All KPMG articles – Page 3
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Opinion
How schemes can pick the right manager
How can schemes know which manager will perform? In the last part of the Fixed Income Live series, Dalriada’s Simon Cohen, Hymans Robertson’s John Walbaum, Mercer’s Joe Abrams, PGIM’s Edward Farley and Willis Towers Watson’s Chris Redmond discuss whether schemes should let their consultant worry about finding the right specialists and what trustees should be spending their time on.
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News
Aberdeen transport fund swaps derisking provider in self-sufficiency push
The Aberdeen Council Transport Fund is rushing to replace a derisking solution as it seeks to update its investment strategy and target self-sufficiency.
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OpinionLDI: Cost concerns, cash flow and skewed models
Roundtable: Six industry experts discuss liability-driven investments - the costs, cash flow impact, European legislation and pitfalls of modelling.
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NewsShipbuilding scheme docks £220m into LDI
The Shipbuilding Industries Pension Scheme has committed £220m to a liability-driven investment mandate run by Legal & General Investment Management, as it seeks to derisk and hedge against interest rate rises.
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Features
Are LDI models less perfect than they seem?
Roundtable: Using models can make liability-driven investment seem like a clear-cut decision, but should trustees be more willing to question these models? In the final part of this roundtable series, Bestrustees’ Huw Evans, HR Trustees’ Giles Payne, Aviva Investors’ Rakesh Girdharlal, KPMG’s Simeon Willis, Cambridge Associates’ Benoît Jacquemont and P-Solve Asset Solutions’ Barbara Saunders discuss the pros and cons of LDI models.
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Opinion
How will Emir shape the way schemes use LDI?
Roundtable: Pension schemes have been granted a transitional exemption from having to centrally clear derivatives – a rule contained in the European Market Infrastructure Regulation – but the exemption will end in August 2017. How will schemes be affected and how are they preparing? In the third part of this roundtable series, Bestrustees’ Huw Evans, HR Trustees’ Giles Payne, Aviva Investors’ Rakesh Girdharlal, KPMG’s Simeon Willis, Cambridge Associates’ Benoît Jacquemont and P-Solve Asset Solutions’ Barbara Saunders discuss what the new requirement will mean for schemes.
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NewsLifetime Isa blurs lines between long and short-term saving
Budget 2016: The dreaded tax change on pension saving has been narrowly avoided in the chancellor’s Budget 2016, but the announcement of a Lifetime Isa could be a step towards a pensions Isa, industry comments suggest.
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Opinion
What about cash flow: Balancing LDI and growth assets
Roundtable: Liability-driven investment can tie up a lot of cash. In the second part of this roundtable series, Bestrustees’ Huw Evans, HR Trustees’ Giles Payne, Aviva Investors’ Rakesh Girdharlal, KPMG’s Simeon Willis, Cambridge Associates’ Benoît Jacquemont and P-Solve Asset Solutions’ Barbara Saunders discuss if there is still room for schemes to absorb illiquidity.
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Opinion
Has LDI become too expensive?
Roundtable: Derisking in an environment of low interest rates makes liability-driven investment look expensive, but is it? In the first part of this roundtable series, Bestrustees’ Huw Evans, HR Trustees’ Giles Payne, Aviva Investors’ Rakesh Girdharlal, KPMG’s Simeon Willis, Cambridge Associates’ Benoît Jacquemont and P-Solve Asset Solutions’ Barbara Saunders discuss what makes the decision to hedge so difficult.
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News
Consultancy looks to group small schemes for bulk annuity scale
Consultancy KPMG is looking to group small schemes together before bringing them to the bulk insurance market, allowing them to better access the buy-in and buyout markets, but rivals have said governance could prove a challenge.
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OpinionVolatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous
Talking Head: The passage of time shows the folly of human speculation – ask any unhedged defined benefit pension fund that has been hoping for rising yields to repair its deficit.
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NewsSelf-employed savings gap a 'ticking time bomb'
Pension arrangements for self-employed workers are in need of urgent review, MPs have been told, as industry figures consider the next steps for workplace pension policy.
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NewsM&S scheme in ample surplus as hedge pays off
The Marks and Spencer Pension Scheme has swung into surplus, thanks to a combination of outperformance of return-seeking assets and full hedging of interest rate risk, the company said last week.
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NewsCap on golden handshakes could affect average earners at Magnox
Workers across the public sector will see a £95,000 cap on exit payments under a new clause added to the 2015-16 enterprise bill which could hit average earners at nuclear decommissioning company Magnox.
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News
Tougher nudge needed to make freedoms a success
Consumers will not have enough money to benefit from the opportunities the pension freedoms present, a report has warned, and any success will hinge on auto-enrolment becoming more prescriptive.
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NewsAsset derisking could leave a funding gap
UK defined benefit pension schemes have removed nearly half of their funding level risk over the past decade, but new research has questioned whether asset derisking has gone too far.
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News
Fid man assets surpass £100bn but cynicism persists
Pension assets under fiduciary management hit £114bn during 2015, but independent trustees remain sceptical of the alignment of interests underpinning such arrangements.
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Features
Royal Mail closure plan flags pulldown effect of low rates
The perennial question of whether it is possible to keep defined benefit schemes open to accrual has resurfaced after Royal Mail Group said it could not afford to keep its DB scheme open beyond 2018.
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News
Tough timescales for asset pooling put LGPS on the spot
The government’s much-anticipated criteria for the reform of Local Government Pension Scheme investment contains few surprises, but industry experts have raised concerns over the tight timescales for funds to prepare and implement complex proposals.
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Features
Clwyd completes strategic overhaul on the back of strong returns
Clwyd Pension Fund reaped rewards during 2015 as it implemented the final pieces of a strategic overhaul aimed at reducing costs and risk without compromising returns.