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Opinion
How has fiduciary management changed in the past year?
Which areas of the market is fiduciary management moving towards, and how is it defined? Six experts discuss what has happened in the fiduciary arena in the past year.
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News
Expertise key to exploiting multi-asset solutions
Schemes looking to multi-asset strategies to generate positive cash flow while derisking may have to turn to specialist managers to reduce their potentially significant governance burden.
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News
The looming DB skills gap: What can be done to slow the brain drain?
Any Other Business: Administration specialist Trafalgar House has urged the pensions industry to address the growing risk of an imminent defined benefit skills gap as schemes wind down and the industry fails to attract a new generation of talent.
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OpinionShould the government look to fiscal stimulus for economic growth?
The answer is ‘yes’. That sounds simple enough, but in the case of the UK it is more complicated. The fact is, the UK government is implementing an unprecedented amount of fiscal austerity.
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Opinion
How do trustees monitor strategies and performance in fiduciary management?
Roundtable: William Parry from Buck Consultants, HR Trustees’ Giles Payne, Russell Investments’ David Rae, Ralph McClelland from Sackers and Towers Watson’s Pieter Steyn, talk about how to monitor and assess a fiduciary manager, in the third part of the roundtable.
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Opinion
What are schemes looking to gain by hiring fiduciaries?
Roundtable: William Parry from Buck Consultants, HR Trustees’ Giles Payne, Russell Investments’ David Rae, Ralph McClelland from Sackers and Towers Watson’s Pieter Steyn, meet to discuss the pros and cons of fiduciary management, in the first of a four-part roundtable series.
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OpinionFiduciary management: strategies, complexities and benefits
Roundtable: Five industry experts discuss the benefits, complexities and performance of fiduciary management, as well as the impact of market changes and volatility over recent months.
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Opinion
How can we reassure trustees on the more complex aspects of delegated investing?
Roundtable: William Parry from Buck Consultants, HR Trustees’ Giles Payne, Russell Investments’ David Rae, Ralph McClelland from Sackers and Towers Watson’s Pieter Steyn, consider the more difficult elements of fiduciary management, in the second part of this roundtable series.
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Opinion
How have the past 18 months changed fiduciary management?
Roundtable: William Parry from Buck Consultants, HR Trustees’ Giles Payne, Russell Investments’ David Rae, Ralph McClelland from Sackers and Towers Watson’s Pieter Steyn, discuss how recent changes in global markets have affected the fiduciary world, in the final part of this roundtable series.
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OpinionDerisking: Timing is everything
From the blog: It is not just stand-up comedians that know how important timing is to success. For pension professionals and investors, the ability to implement a decision in a timely fashion can be critical to success.
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NewsBlack Monday underscores need for robust strategies
Proactive investment strategies are key for protecting schemes in times of high volatility, experts have said, as ripples from the Chinese market rout reinforce the need for scheme triggers.
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Opinion
Is fiduciary management right for your scheme?
The fast-growing world of fiduciary management can be a controversial topic for pension schemes.
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OpinionWhy schemes should seek real fiduciary management
What observations can we make as fiduciary management in the UK gets ready to take off its training wheels, with early adopters having racked up a few years' experience and an ever-increasing acceptance of the model among UK pension plans?
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Opinion
Are you letting silos dominate your investment portfolio?
Any other business: Traders in the City’s investment banks sit for hours executing fixed income or equity trades but will rarely cross the floor to speak to the desk of another asset class.
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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
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.
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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.
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Opinion
Is it possible to compare fiduciary managers on performance?
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 discuss performance, reporting models and metrics, in the first of a four-part panel debate on fiduciary management.
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Features
CofE scheme mulls infrastructure diversification to drive returns
The Church of England Pensions Board is considering spreading its infrastructure portfolio outside Europe, following a similar decision to rebalance its property portfolio towards the US and Asia in a hunt for return.
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News
Corporate schemes catching public sector on infra
Corporate schemes are catching up with their public sector counterparts in accessing the illiquidity premium of infrastructure investments, taking an increasing share of a growing asset class.
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