impetus to derisk, according to consultants.
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Consultant survey: Fixed income reappraised post-2008
In the first of four special reports, we look at how the UK’s leading investment consultants have changed their views of fixed income since the financial crisis.
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More than two-thirds of buyout quotes fail to transact
Consultants and insurers have urged schemes to better prepare for derisking, following revelations that just one in three buyout quotations lead to transaction.
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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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PPF levy dilemma for small schemes
The Pension Protection Fund’s new levy framework is likely to lead to schemes derisking, but smaller schemes with sophisticated investment strategies may lose out, consultants have warned.
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Centrica derisks with 15% switch to bonds
As global stock markets crash, Pippa Stephens looks at how some schemes have derisked through dramatic moves out of equities and into bonds.