All Goldman Sachs articles
-
NewsBAE Systems awards Goldman Sachs £23bn UK pension schemes mandate
The agreement marks the largest outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) mandate awarded to date in the UK market.
-
NewsUK investors flock to real assets and private markets despite red flags
Analysis: UK investors led the charge to real assets and private markets last year as interest in alternatives remained high, despite warnings that macroeconomic pressures could have a negative impact on certain alternative asset classes.
-
NewsNFU Mutual pension fund hires Trafalgar House as administrator
On the go: The NFU Mutual Retirement Benefit Scheme, with £1.1bn in defined benefit assets and £206.2m in defined contribution assets, has appointed Trafalgar House to provide administration services, effective from July 1 2021.
-
News
Only three asset managers ‘walking the walk’ on climate change
Among the world’s 15 largest asset managers, only three companies are making the grade on environmental, social and governance considerations, a report from InfluenceMap shows.
-
FeaturesKent cuts passive equities for private equity and infra
The £6.2bn Kent County Council Superannuation Fund has moved capital from UK passive equities into private equity and infrastructure. The fund narrowly missed its benchmark for returns in the year to March 2018, after underperformance from equity and fixed income mandates.
-
Features
Why DC default investments matter for members
Analysis: More than 90 per cent of savers enrolled in a pension choose to remain in the default option, making it imperative that its investments match members’ needs and offer value for money.
-
News
First asset managers commit to LGPS transparency code
The Local Government Pension Scheme advisory board has launched its code of transparency to improve cost disclosure, amid early indications that asset managers will sign up.
-
OpinionE, S or G: Which should schemes prioritise?
While there has been significant and increasing interest in environmental, social and governance issues among pension funds, there has not broadly been a corresponding increase in the nuance of integrating these factors in building and managing portfolios.
-
FeaturesMPs’ scheme votes for secured loans over REITs
The Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund has simplified its property portfolio and invested proceeds in a European loans mandate, with a view to generating income.
-
OpinionWhere to look for global credit investments
The year could end as it began for bond markets: amid a wave of event-driven volatility. Following the presidential election, the US market has rushed to price in the risk of successful reflationary policies and concomitant tightening of monetary policy.
-
News
Illiquidity premiums move up agenda, but questions over cash flow remain
The new market liquidity regime will make it harder for pension schemes to access credit, says a new report, which recommends they take steps – in particular, to exploit illiquidity premiums – to protect themselves.
-
Opinion
The butterfly effect – How to take cover and control
Chinese equity shocks captured the headlines over the summer but UK pension funds should equip themselves for a deeper period of entrenched low-growth.
-
OpinionRising rates: Hope for the best, plan for the worst – don’t press pause
If you are a trustee of a UK final salary pension scheme then you will know that the past eight years have been a long, hard winter of dealing with the inexorable and sustained fall in interest rates and the rising deficits this has caused.
-
News
Lothian targets income in global equities
Lothian Pension Fund upped its allocation to lower-risk global equities last year aiming to target a regular income from growing dividends, as schemes battle to find attractive yields at a fair price.
-
News
Home bias to UK equities has cost schemes, say experts
FTSE 350 schemes paid the price for a strong domestic equity bias during 2014, but it was a lack of protection in matching assets that damaged funding levels the most during the year.
-
News
Warwickshire targets yield with infra double play
Alternatives maintained its status as a sought-after asset class in Q1 2015, according to data, as schemes continued to seek reliable income streams and inflation protection.
-
Opinion
Mixing it up: how added diversity could boost trustee board results
The global workforce is more diverse today culturally, ethnically, by gender, faith, sexual orientation and age group – and the pace of change is accelerating.
-
Opinion
Where is innovation coming from in fiduciary management?
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 compare experiences of innovation within the fiduciary management arena, in the final part of this discussion.
-
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.
-
Opinion
Does fiduciary management have a transparency problem?
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 cover transparency of fees and information, in the second part of this fiduciary management debate.