All risk articles – Page 16
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Invensys extends Pie to pensioners
Invensys Pension Scheme is expanding its pension increase exchange offering to retired members, as the company plans a bulk exercise for dependants and pensioners.
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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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Opinion
Smart beta: Is factor investing delivering on its promises?
According to EDHEC Business School, 25 per cent of asset managers already use some form of smart beta strategies, with a further 40 per cent considering them in the near future.
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OpinionToo big to fail: Could some UK schemes pose systemic market risk?
Global financial agencies have raised the spectre of large pension schemes posing systemic risk.
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NewsSmaller schemes take advantage of pooled funds in bumper year for LDI
Hedged liabilities grew to a record £657bn last year as medium-sized schemes flowed into pooled mandates, but experts have flagged a concentration risk from liability-driven investment's three dominant providers.
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OpinionHow to achieve the perfect blend of DGFs
From the blog: Diversified growth funds have undergone explosive growth in the past decade, and are now one of the fastest-growing areas of asset management.
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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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Funding statement underscores integrated risk management ethos
The Pensions Regulator has endorsed an integrated approach to risk management in its first annual funding statement since the publication of the revised code of practice for defined benefit scheme funding.
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OpinionEditorial: Navigating risk and reward
The term ‘low-yield environment’, which once struck fear into the hearts of scheme trustees tackling deficits, has all but got its feet under the table. We are almost, but not quite, at home with the reality, like the in-laws who came for two weeks but ended up staying for six months.
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NewsUK schemes feeling pressure to add risk in chase for return
More than three-quarters of UK pension funds that increased allocations to equities in the past six months cited pressure to meet funding requirements as a driver, according to research.
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University trust liabilities could rise by a quarter
University self-administered trusts could face a sharp rise in the value of liabilities, industry experts have warned, sparking calls for a review of the sector’s risk exposure and possible consolidation.
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Essex latest pension fund to commit to direct lending
Essex Pension Fund has become the latest to introduce an allocation to direct lending into its alternatives portfolio, as scheme interest in the asset class ratchets up.
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Opinion
How to build your multi-asset credit portfolio
Multi-asset credit is a diversified strategy that aims to capture credit risk premium on a global basis, using the entire credit quality spectrum to secure superior yield to a government, local or investment grade-only strategy.
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Opinion
How to manage the risks of your renewable energy holdings
Investment in renewable energy projects is outpacing investment in new fossil fuel-powered generation capacity.
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Opinion
Why your bank's loss is your pension fund's gain
A low-yield environment has understandably driven many pension funds to think again about increasing credit risk in their investment portfolios.
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Opinion
Could Pip's renewables move help schemes see beyond the bluster?
“The need for infrastructure investment worldwide is massive, the attractions of the asset class are clear, and the appetite of investors for infrastructure assets is growing,” said Michael Wilkins from ratings agency Standard & Poor’s, in an FT article on the subject last month.
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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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Opinion
Eight ways to manage the volatility of your EM exposure
Not all investors have the risk appetite for investing in emerging market equities. But there are a number of risk-mitigating ways to access the asset class, some of which are relatively easy to implement.
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Opinion
Five objectives and five risks for DC
Before the 2014 Budget, investment objectives for defined contribution schemes were relatively straightforward.
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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.