All Redington articles – Page 9
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News
Riding choppy markets: Are equities worth the associated risk?
Schemes are looking at ways to limit the impact of spikes in equity volatility as financial markets once again wreak havoc on investments.
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News
Warwickshire latest to dump fund after star manager departure
Warwickshire County Council Pension Fund has revealed it sold its assets in Baring Asset Management’s dynamic asset allocation strategy earlier this year due to the departure of the product’s manager.
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Features
Barking and Dagenham plans social housing investment to hedge inflation
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Pension Fund plans to invest around £25m in social housing in order to hedge against inflation and diversify away from traditional assets.
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Opinion
Longevity risk: Is the 1000-year-old man (or woman) a member of your scheme?
Advances in biomedical sciences have dramatically increased lifespans, which poses a real risk to a lot of schemes, with many now looking at the best ways to reduce such a risk.
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Features
Small schemes see LDI market opening up as pooled funds grow
Small and medium-sized pension funds are coming around to liability-driven investment strategies, with pooled funds providing half the growth in the number of mandates last year as the LDI market exceeded the £500bn mark.
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News
Schemes face LDI rethink to meet Emir collateral demands
Industry experts have warned that schemes using liability-driven investment strategies may face higher costs and additional risks when the European Market Infrastructure Regulation’s collateral diversity requirements come into force.
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Opinion
Why your biggest investment risk is ignoring your liabilities
So far, this year has been a challenging one for making investment decisions.
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News
Multi-asset exposure surges as schemes focus on volatility
The proportion of pension schemes with multi-asset fund exposure has risen to 83 per cent, up from 70 per cent just six months ago, as schemes look to control volatility and mitigate macroeconomic risk.
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News
United Utilities ups interest rate hedge after hitting trigger
United Utilities has increased interest rate hedging in its defined benefit schemes in order to reduce risk, working towards its target of full protection against interest and inflation rate fluctuations.
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Opinion
Why uncertainty will typify markets this year
Last year was a good one for many pension funds, with markets producing decent returns at low-ish levels of volatility.
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NewsSchemes urged to lock in gains as market improves
Special report: Pension schemes could see a further 40 basis point jump in gilt yields by the end of 2014, improving their funding levels and derisking value.
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NewsNotts fund: stable investment ensures performance
Nottinghamshire Pension Fund has advocated a steady state investment strategy to improve efficiencies and reduce costs in the local government sector.
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NewsInfrastructure spurs growth in real asset mandates
Data analysis: Real assets proved popular in the third quarter as European pension schemes looked for inflation protection and long-term stable returns, including a large shift towards infrastructure.
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NewsInvestment peaks as schemes buy cheaper gilts
News analysis: UK pension funds hit a record of £17bn of net investments during the second quarter, largely as a result of schemes taking advantage of lower bond prices, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
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NewsSchemes more open to exploring construction risk
Infrastructure debt investment in projects with construction risk such as private finance initiatives and public-private partnerships are gaining traction among pension funds, after initial scepticism.
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NewsLocal authority schemes choose multi-asset to limit volatility
Local authority funds have ramped up their interest in multi-asset strategies as they try to manage the impact of volatility on their investments, according to new investment data.
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Features
How Selex secured an £18.6m swaps boost
The Selex Galileo Pension Scheme has seen an increase in the value of its swaps contracts from £6.2m to £24.8m in the year to April as a result of interest rate movements.
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FeaturesWHSmith doubles surplus through LDI hedging
The newsagent’s pension scheme has managed to double its accounting surplus through its liability-driven investment strategy, following continued low interest rates.
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Features
Survey: Schemes concerned over PFI mixed messages
Owen Walker finds schemes are being put off investing in infrastructure due to the UK government’s unclear attitude to private finance initiatives (PFI).
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Features
Healthcare scheme curbs losses with dynamic derisking
Pippa Stephens discovers how the General Healthcare Group (GHG) scheme prevented a five percentage-point drop in its funding position thanks to implementing an investment sub-committee and a triggered derisking strategy.