All interest rates articles – Page 8
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News
Developed markets show strength as hunt for yield changes course
NAPF 2015: Disappointing economic recovery, low inflation and rock-bottom interest rates but rising asset markets are what pension funds can expect over the coming years, JPMorgan’s chief market strategist for the UK and Europe Stephanie Flanders said at the NAPF Annual Conference 2015 on Wednesday.
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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.
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News
LDI: Should schemes hedge now or ride it out?
News Analysis: Pension schemes wanting to derisk through liability-driven investment are faced with the conundrum of whether to hedge now or hope for rates to finally rise.
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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.
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OpinionWhen the tide goes out…
Editorial: What a fortnight for pension fund investors. As China failed to stem its stock market rout, bourses the world over shed points as concern peaked that the brakes were being put on growth for the economic powerhouse.
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News
Longevity v interest rates – which poses the biggest risk for schemes?
Rising life expectancy poses a greater risk to UK corporate pension schemes than low interest rates, a report this week has suggested, but some industry experts have challenged the finding.
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NewsKingfisher locks in gains as funding hits triggers
Kingfisher pension scheme has continued to progress towards its 2030 buyout target with a £150m shift from return-seeking to matching assets after tipping into surplus.
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Opinion
What the latest PPF 7800 data means for your scheme
From the blog: The great and the good of the pensions industry might be kicking back on the beach this month but the ongoing challenge of managing scheme liabilities awaits September’s return to reality.
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News
Charles Stanley seeks DB risk control via working group
Stockbroker and wealth manager Charles Stanley has created a working party to tackle risk within its pension scheme after reporting a £6.2m deficit increase.
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Opinion
How DB and DC funds can outsmart prolonged low yields
With the UK general election decided in favour of the Conservatives, market attention may return to the prospective path for economic growth, inflation and interest rates.
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Opinion
Interest rates and the PPF
Talking Head: There is no denying that during the past few years the market environment has been challenging for defined benefit pension funds.
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OpinionEditorial: Inside the control room
The confirmation last week that we’ve hit a patch of ‘noflation’ – expected to become deflation from this month – did not come as a surprise to many.
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Features
What does the future hold for LDI?
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, take a look into the future of liability-driven investment strategy, in the final part of this debate.
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OpinionHow current thinking on interest rates affects DB hedging levels
Derisking and the rise of the secular stagnation thesis – that interest rates might remain depressed as growth rates struggle to gain momentum – contributed to increased hedging activity over the past year.
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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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Opinion
Six ways to rethink your derisking plan in a volatile world
Around 40 years ago we experienced the 1970s oil shock, with rising oil prices, rising inflation and rising interest rates.
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News
Inflation hedging on the rise with smaller scheme LDI
Inflation hedging activity saw a jump towards the end of last year as medium-sized schemes took advantage of favourable pricing, ahead of further inflation falls.
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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.
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Opinion
How is monetary policy uncertainty affecting fixed income?
As interest rates remain low, the fixed income market is struggling to remain attractive to investors. Aon Hewitt's Tim Giles, Hymans Robertson's Carl Hitchman, Law Debenture's David Felder, M&G Investments' William Nicoll and the Pension Protection Fund's John St Hill look at the effects of economic policy on the asset class.
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Features
EE ditches gilts for absolute return as institutions hunt yield
The largest UK mobile group’s defined benefit pension scheme is removing a set allocation to index-linked gilts in favour of absolute return bonds and hedge funds, the latest institutional investor to reset its portfolio in a hunt for value.